Scott, Sounds like you work with a cooperative bunch.
>From your reply, I'll take this quote: "so they don't have to deal with me later." The fact that they "have to" deal with you implies you either have management authority or management standing behind you. Or...you could just have a REALLY cooperative bunch of engineers who do as you suggest without needing any prodding. The cases that I'm talking about are the cases where a Compliance Engineer is being pressured by management. In that situation, it doesn't matter how cooperative the engineers are working with/for you; and it probably doesn't matter how good a case you can make to those engineers...unless you have a strong enough case for a full blown mutiny :-) Management's attitude toward compliance can also mess up the Compliance Engineer's job in a passive fashion (i.e. without even pressuring the compliance engineer): if an engineer working with/for you is uncooperative; then the ONLY way you'll get the job done is with management's backing...if it isn't there...then you may lose out. The suggestions that I made were aimed at getting management to be more "Compliance Friendly". I like your point about performance. Many people don't realize that a designing for EMC usually results in better performance for the entire system...especially for sensitive systems like receivers, test/measurement equipment and instrumentation. The performance card probably isn't played enough by Compliance Engineers. Regards, Chris Maxwell From: Scott Douglas [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 7:39 PM To: Chris Maxwell Cc: Taylor, Michael; [email protected] Subject: Re: EMC Ethics This may sound glib, but the easiest way I have found to deal with the ethics of compliance is to show engineers how to design it in from the beginning so they don't have to deal with me later when they are really busy. Then, when it costs a bit more to design it in, I show them how it improves ease of manufacture, product reliability, or performance, or all three. So far, it seems to be working pretty well. Scott Douglas This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/listserv/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [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://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
