Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) 

Purpose

This SAP component supports you with all activities in the areas of industrial safety, health, and environmental protection.

Integration

To be able to use all EH&S functions, you will require the following SAP components:

Function	SAP Component Required
Entry of logistical data for substances	Material Master (LO-MD-MM)
Setting up value assignment types	Classification System (CA-CL)
Implementation of engineering change management	Engineering Change Management (LO-ECH)
Report management	Document Management (CA-DMS)
Report shipping, dangerous goods management	Materials Management (MM), Sales and Distribution (SD)
Transfer of employee data	Personnel Administration (PA-PA)
Transfer of data from business partners to the injury/illness log, incident/accident log, and accident reports	SAP Business Partner (CA-BP)
Defining of exposure groups, assigning of agents	Organizational Management (BC-BMT-OM)
Integration of data into the work area	Work Centers (PP-BD-WKC) Functional Locations (PM-EQM-FL) Material Master (LO-MD-MM)

Features

Environment, Health and Safety comprises the following SAP components:

·        Basic Data and Tools (EHS-BD) contains all data and functions you require for the other EH&S components at one central point. For example, you can manage specifications for various EH&S objects (substances, dangerous goods classifications, agents, waste codes, and packagings) and text modules (known as phrases), and create templates for EH&S reports. It also includes tools that allow you, for example, to enter and display language-dependent EH&S data in all possible languages in the SAP system, and to exchange data between systems.

·        Product Safety (EHS-SAF) contains functions required to manage hazardous substances in companies that manufacture hazardous substances. For example, you can manage and ship EH&S reports such as material safety data sheets, create labels, have the system determine them automatically, and create the composition of the specification of the relevant substance from the BOM for a material.

·        Hazardous Substance Management (EHS-HSM) contains functions required to manage hazardous substances in companies that use hazardous substances. For example, functions are available that make it easier for you to create the reports prescribed by the U.S. Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA).

·        With Dangerous Goods Management (EHS-DGP), you can manage dangerous goods master records, run dangerous goods checks, and create dangerous goods documents.

·        With Waste Management (EHS-WA), you can manage waste disposal processes, create the reports necessary for transportation and disposal of waste, and distribute the resulting costs proportionally among the cost centers in the enterprise that generated the waste.

·        With Occupational Health (EHS-HEA), you can plan and perform health surveillance protocols in your enterprise, and create and manage occupational health questionnaires.

·        With Industrial Hygiene and Safety (EHS-IHS), you can organize industrial hygiene and safety in your enterprise and manage the hazards and agents that are present. In addition, you can process events with or without injury to persons and create reports such as standard operating procedures and accident reports.