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, 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.
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. John P. Wagner Regulatory Compliance & Mandatory Standards AVAYA Regulatory Compliance Laboratory 1300 W. 120th Ave, Room B3-D16 Westminster, CO 80234-2726 Phone/Fax: (303) 538-4241 johnwag...@avaya.com From: John Woodgate [mailto:j...@jmwa.demon.co.uk] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 11:13 AM To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Re: D of C again I read in !emc-pstc that Wagner, John P (John) <johnwag...@avaya.com> wrote (in <4203D61676D0AE468AA5CEA90A891C130288F018@cof110avexu4.global. avaya.com>) about 'D of C again' on Thu, 1 May 2003: >I agree with Paul. It is usually very difficult to print the DoC in the users >manual. Ordinarily, the manual is approved and goes to print before the final >testing of the product and certainly before the DOC is signed. Is that a new law of nature? It seems that the system is running you, rather than the other way round. -- 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 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
