RoHS Physical Audit
Can your company's RoHS certification get you through compliance screening?
Your company has invested significant time and resources into RoHS compliance. You have:
- Converted your board level BOM's to contain only RoHS compliant parts
- Changed all mechanical drawing specifications to reflect RoHS compliant materials and platings
- Obtained RoHS certifications for all inputs into your company's products
- Placed your company's RoHS certification on your products
Then why is it that your company has received notification from EU enforcement or a customer/distributor that a "stop ship" or other sanction has been placed on your products? Due to non-compliance to RoHS, your company is now facing a three (3) to six (6) month revenue gap.
The fact remains that while you have taken every precaution to convert your company's products to RoHS-compliant, your supply chain has multiple areas that can leave your product exposed to non-compliance.
The quality of information provided in RoHS due diligence documentation is critical to ensuring that a product's import goes smoothly. In concert with due diligence process audits, Intertek Ageus Solutions offers physical audit services at the product- and component-level to provide gap analysis feedback and verify the accuracy of the information provided by contract manufacturers and suppliers.
Intertek Ageus Solutions' experts have worked extensively with European and Chinese government and enforcement agencies to determine the inspection criteria and methods that will be applied to imported products subject to RoHS regulation. The result being that Intertek Ageus Solutions' physical audit will provide you with the confidence that your suppliers are providing accurate information, and that your product will not be held up at point of entry.
Most enforcement systems rely on physical audits of products to verify the accuracy of due diligence documentation provided with imports. Physical audit of products is strongly recommended by most RoHS-regulated countries to be included as a standard step in the due diligence process.
Product Audits
The Intertek Ageus Solutions' physical audit will include:
- An on-site visit by an audit specialist including:
- Visual inspection of solder joints and coatings applied to the product for indications of non-RoHS compliant materials.
- XRF inspection of the product as per RoHS enforcement guidelines.
- A written report, detailing findings of the physical audit including gap analysis for RoHS compliance.
Intertek Ageus Solutions has extensive experience interacting with suppliers and contract manufacturers to extract BOM data and prepare due diligence documentation with multiple levels of verification. The gap analysis and physical audit can help guard against surprises, lost sales or distributors, and negative brand exposure after the product has shipped, alerting you to vulnerability posed by inclusion of non-compliant components and affording you the opportunity to take preventative action.
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