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Electronic EFTCO Cleaning Document or eECD

eECD Project

Communication Letter

January 2018

In this month’s eECD project Newsletter

✓ The eECD project got funded!

✓ Which companies are part of the eECD pilot project

✓ eECD first project plan and milestones

✓ Some quotes on the eECD project values

On behalf of EFTCO, ECTA, essenscia and Cefic , the eECD project team is wishing all its members the very best wishes

for a successful 2018 and looks forward to a closer

collaboration through the eECD pilot project.

1. The eECD project got funded!

Back in September 2017, the agreement was reached to start collecting the required project funds

to build and develop the eECD pilot project. The objective of the eECD project is to digitalize the

existing paper EFTCO Cleaning Document or ECD with an electronic version. Each association was

asked to collect an equal project fund amount through its members by end December. With this

project communication letter, we want to thank all the project sponsors for their project

contributions to kickoff this eECD project and let it further grow in 2018.

What is the digital eECD project about? Given a picture says more than one thousand words, find

below how the project team envisions tomorrow’s digital eECD booklet and process. A digital

eECD booklet is gathering the ECD info up to 3 ECD cleaning transactions; this info is on line

available and only accessible by the companies who have done cleaning and loading activities on

the ECD’s and equipment involved. An ECD can be printed at any time in case this would be

required while the ECD info can also be visible on a mobile device. A kickoff process workshop

has been organized on January 9th, 2018 to start defining a common eECD process flow.

2. Which companies are part of the eECD pilot project?

As some of you might remember, the EFTCO Cleaning paper document was introduced in 2005

by EFTCO, ECTA and Cefic and till today, the ECD is considered as the best practice document

used throughout the Chemical Industry. The digital eECD project is now coordinated by 4

industry associations ECTA, essenscia - Cefic and EFTCO and is backed by many of its members

across Europe and this as per logo picture below. Some of the listed members have been

funding the project while others are involved in developing, testing and building the eECD pilot

project while still others from the Chemical Industry have endorsed the eECD project through a

formal “Letter of Support”. Clearly this project is cross-association collaboration project starting

with a pilot and demonstration project at Benelux level and aiming to grow across Europe in

2019.

3. What are the eECD first project plan and milestones?

Looking at the chart below, you might get the feel that you start in the middle of a new project

and this is true for most of the companies joining now. The pre-study work of the project started

more than 2 years ago. Last year, the data sharing platform architecture was defined and selected

and the business case got built. It is only very recently and since we have the eECD project funding

secured, that we can start building and demonstrating the eECD pilot project and this at the start

of January 2018. An eECD pilot case will be built around product flows handled in the Chemical

Cluster between BE, NL,FR and GE. Once we have proven the pilot is successful and can be

demonstrated we plan to roll out the project across Europe.

In our subsequent newsletter, we will drill down deeper to some of the project activities in the

next 3-6 months.

4. Some quotes from eECD project steering members on the

eECD project and values

The eECD project will show 3 industry

partners the path forward for a joint

digitalization of “SAFER” chemical transports

Luc HAESAERTS CEO

"The eECD project is the startup for

digitalisation within chemical transport

logistics and will bring advantages and

a lot of learnings to the industry."

Dr. h.c. Michael Kubenz CEO

“The e-ECD project is a game changer

which will reinforce the competitivity

of the Belgian and European chemical

industry”

Yves Verschueren, Managing director,

essenscia

“The eECD project makes the ECD fit

for future challenges and the story

of success continues with the EFTCO

CLEANING DOCUMENT in Europe

and beyond.”

Lutz Harder EFTCO secretary

“The end customer, will benefit most

thanks to all stakeholders working closer

together through a digital and more

transparent eECD process. “

Peter Devos eECD Project Mgr

Together we build the future and

the eECD is a first step.

Erwig Seliaerts President EFTCO

The eECD project enables us to learn

how datasharing via a secure platform

can contribute to more efficient and

more compliant processes with

advantages for the whole industry as

well as for each individual company.

Peggy Janssens, Covestro

“The eECD project proves that

collaboration and data sharing are

essential to optimize logistics processes,

and it will bring us to the next level in

supply chain management.”

Joost Naessens , BASF

“The eECD will improve and

facilitate all the necessary

checks concerning the cleaning

document before loading.”

Bert Druyts, Noordnatie

The electronic ECD project only

shows a glimpse of unimaginable

possibilities that an electronic

Logistics platform can hold for all

stakeholders.

Tako Runia Cotac