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 -----Original Message----- From: owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org [mailto:owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org]On Behalf Of Scott Douglas Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 6:15 AM To: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: Compliance Primer Hi, Does anyone know of any primers on regulatory compliance? Like what compliance is, why we do it, how does one figure out what standards apply to a product, and whatever? Reason I ask is I had these questions posed to me by one of our directors. He wants to learn about compliance. I was caught flat footed. How do you explain what took you 19 years to learn? And that you really don't know as much as you think? I showed him my stack of standards but didn't think that would be a good place for him to start. Looking forward to your comments. Regards, Scott Douglas Senior Compliance Engineer Narad Networks 515 Groton Road Westford, MA 01886 office: 978 589-1869 cell: 978-239-0693 dougl...@naradnetworks.com www.naradnetworks.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"
