Monitoring Candidate List: Priority for REACH regulation
As we draw closer to the 12th version of the Candidate List (CL), we realize that continuous monitoring of CL holds tremendous benefits for the Suppliers or Product manufacturers. In a broader view, the monitoring process allows them to steer ahead of competition in the European market. For diligent monitoring, Suppliers need to be aware […]
How to effectively run your Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry?
Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry (RCOI) is the important step in identifying the origin of conflict minerals in your supply chain. Most affected companies by this regulation have done the step at different scale of effectiveness during the 2013 reporting year. We observed that most companies were not able to identify the mineral sources due […]
RoHS Compliance Marking For Medical Devices
While the previous version of RoHS directive did not require any special mark to demonstrate RoHS compliance, under the recast, it became mandatory that all equipment covered by RoHS must now bear the CE mark. As a symbol, CE mark is familiar for everyone as it has been a mandatory requirement for many years on […]
What documentation is required for your RoHS compliance program?
Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) has been around in several industries for past several years and Companies have been putting in considerable effort and resources to comply with this regulation. With RoHS 2 being adopted, there has been extension in the scope of the directive and additional industry categories like medical devices and monitoring & […]
How to use supplier training as a tool to improve conflict mineral responses from your supply chain?
In addition to the Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry (RCOI), the heavy lifting in conflict mineral compliance is the effort to survey your suppliers to gather Conflict Mineral Reporting Templates (CMRT). Industry has spent enormous amount of time in reaching out to suppliers and gathering this information in the past year. Different organizations have conducted […]