For what its worth, it has been my experience over the years that management is "turned off" by hearing about threats and penalties. That is not to say that they don't care, and these should definitely be part of your presentation, but they are looking business building issues. I try to show how regulatory efforts improve product quality, how additional markets may be opened and how testing costs can best be managed. Showing them why regulatory issues are important should be the bulk of your presentation. Addressing the penalties and consequences should be mentioned but in my opinion should not be focal point.
The issue that is always thrown back at me are the numerous accounts where company A shipped product without proper regulatory approval and nothing happened. We all know this has been problematic. Obviously the issue is whether or not their company is willing to take the risk. After all product regulations is in effect a "risk management" effort. We minimize the risk of hazards, minimize the risk of interference and minimize the risk that our companies could get into legal trouble. Just my $.02 Rick Evans & Sutherland rbus...@es.com -----Original Message----- From: Garry Hojan [mailto:gho...@regulatory-compliance.com] Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 9:10 AM To: Scott Douglas; emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: RE: Compliance Primer Hi Scott, I am in the process of writing just such an article, directed towards those within an organization who have, what I would call, a periphery view of regulatory compliance (directors, purchasing, sales and marketing) and how it effects them and the company. I am writing it with your situation in mind, but I would be interested in the group's viewpoint on the value of such an article. Do you find yourself explaining what rc is? Do you have to justify the fact that it has to be done? How many times do you find yourself in a pressure situation where the product is sold without the appropriate approvals and your under the gun to get the approvals? I would also be extremely appreciative if the group has some scenario's that they would like covered in the article. I will also be covering penalties and liability issues, which should hopefully open some eyes of those who feel that it is "an acceptable business risk" to run with a less than satisfactory compliance program. In the article I will explain the process of how to determine which standards apply for which country/product mix, and how difficult it can be for some countries due to time zones, translations, unclear or differing instructions from within the country, political issues, political and business policy, unwritten caveats, etc., etc. I look forward to hearing from the group. Best regards, Garry Hojan CEO/ President Strategic Compliance Services (SCS) a Division of NRL, L.L.C. 11402 E Mariposa Rd. Stockton, CA 95215 Tel: 209-465-0619 Fax: 209-812-1931 Mobile: 209-662-4322 Email: gho...@regulatory-compliance.com Web: www.regulatory-compliance.com ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: emc-p...@hypercom.com Dave Heald: davehe...@attbi.com For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list"
