I read in !emc-pstc that Wagner, John P (John) <johnwag...@avaya.com> wrote (in <4203D61676D0AE468AA5CEA90A891C1302A014D6@cof110avexu4.global. avaya.com>) about 'D of C again' on Thu, 1 May 2003:
>Quite the opposite. Compliance testing can only be done on the final production >model. This obviously places compliance testing at "the end of the pipeline." >It is questionable, to say the least, to issue a DOC prior to final testing, You aren't 'issuing' it until you ship the product. You can't ship it (legally) until the DoC is validated by compliance testing. So you could prepare and sign it the day the development project starts - it is just a scrap of paper until you ship the product. > so >the DOC is not available till after final compliance testing. There is normally >a several month lead time for publication of manuals, so the product >introduction will be delayed by the amount of time necessary to get the manuals >published. I don't understand a 'several month lead-time'. When I was producing copy for manuals, we had the proofs in a couple of weeks, and that was when computer-aided publishing was a new thing. Besides, if it's a big and complex manual, you can leave a space on page 299 to drop the DoC in at a late stage. Even Caxton could have done that. (;-) > >Manufacturers have very agressive (and often optomistic) development cycles. >There is no extra time in the cycle to add a few weeks or months for publication >and still meet introduction dates. These things have to run in parallel. I would not be daft enough to suggest a procedure that added even a week to time-to-market. -- Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only. http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Interested in professional sound reinforcement and distribution? Then go to http://www.isce.org.uk PLEASE do NOT copy news posts to me by E-MAIL! 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 Archive is being moved, we will announce when it is back on-line. All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
