In its fomative years, a major US PC manufacturer felt that FCC certification was not a barrier to marketing. Standard operating procedure was to sell while the authorization was in process. Then the FCC arrived to shut down their factory. The VP of Engineering met with the FCC in Washington at the last minute and worked out an agreement that kept the factory running. After that point, FCC certification and other agency approvals became a requirement before shipment was authorized. Today, that company has a world class compliance operation, and I am proud to have taken part in that process.
Richard Woods Sensormatic Electronics [email protected] Views expressed by the author do not necessarily represent those of Sensormatic. > ---------- > From: Knighten, Jim[SMTP:[email protected]] > Reply To: Knighten, Jim > Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 1998 7:24 PM > To: 'emc-pstc list server' > Subject: Looking for Horror Stories > > To All: > > My management is drafting an "educational" briefing for higher > management on the degree of seriousness of regulatory compliance > (primarily aimed at EMC). > > I would appreciate your sharing with me any tales of woe, penalties, > incarceration, or any other horror stories related to companies who have > either inadvertently not complied with the regulations, or who have been > deliberately lax in doing so. Again, EMC is more my interest. > > Thank you, > > Jim > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > --------------------------- > Dr. Jim Knighten > NCR > 17095 Via del Campo > San Diego, CA 92127 > Telephone: 619-485-2537 > Fax: 619-485-3788 > e-mail: [email protected] >
