Greetings: Our company is currently reviewing its compliance with the Country of Origin requirements administered by the US International Trade Commission.
We have been told from a consultant that we need to improve our program. Based on these recommendations, we have created two phases. Phase 1 - Add Country of Origin identifiers for all shippable products including end-use instrumentation and service kits. This identifier would be in the form of a marking. Phase 2 - Add Country of Origin identifiers on all piece parts which make-up the instruments. For example, screws, tubing, power supplies, etc. This identifier would be an update to our documentation data base. Although there seems to be so some merit for Phase 1, Phase 2 seems extensive. We use more than 30,000 parts in our product lines. How do most companies deal with this requirement? Has anyone been audited to this requirement? How extensive was the audit? Can anyone provide any background as to the intent of this regulation? All opinions are appreciated. Regards, Mark Sweeny Manager, Compliance Engineering Applied Biosystems ------------------------------------------- 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: Ron Pickard: [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: http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list"
