Cynthia : Recommend you contact Alan Clark at the Assessment Services Lab in the U.K.
His Tel number is : 011-44-1-329-443492. Call him and review your requirements in detail with Alan. Frank. At 04:16 PM 7/30/97 -0500, you wrote: >Digi developed and released an analog modem for >sale in North America. Product Management is considering >kicking off a project to take the product world wide. > >My experience with analog is limited to the North American >requirements. I am aware of what is going on in Europe >with TBR21 and have read past messages on analog. >I gather that analog approval is country by country, >very time consuming, and expensive. > >What I am tasked with doing at the moment is writing >a recommendation to management on how Digi >could approach analog approvals. The biggest >problem is I do not have the key information I need >to make a recommendation. Things like cost >for approval, time to approval, etc. Also what >would a consultant bring to the table. Should I >farm the entire process to an approval agency, >should I attempt to gain the approvals on my own? > >As you can see I need lots of help (of course people >that know me well could have told you that !!) > >I don't expect that anyone out there can hand me >a complete analog approval guidebook with all >this information, but what I was hoping is that >anyone that has faced this situation could >share their experience with me. What are >really the most important factors for a company >to consider when approaching this type of task?, >etc. > >My boss does not expect me to hand him a list >of every country in the world and what their >approval process is, but he does expect a >recommendation for how I intent to get this >feat accomplished. All advice is welcome!! > >A few facts you may need, > > 1) homologation is staffed currently with only 2 people > 2) engineers are responsible for the design and normally > support all approval testing > 3) Digi has distributors in most countries and we utilize > them often for ISDN approvals so they are available > to me as a resource > >Sorry for such a long message. > >Cynthia E. Pleach >Principle Homologation Engineer >Digi International > >email [email protected] >phone 612 912 3206 >fax 612 912 4955 > >
