There seems to be some hysteria regarding "lab generated" DoC's.
If a third party lab is acting as signatory, I agree in principle with the statements made on the list, but such actions have no value to a lab and only represent a potential legal quagmire. Since the DoC is legally binding (perhaps the wrong term) document that could have monetary and other ramifications, I can't imagine a third party lab wanting to put their neck on the block. Labs typically have no input into a customer's engineering change processes, purchasing agreements, spot procurement, manufacturing floor changes, 100% or production surveillance, etc. Safety certification labs, for instance, that provide "listing and marking services" typically perform quarterly product audits, others annually. EMC is a whole other bag of gotchas, since component selection criteria is often critical to compliant performance. Many labs, however, will provide a template form DoC for customers to sign. This is a service for inexperienced companies who need a leg up. It is not the same as acting as signatory. Regards, Peter L. Tarver, PE Product Safety Manager Sanmina-SCI Homologation Services San Jose, CA [email protected] 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] Archive is being moved, we will announce when it is back on-line. All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
