I have had a similiar request from a South Korean "authority" for a complete set of design documents for our telecommunication products as part of our South Korean approvals application. I provided them with schematics and BOMs for the telco and serial datacom interfaces only. I have no intention of giving them the entire design doc package. I just don't understand why all that information is required for a approvals application.
George Seminsky Manager, Hardware System & Compliance Nuera Communications Ph 619 625 9220 ext 1248 Fax 619 625 2422 From: Ron Pickard <[email protected]>, on 5/22/97 8:10 AM: Brent, It is alway prudent to proceed on the path of caution. Before you commit, the requirements, cost and process must be defined. Otherwise, you'll likely find yourself to be on wiggly ground. In my opinion, this scenario you are depicting indicates to me that, if you are not careful, you are about to introduce an in-country "competitor" with a design strangely similar to your own. Of course, this is only my opinion. Regards, Ron Pickard ---------- From: owner-emc-pstc[SMTP:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, May 22, 1997 3:30 AM To: EMC-PSTC Subject: Strange Request To all - Recently we have had a strange request from a Korean customer. We manufacture AC to DC Power Supplies and a Korean Customer indicated that he needed the following items in order to obtain Korean appoval on the AC to DC Power Supply (he would not tell us what approvals they needed...just something about Government Approval): 1. Schematic Diagram 2. Board Layouts 3. Bill of Materials 4. Two pieces each of every component...not just key components. This, coupled with the fact that one of their designers is making design suggestions, makes us a bit edgy. At this point, it is still obvious that the designer does not understand the operation of our unit, but to tell him that "no, the circuit does not work that way" means that you would have to explain the detailed operations of the unit. Can anyone tell me whether this request is on the up and up or whether we should keep the information close to home. What level of information do most end product manufacturers require of their component vendors? Thanks in advance for your input. Could you please respond to "[email protected]". We will be deciding what details of information to send to the customer tomorrow evening. Brent Taira
