Digital Documentation Requirements: How EBERO FAB Brings Transparency to Its Supply Chain

With regulatory reporting obligations increasing at both the European and national levels, companies face mounting pressure to fully document their supply chains, materials, and sustainability data. This expectation now extends well beyond large industrial enterprises and increasingly affects municipal utilities and their suppliers. The technical distributor EBERO FAB shows how these requirements can be met efficiently with digital tools. 

This year, the company introduced the software platform from Mannheim-based osapiens to ensure transparent and compliant procurement and supply processes. The goal is to integrate data from purchasing, logistics, and supplier management and automatically generate reports that meet legal requirements. 

Behind this development are tighter European rules on sustainability and transparency reporting. Under the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), the EU requires large companies to disclose their environmental impacts and supply chain risks. These requirements will be reinforced by the upcoming Digital Product Passport, designed to enable product traceability throughout the entire lifecycle. Germany has already introduced its own national framework with the Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (LkSG), which also affects indirect suppliers working with public-sector clients. 

EBERO FAB supplies municipal utilities, energy providers, and civil engineering companies across Germany with materials for energy, water, and broadband infrastructure. In these sectors, proof of sustainability and product origin is increasingly required. By using the osapiens platform, supplier data, material information, and certificates are captured and consolidated in one place. The result is a continuous, audit-proof system that delivers transparency and simplifies compliance with legal obligations. 

“We want to show that digitalization in compliance doesn’t automatically mean more bureaucracy. It can actually streamline processes and build trust,” says Philipp Schweneker, Managing Director of EBERO FAB. The platform provides a unified data foundation, secure documentation, and transparent evidence across the entire supply chain. 

This topic is becoming increasingly important for municipal clients as well. Public procurement is placing greater emphasis on environmental and social criteria, and the demands for documentation and verification continue to rise. Digital systems can help combine legal certainty with operational efficiency. Companies that provide standardized and traceable data make it easier for municipalities to meet their own reporting obligations and build trust in the quality of their supply chain. 

EBERO FAB demonstrates how economic objectives and regulatory requirements can be aligned in practice. Digitalization, sustainability, and compliance are not opposing forces, they can strengthen one another. For municipal utilities and public companies, this creates new opportunities to work with partners who take responsibility across the entire value chain and can demonstrate it transparently.