Hazardous-Substance-Free, Part 3
In last month’s column, I postulated that the hazardous-substance-free movement repr
Crisis of Credibility
The ISO 9001 series of standards is the most widely used in the world and specifies requirements for an organization’s quality management system (QMS).
Who Cares About Records?
Control of quality records: Can there possibly be a more boring requirement? You can feel the yawn coming on as you read through the requirements of ISO 9001 subclause 4.2.4.
Hazardous-Substance–Free, Part 2
Last month, I shared some perspectives about the current state of the hazardous-subs
Counting What Matters
What data are the best to gather? What processes should you be tracking? What are your metrics telling you?
Training and Competence
Subclause 6.2.2 of ISO 9001 is ubiquitously referred to as the training clause.
Hazardous-Substance–Free, Part 1
This column and the next two take stock of the current state and future of the hazardous-substance-free (HSF) movement and its effects on industry, and share my perspectives
Plucking the RoHS
This month we provide the basics for compliance with the European Union’s Directive 2002/95/EC—“On the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances
The Elephant in the Room
Three blind men sat in the market place.
Trust and Verify
Europe’s Reduction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive identifies six hazardous substances and their maximum permissible levels within electrical a