Assent launches an AI-powered solution to boost compliance and sustainability response management

Assent launches an AI-powered solution to boost compliance and sustainability response management with its new Request Manager an AI-native capability built on the Assent Sustainability Platform that helps suppliers efficiently handle growing volumes of customer compliance and sustainability requests through a single, streamlined workflow.

This new product is designed to address persistent challenges in how suppliers respond to the increasing complexity and quantity of compliance obligations challenges that previously depended on fragmented processes like email or disconnected spreadsheets, requiring hundreds of hours of manual effort annually.

Why Request Manager Matters: The Compliance Challenge

Regulatory frameworks and customer expectations continue evolving, placing significant pressure on manufacturers and distributors to deliver accurate, timely data and documentation on product compliance, sustainability declarations and related details. Recent research shows that many businesses still rely on manual approaches to manage hundreds to thousands of compliance requests each year, often consuming over 1,000 hours of labor annually.

The inability to scale response processes not only increases operational burden but can also jeopardize supplier status, slow delivery times, and raise supply chain risk as obligations multiply and supply networks become more complex.

What AI Does: Centralization, Automation, Accuracy

At the core of Assent’s Request Manager is AI-driven parsing, matching and re-use of verified compliance data. Rather than treating each request as a separate manual task, Request Manager uses AI to intelligently interpret incoming requests, correlate them with existing verified data, and reuse that data across multiple responses dramatically reducing repetitive work and improving quality.

A centralized hub unifies all regulatory and sustainability inquiries into a single location, eliminating duplicate tasks, improving consistency, and enabling proactive declaration sharing allowing suppliers to anticipate customer requests before they arrive.

Key Benefits for Suppliers and Supply Chains

Faster Compliance Responses: By reducing response times from weeks to minutes, Request Manager helps organizations meet customer expectations more reliably and maintain approved supplier status.

Reduced Labor and Cost: Automating parsing, data matching and workflows cuts down on manual labor and associated costs that historically burden compliance teams.

Higher Accuracy and Consistency: With AI-assisted data reuse and workflow standardization, responses are more accurate and consistent strengthening trust with customers and regulators.

Enhanced Supplier Satisfaction: A simplified, centralized system improves responsiveness, reduces fatigue from repetitive tasks, and enhances overall performance in customer engagements.

New Revenue Opportunities: With faster and more dependable compliance data delivery, suppliers can support requests tied to RFPs and competitive bids that require deep regulatory insights.

Industry Perspectives: Expert Insights on AI’s Role

Senior analysts note that the rising volume and complexity of compliance and sustainability requests create intense workload pressure on suppliers. Modern AI capabilities like those embedded in Request Manager help mitigate this pressure by scaling response capacity, reducing manual bottlenecks and improving data quality across large portfolios of customer inquiries.

This reflects a broader shift toward AI-enabled compliance and sustainability tools that align with increasing regulatory demands, tighter standards and expectations for transparent reporting across global supply chains.

How Request Manager Fits into Assent’s Broader Platform Strategy

Assent’s Sustainability Platform already supports deep supply chain visibility, regulatory compliance workflows, ESG reporting and product compliance data management for manufacturers across industries. The addition of Request Manager strengthens this ecosystem by tackling one of the most labor-intensive and risk-laden parts of compliance management, supplier responses to customer and regulatory inquiries.

By layering AI-native capabilities atop its existing platform, Assent continues to enable faster, smarter, and more resilient compliance operations helping organizations not only meet requirements but also build stronger, more sustainable supply networks.

What to Expect Next

Request Manager will be available to new Assent customers beginning January 2026, providing early adopters an opportunity to streamline compliance processes ahead of regulatory changes and market expectations that continue to intensify.

As compliance obligations expand globally with regulations like PFAS, SCIP, RoHS and others requiring detailed supplier data solutions that unify, automate and accelerate response workflows will be critical for manufacturers competing in increasingly regulated and sustainability-focused markets.

Assent’s new AI-native Request Manager highlights a pivotal step in evolving how the manufacturing and supply chain sectors manage compliance and sustainability response tasks, turning a historically manual, time-intensive process into a centralized, efficient and intelligence-driven capability.

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