Report release - Product Safety

[Former Member]

Hi all,

I read on the SAP help portal, and I read this portion on the report release process. One of the example shown is like the following process flow:

1st - GS u2013 Report generated successful

2nd u2013 R1: Report accept by the Toxicologist

3rd u2013 R2: Report accept by the lawyer

4th u2013 CO: last status complete

5th u2013 RE: Report released.

My question is why a report create in EHS environment has to go through so many status (i.e. by several party) before it is finally released.

I am trying to understand from the point of business in EHS environment.

Can someone explain to me?

Thanks,

Karen.

[george_ainiveettil · Accepted solution]

Hi Karen,

In EHS,the reports which are created or distributed need to be legally compliant considering the environement impact of the substance .So in the creation phase,the template is made and the report is created as per the R&D persons or those who know the specific properties of the substance(Experts who know the properties of substance)

Once the report is ready this need to be analysed by the concerned departments for the properties / subsance characteristics by the toxicologist or some one who is familiar with the physical and chemical properties of the substance( Like exposure to the environment or toxicity in water,air etc) .Once they approve,the report should be checked for the legal compliance.For example,in which validity area ,what regulations etc..this is done and approved by some one from legal department.

Once all the approvals are done,the report is in completed phase.Now the same can be released/distributed across an interface.

Programs RCVDDISP,RCVDEVEN and RC1wwiwp trigers in background in report generation.

Hope this helps

Thanks

George

[Former Member]

Hello,

Whenever you create documents for which a company is legally bound as per law, you should ensure you are not generating some report in a hurry. Whatever data you have entered into a official document you want that validated by a Subject Matter Expert. On these grounds only whenever you generate reports a MSDS, you get that validated by different SME;s like Toxicologist, Lawyer, Product Steward so that that particular section of MSDS is free of errors and then it is released for circulation. In really it need not be three different persons infact a Product Steward does all the three checks.

Thanks

Jayakumar