I read in !emc-pstc that Mark Werlwas <[email protected]> wrote (in <[email protected]>) about 'Quality Assurance and Product Approvals', on Wed, 28 Nov 2001: > On the aspect of the "where to put Product Safety/Compliance in the > organization" discussion bears mentioning on the forum. In general I > advocate that the Product Safety/Compliance department be separate from > Engineering, Sales, and Operations. The Safety/Compliance group should > avoid > conflicts of interest (real or apparent) that may arise in the above > mentioned groups. Even the occasional appearance of a conflicting interest > can undermine the credibility of the Safety/Compliance team.
But this militates strongly against 'designing-in compliance', and is very liable to create a 'them and us' conflict between Design Engineering and Compliance. The *maintenance* of compliance in manufacture is a Quality function. -- Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only. http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk After swimming across the Hellespont, I felt like a Hero. ------------------------------------------- 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: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: [email protected] Dave Heald [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old messages are imported into the new server.
