Dangerous Goods in the Value Chain
The dangerous goods process in the value chain encompasses the systematic management of hazardous materials throughout their entire journey from procurement to final delivery. This process ensures compliance with international regulations while maintaining safety standards across all business operations involving dangerous goods.
For each compliance-relevant product added to a sales order, a sales contract or sales quotation, it must be verified if the product is classified as a dangerous good. If so, it must be checked, if the product can be transported.
If the product is not classified or if the transport is not allowed, this check can result in a sales order block. The determination is based on the dangerous goods regulations that are applicable for the transport between departure and destination countries/regions.
If a dangerous goods assessment is not yet completed, a corresponding request to the product stewardship department or the dangerous goods specialists is created.
Applicable Process Steps
To sum up, the general process steps are:
Creating a sales order
Performing a dangerous goods check
Triggering a dangerous goods assessment where it is missing
Creating an outbound delivery
Perform dangerous goods check in delivery
Include dangerous goods information on delivery note and picking list
Benefits
The benefits of Dangerous Goods in the value chain include:
Mitigating compliance risks with up-to-date information integrated into the value chain.
Integrating dangerous goods checks in the selling process.
Informing the product steward and dangerous goods specialists about new countries where transport is required.
Note
This process flow is covered in Scope Item: 3G8- Manage Dangerous Goods in the Value Chain.