Well, not to be left out of the fray, I already have started my little piece of the anarchy. I am down to two marks on the cert. label. I still pay two agencies, only because I don't want to take on more work than I already have. I do one test one time and, if needed, pass those results to the other agency. One day, though, I may just get down to paying one agency.
We all know that there are many countries that have created requirements in the past several years. I tried to get marks from several. But when the local sales force decided that it was just bureaucratic hassles, they convinced me to wait until it becomes a problem, i.e. products held up at the border. So, until then, we are at two marks and holding.If some country wants to add to my load, I will have to have my products confiscated at the border before I add more. Sometimes I have had to do a little persuading and educating of management and customers. I was surprised at how easy it was to show cost-effectiveness or time-to-market improvements by getting rid of a mark or two. I also found that if you ask the customer to pay for a mark, as often as not, they don't want to, especially if the product already has several. They then find other ways (which I won't go into here) to get the product to where they want it. Compliance to me is like government, as little as necessary to get the job done. I want to, and will, make a safe and quiet product. But I refuse to pay three, four or more times just to repeat the proof that I make a safe and quiet product. I will admit that, at times, I have been forced to pay extra, but it is always done under duress and it is always made clear that that is the case. (Sometimes corporate decisions are made that we don't always agree with, but decide to put up with.) Off the soap box now. Scott s_doug...@ecrm.com p.s. This is the only time I have ever said that the above is my own personal opinion and should not reflect on my employer. This is part of the don't ask, don't tell policy. So please don't tell him I said this. --------- This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to majord...@ieee.com with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the quotes). For help, send mail to ed.pr...@cubic.com, ri...@sdd.hp.com, or roger.volgst...@compaq.co (the list administrators).
