Would someone please explain the OM (Overall Mark)? Thank you Charles Grasso (Captain Hook) EMC Engineer StorageTek 2270 Sth 88th Street Louisville CO 80027 MS 4262 [email protected] Tel:(303)673-2908 Fax(303)661-7115
> ---------- > From: Peter E. Perkins[SMTP:[email protected]] > Reply To: Peter E. Perkins > Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 1998 11:57 PM > To: Dan Mitchell > Cc: PSNetwork > Subject: Are all these agencies really necessary? > > PSNet & Dan, > > > The OM (Overall Mark) is a good idea that continues to be promoted > by industry, especially multinational businesses. Oh that they had > control > to proscribe it... Remember that the underlying basis for all of this is > a > political issue in that nations want to control commerce in some manner - > and many of the old-time controls have been taken away by treaty (the GATT > Treaty). We work in an arena where the high level politicians tug and > pull > to get their way. We see it in the expansion of the need to have a > certification or mark on the products. Developing nations have figured > out > that they can easily play this game - just adapt the international > standards - ISO/IEC/CISPR, etc. - but demand a local mark of approval. The > country supports a team of technical and bureauocratic personel thru the > tax that you pay to get their bumper sticker. Americans, especially, like > free enterprise = no restraints. Big business promoted the use of a > manufacturer's based mark for Europe (the CE marking), but were not too > happy that there is personal criminal penalty attached to signing the MDoC > and applying the mark. Much of the rest of the world isn't ready for > the > whole potato all at once either. Note the problems that the Japanese and > the Koreans are having trying to reform their old-boy networks to open > their markets and offer opportunity for growth there... I predict that it > will get worse before it gets better... So, look at it as job security, > at > least you're working (which is better than the alternative)... > > > - - - - - > > Peter E Perkins > Principal Product Safety Consultant > Tigard, ORe 97281-3427 > > +1/503/452-1201 phone/fax > > [email protected] email > > visit our website: > > http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/peperkins > > - - - - - > > --------- > This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. > To cancel your subscription, send mail to [email protected] > with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the > quotes). For help, send mail to [email protected], > [email protected], or [email protected] (the list > administrators). > --------- This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to [email protected] with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the quotes). For help, send mail to [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected] (the list administrators).
