REACH, GHS, and hazmat routing
demand documented decisions
Groflex brings decision execution to chemical supply chains. Every hazmat routing call, SDS update, and regulatory obligation is governed, routed to the right authority, and documented with a full audit trail.
Designing for REACH, GHS, and EU AI Act Article 12, not certified against any standard.
The Problem
Hazardous materials decisions
made without a governed record
Chemical Supply Chain Governance | Groflex
Dispatchers make hazmat routing calls based on experience and informal rules. When a route is challenged or an incident occurs, there is no documented decision trail showing who approved the route and under which criteria.
Safety Data Sheet updates do not reach the decision layer
When a substance classification changes under GHS or REACH, the new requirements must propagate to routing, storage, and handling decisions. Manual update cycles mean outdated rules drive live decisions for weeks.
Regulatory reporting backlogs grow faster than teams can clear them
REACH registration updates, annual tonnage reports, and downstream notification obligations pile up because the data is assembled manually from multiple systems. Deadlines slip, and substance obligations go untracked.
How Groflex Works
Five steps from signal
to audit-ready record
Classify the signal first
Groflex monitors substance classifications, route constraints, and regulatory thresholds. Each signal is typed before it reaches a human, hazmat alert, SDS change, or reporting obligation.
- GHS classification monitoring
- REACH obligation triggers
- Hazmat route constraint detection
Rules, not intuition
Governance logic maps each signal to the correct decision authority: logistics manager, regulatory affairs, or site EHS lead. Authority levels are configured, not improvised.
- Role-based decision routing
- Substance-specific rule sets
- Escalation path configuration
Context delivered to the approver
The decision-maker receives the substance data, the current classification, the applicable regulation, and the proposed action, not a raw notification. Decision time drops because context is pre-assembled.
- Contextual decision packets
- SDS and classification attachments
- SLA-based escalation
Action with a tamper-evident record
When a routing decision or handling exception is approved, Groflex records the approver, the data state, and the regulatory basis at the moment of decision. No post-hoc reconstruction.
- Tamper-evident decision log (cryptographic signing in development)
- ERP and TMS write-back available to early access partners
- Reporting data capture
Inspection-ready by default
Every hazmat decision, SDS update, and regulatory action is compiled into a structured record. REACH reporting and GHS classification changes have a traceable decision history.
- REACH-aligned record format
- Substance decision history
- Regulatory submission support
Regulatory Context
The standards we are designing for
Designing for the standard, not certified against it.
Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals requires documented substance management, downstream user notifications, and tonnage reporting with full substance decision records.
Globally Harmonised System classification and labelling must be current at the point of handling and routing decisions. Classification changes require propagation to all operational rules.
AI systems involved in regulated industry decisions must maintain human oversight, document the decision basis, and preserve a full audit trail of AI-assisted actions.
Process Safety Management and Risk Management Program requirements mandate documented management of change, incident investigation records, and emergency response decision trails.
Join the early access program
We are working with a small group of chemical manufacturers and distributors to pilot decision execution for hazmat routing and regulatory compliance workflows. If your team faces documentation or decision governance challenges, reach out.
No compliance claims. Designing for REACH, GHS, and EU AI Act Article 12, not certified against any standard.
One record, followed end to end.
A single counterparty concentration breach, from the moment it crosses your ceiling to the line an auditor reads back to you.
Single-counterparty concentration crossed the 70% policy ceiling on the SIN – FRA lane. Routed for approval under the standing delegation.
- Option AHold and reroute via AntwerpCost−€39,400
Holds the container and reroutes through Antwerp. Cheapest of the three, and it does not bring concentration back under the ceiling.
Residual concentration74.1%does not clear the ceiling - Option BAdvisory · recommendedSplit across two carriersCost−€11,900
Splits the volume across two carriers. Clears the ceiling at the lowest cost, and stays inside this manager's cost delegation.
Residual concentration68.2%clears the ceiling, inside cost delegation - Option CEscalate to air freightCost−€96,400
Fastest to arrive and the largest reduction in concentration. Exceeds the cost delegation, so it needs a second signature before it can move.
Residual concentration61.0%clears the ceiling, exceeds cost delegation, requires a second signature
Your decision. Not the AI’s.
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We start with your data. In 20 minutes, we will show you where your execution gap is and what it is costing you, using numbers from your own operations.
We show you the number before we sell you anything.
- Backtest01Your data · 1 to 3 days · risk-freeYour last 12 to 24 months replayed. Deleted on delivery, confirmed in writing.
- Pilot02$10,000 · 90 daysOne facility. A written outcome report against your own baseline.
20 minutes. No deck. No sales script.