I read in !emc-pstc that Ehler, Kyle <[email protected]> wrote (in <[email protected]>) about 'Metrics cost at 1991', on Mon, 5 Nov 2001: >Naturally, the project dictated to me is to attempt an analysis of the EMC >compliance process used here. >This will be an attempt to apply structured analysis procedures in efforts >to better understand and apply changes in personnel and/or test/scheduling >procedures to shorten cycle time and perhaps reduce costs. > >We seem to spend 15% of lab resources in actual compliance work and 85% in >troubleshooting to get compliant.
I get the impression that your company is not training its design engineers to think of EMC (and safety) right up front at the design stage. Or maybe it tells them to do that but doesn't train them in how to do it. NO way should you be troubleshooting to the extent you quote. My audio design team were told that THEY were responsible for their product's safety; they could discuss freely with the compliance team in advance of submitting the product for test, and they had free access to the safety standard, BUT the product MUST NOT FAIL at first submission. It worked very well, except on one product, where we had one unit (out of about 200 000 product units that we shipped) with a screw through the mains lead - a hazard that everyone had missed. -- Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only. http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Eat mink and be dreary! ------------------------------------------- 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.
