Case Study: Cooper Standard achieves rapid supply-chain product compliance — cutting processes from 2 weeks to 1 hour with Enablon

Simplifying Product Compliance in the Supply Chain

Cooper Standard, a global leader in automotive sealing, fuel and brake delivery, and fluid transfer systems with ~28,000 employees across 21 countries, faced a major compliance challenge: managing tens of thousands of purchased materials and responding to frequent customer and regulatory requests about chemical content (about 150 part-declaration requests per year), REACH SVHC alerts, and constant regulatory list changes. Before automation, these tasks required extensive phone and email coordination and typically took weeks to complete, risking lost business and supplier scorecard impacts.

By implementing Enablon’s chemical management and action-plan applications, Cooper Standard automated BOM/BOS screening, supplier declaration requests, customer communications, and audit trails, turning multi-week workflows into tasks that take about one hour in a single day. The solution enabled proactive decision-making, ensured global regulatory compliance, eliminated business interruptions, and consolidated work so one person can manage ongoing requests—delivering cumulative time savings across 80+ sites and dramatically improving responsiveness.

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