Swiss exporters to the EU must issue a declaration of conformity confirming compliance with applicable EU directives e. g. by harmonised standards. Tracking which standards are current, withdrawn or superseded is complex and error prone. Mistakes can block market access and create legal liability. Electrosuisse developed a prototype which automatically checks the declaration against several reference sources, but it runs locally on a single PC. Hence, it cannot be accessed by other companies and does not scale to multiple simultaneous users.

Based on direct analysis of the existing prototype, real declaration of conformities and on literature research, functional and non-functional requirements were defined. Two transformation paths were developed and explained in detail: Migrating the prototype to a browser-accessible option from the same vendor and a full rebuild on a modern, open web technology stack. Both were evaluated against the requirements, functionality, cost and long-term fit.

The thesis recommends a full rebuild on a web stack based on open-source technology, hosted on Swiss or EU infrastructure, ensuring all data remains within Switzerland or the EU. The rebuild scores high in scalability, multi-tenancy and security. Using widely adopted, vendor-independent technology also reduces long-term maintenance risk and avoids dependency on a single supplier. This path takes longer than migrating to the same vendor's browser-based platform but ultimately keeps overall costs lower through free open-source technology. A two-phase rollout is also considered, where migrating to the same vendor's platform serves as an interim step, followed by the full rebuild as the permanent solution. A pilot phase with a subset of member organisations is recommended before full rollout, to validate the approach under real conditions. With the complete implementation-ready concept, including requirements, architecture, cost and duration estimates, the concept can be handed to a development team. This gives Electrosuisse a clear path from prototype to a production-ready compliance tool for its member companies.