Export Control Management
Simplify your export compliance efforts by using a unified software platform for managing all aspects of export control
How can MIC's export control management software transform your export compliance?
Navigating the complexities of export compliance is a challenge for many companies, given the number of regulations and frequent changes. MIC Export Control Management (MIC ECM) offers a comprehensive export control system (ECS) to manage these complexities effectively. From export control classification to denied party screening and licensing requirements, MIC ECM centralizes and automates crucial processes, ensuring that every transaction aligns with both domestic and international regulations.
MIC ECM simplifies your compliance efforts by providing a unified platform for managing all aspects of export control. It supports both real-time and batch screening of transactions, integrates seamlessly with ERP systems like SAP, and offers advanced features such as embargo checks, end-use assessments, and licensing management. By centralizing this information, MIC ECM ensures clarity and consistency, helping you maintain a complete audit trail, enable full visibility and meet regulatory demands with ease.
Benefits
Cost Saving
A centralized software platform for managing all export control processes, with simplified global access and administration. This ensures that all relevant data is easily available and up-to-date, saving your business money in the long run
Increased Compliance
The streamlining of processes ensures that every step, from transaction screening to license management, is efficiently managed and monitored for complete transparency and compliance
Time Saving
Automated compliance processes and reliable reporting save organizations time. MIC ECM automates compliance checks and seamlessly integrates with your ERP systems to block suspicious transactions. Coupled with daily updates from MIC’s Global Trade Content Service (GTCS), it provides detailed and consistent audit reports, saving time and ensuring a reliable, traceable audit trail
Highlighted Product Features
Centralized management of export control information
Efficiently manage all export control data in a single, centralized platform with MIC ECM. This feature allows you to consolidate, easily access and share crucial information, ensuring your compliance efforts are organized and up-to-date across your entire organization. With support for configurable transaction types and detailed assessment of licensing requirements, MIC ECM simplifies the complexity of export control administration.
Full process transparency and workflow management
Gain complete transparency across your export compliance processes with MIC ECM’s robust workflow and escalation management tools. This feature provides a comprehensive overview of every step in the compliance chain, from embargo checks to end-user assessments, ensuring that potential risks are identified and managed promptly. Integrated standard reporting and data analytics further enhance your ability to monitor and optimize workflows.
Seamless ERP integration with automated compliance processes
Integrate MIC ECM seamlessly with your existing ERP systems, such as SAP, to automatically block suspicious transactions. This feature ensures that compliance checks are not only automated but also directly embedded within your operational systems and controls, reducing the risk of non-compliance. The system supports real-time and batch checks, ensuring that every transaction is thoroughly vetted according to the latest EAR and other regulations.
Comprehensive integration with other MIC software modules
Enhance your compliance capabilities by integrating MIC ECM with other MIC modules like MIC DPS, MIC CCS ECC, and MIC-CUST® Import and Export. This integration enables a unified approach to managing export compliance, ensuring that all aspects of compliance, from denied party screening to customs management, are cohesively handled. The result is a streamlined, all-in-one solution that covers every facet of export control.
Up-to-date content through MIC's GTCS
Stay ahead of ever-changing international export regulations and continue to meet your complinance obligations with daily updates from MIC’s GTCS. This feature ensures your compliance processes are updated by the most current data, including country lists, reasons for control, embargo regulations and sanction lists for EU, US (e.g. OFAC Lists), UN, JP, UK, CH and many others. It also covers export control commodity list content for multiple countries (e.g. EU Dual-Use Regulation, German Export List, US Commerce Control List, US Munitions List (ITAR regulations) or in general item-lists that are subject to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR)). By automating content updates, MIC ECM minimizes manual efforts and enhances the accuracy of your compliance and license checks.
Comprehensive audit trail for complete compliance
Maintain a consistent and traceable audit trail for all export compliance activities with MIC ECM. This feature captures every change and decision made within the system, providing a detailed overview and record that supports both internal audits and external regulatory reviews. With capabilities for individual documentation, file attachments, comments and the ability to share records securely, MIC ECM ensures that your compliance efforts are thoroughly documented and easily accessible.
Denied party screening against sanctions lists based on configurable screening algorithm and profiles
Identification of export controlled products and assignment of export control classifications for each product including workflow management for export control classification tasks
Delivers Generative AI-assisted suggestions on export control classifications with the help of AI Co-Pilots as well as using fine-tuned Foundation Models considering Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Computer Vision (CV)
Assessment of import control regulations
Administration and monitoring of individual licenses (deadlines, obligations, approved quantities/values, documentation of use, deduction by quantity/value, etc.), but also use of general licenses
Configuration of rules for application of licenses
ELAN-K2 integration for request of licenses
US re-export checks and manual compliance checks
MIC's Export Control Management Software Modules
Resources
BSH Hausgeräte GmbH relies on MIC software for Customs Tariff and Export Control Classification
- Supports worldwide correct assignment of customs tariff and export control classifications
- High level of transparency due to standardized, automated and controlled processes
FAQ
Yes, MIC ECM supports export control classification against relevant control lists and regulations, including the USML under ITAR and the Commerce Control List (CCL) under EAR. It can also perform U.S. re-export checks and determine licensing requirements or applicable licence exceptions based on U.S. content, the CCL, the Commerce Country Chart and embargo regulations. De-minimis calculation can also be performed as part of the compliance check.
Yes. MIC ECM automatically checks every transaction against your configured rules, based on the product, destination, and end-user, to determine whether an export license is needed and which one applies. It also keeps track of your existing licenses, including deadlines, approved quantities, and usage, so nothing gets overlooked. For added convenience, MIC ECM integrates with ELAN-K2 (the official online system used by the German export control authority to process export license applications), allowing you to request new licenses directly from within the system.
Yes. Sanctions and denied party screening are delivered through MIC's Export Control Management (ECM) module with MIC DPS, designed to catch compliance risks before a transaction happens. Business partners (customers, suppliers, service providers, and employees, including their addresses) are screened against numerous restricted party lists, covering e.g. the major US (OFAC, BIS), EU, UN, and UK lists. The underlying content is maintained by MIC and updated daily, so you always screen against current data. Key capabilities include:
- Real-time, manual, batch, and automated delta screening, which re-checks only what has changed
- Configurable matching and thresholds that handle name variations and reduce false positives
- Screening is embedded directly into business processes, automatically raising an alert or blocking a transaction when a potential match is identified
- Ultimate Beneficial Owner (UBO) screening for over 20 million companies worldwide
- Real-time integration with MIC-CUST®, so screening runs automatically when export declarations are filed and results are linked directly to the customs declaration workflow
MIC's Denied Party Screening uses a configurable screening algorithm and screening profiles that can be tailored to your business needs, reducing unnecessary hits without compromising compliance. Key ways false positives are minimized:
- Configurable screening profiles, to adjust matching sensitivity to fit your risk tolerance and business context
- Stop words, so common company suffixes like “GmbH”, “Ltd”, or “Limited” are automatically ignored and don't trigger unnecessary matches
- White lists, so known, pre-cleared business partners are excluded from repeated flagging
- Internal black lists and keywords, to fine-tune screening beyond the standard sanctions lists to match your own compliance policies
- Escalation and workflow management, so any remaining hits go through a clear review process, with genuine matches handled efficiently and false alerts resolved quickly and transparently
This combination keeps screening both accurate and efficient, catching real risks while cutting down on manual review of non-issues.
MIC ECM maintains a comprehensive, traceable audit trail of every export compliance activity, capturing all checks, decisions, and changes with full documentation, file attachments, and comments. This gives you a complete, consistent record ready for both internal audits and external regulatory reviews. Key capabilities include:
- Full audit trail, so every screening result, classification decision, and license action is logged and easy to trace
- Detailed reporting, so standard reports plus data analytics give you full visibility into your compliance status at any time
- Complete workflow transparency, from embargo checks to end-user assessments, with every step tracked through escalation management so nothing falls through the cracks
- Daily updates via MIC’s Global Trade Content Service (GTCS) Service checks against current trade content, while the audit trail retains the decision context applicable at the time of each check.
- Secure sharing, so records can be securely shared and accessed as needed, simplifying the response to regulatory requests
This means you're always prepared to demonstrate compliance, with clear, well-documented evidence for every transaction, whenever an authority asks for it.
It is provided as a browser-based SaaS solution, with MIC responsible for the entire setup and maintenance of the IT infrastructure. MIC hosts the solution in cooperation with external hosting partners (Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud), using physically separated data centers within the European Union, specifically in Frankfurt and Vienna Singapore and Ashburn (US) with no use of the client's data center or any on-premises installation.
MIC's GTM suite works as an integrated layer on top of your existing ERP and logistics systems rather than as a separate silo. The connectivity is handled through MIC EDIS (Enterprise Data Integration System), which automatically exchanges data with ERP, CRM, and warehouse systems, with third-party providers, and with customs authorities.
Integration with SAP is handled via MIC SAP Connect, an interface listed on the SAP Certified Solutions Directory. In practice, this means:
- Bidirectional, automated data flow, so orders, deliveries, and bills of material come into MIC, while results such as customs status, tariff numbers, and screening outcomes are written back into your ERP
- Updates triggered automatically when documents are created or changed, with no duplicate manual entry
- Certified SAP interfaces for S/4HANA (including Cloud Private Edition) and ECC 6.0, following SAP's “Clean Core” principles so upgrades stay safe
- Support for non-SAP systems such as Oracle and Microsoft Dynamics
- The ability to monitor customs status and print documents without leaving your ERP
MIC ECM provides a unified platform for global export control compliance, covering denied party screening, export control classification, embargo checks, and licensing, kept current via MIC's Global Trade Content Service (GTCS), which delivers daily updates. Coverage includes:
- Sanctions and denied-party list screening against consolidated lists, including the EU Consolidated Sanctions List; the US OFAC SDN List and BIS Entity Lists (Denied Persons Lists and Unverified List); the UN Security Council Consolidated Sanctions List; and additional national lists such as the UK, Japan (METI), and Switzerland (SECO). UBO and BIS 50% Rule screening are also covered. Other lists can be extended smoothly.
- Export control classification against commodity lists, including the EU Dual-Use Regulation (2021/821), the German Export List (Ausfuhrliste, annexed to the Foreign Trade and Payments Ordinance/ AWV) the US Commerce Control List under the EAR (Export Administration Regulations), and the US Munitions List under ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations). Other regulations can be added smoothly.
Other regulations can be integrated smoothly. - Licensing and additional controls, including individual and general license administration (deadlines, quantities/values, and usage tracking), ELAN-K2 integration for German license requests, US re-export checks, De-minimis calculation, import control regulation assessment, and manual compliance review workflows.
Global trade is becoming increasingly unpredictable as tariffs, sanctions, and export controls are frequently deployed as geopolitical and economic tools. Given this growing complexity, any importer or exporter—regardless of industry or company size—benefits from a reliable system to ensure compliance with customs and trade regulations, rather than relying on manual checks.
Particularly relevant industries:
- Manufacturers in the electronics, semiconductor, and high-tech sectors facing shifting export restrictions on technologies and a complex global procurement landscape
- Automotive and industrial manufacturers that rely on globally sourced components and materials and are subject to customs, sanctions, and export licensing requirements
- Renewable energy and battery manufacturers that depend on critical minerals and raw materials—which may require export licenses—and are subject to evolving trade policy frameworks
- Companies in the chemical, pharmaceutical, and life sciences sectors subject to controls regarding dual-use goods and sanctions, as well as strict regulatory documentation requirements
- Aerospace and defense industry suppliers, which have long been subject to stringent export controls and licensing regulations
- Companies in retail, consumer goods, and logistics that handle high transaction volumes across multiple markets, making manual screening impractical
- Companies with complex, multi-tier, or international supply chains where restrictions and disruptions can arise anywhere and impact procurement continuity
Company size: It is not so much the size that matters, but the risk profile. Larger companies manage a greater number of entities, shipments, and business partners, and therefore require centralized oversight across multiple systems and markets. Small and medium-sized exporters often lack the specialized compliance resources needed to manually monitor restricted party lists, licensing requirements, and regulatory changes. Consequently, compliance gaps can be particularly costly for these companies relative to their size.
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