Egon,
I agree. Simply put, "If you want to dance, you have to pay the fiddler."
Where would we all be if no certifications were required, or they were
simple to obtain? We would lose our outrageous salaries (ha!).
Seriously, I have found that when I boast of saving $10K here or there
in our certification process, no one blinks. Given the millions it takes
to develop a product and bring it to market, the usual certification costs
do pale in comparison.
It is best to recognize that, like the weather, we may not like what we get,
but none of us can do much to change it. My first manager (many years
ago) once overheard me complaining about a "problem". He said
"There are no problems, only opportunities."
Thus, we (safety, EMC, etc.) are all confronted with many certification
"opportunities".
George
---------------------- Forwarded by George Alspaugh/Lex/Lexmark on 03/23/2000
11:14 AM ---------------------------
egon%varju.bc...@interlock.lexmark.com on 03/23/2000 09:13:15 AM
Please respond to egon%varju.bc...@interlock.lexmark.com
To: emc-pstc%ieee....@interlock.lexmark.com
cc: (bcc: George Alspaugh/Lex/Lexmark)
Subject: RE: Certification of Products and other emerging countries
At 07:24 PM 22/03/2000, you wrote:
>This issue isn't change - its the gyrations, expense and increased
>overhead incurred by manufacturing companies that is the concern
>here.
Excuse me for being a bit blunt, but if any foreign company wants to sell
their product in the US, they have to face the gyrations, expense and
increased overhead of having to comply with NRTL, FCC, FDA, OSHA, etc., ad
nauseum. I see no reason why other countries shouldn't put up similar
economic trade barriers.
Anyway, if your company has a market in these countries, then you are
presumably making a profit. In most cases, if you look at your marketing
and advertising cost in each of these countries, I suspect that the
compliance costs pale in comparison. It's not a big deal.
Perhaps what companies should do is to include the compliance costs in
their marketing budget. In this case, you could get on with your job,
without having to put up with any more bitching from all those
bean-counters and pimple-faced MBAs.
Just my 2 yen's worth ...
Egon :-)
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E.H. Varju & Associates Ltd.
North Vancouver, Canada
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