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The company I am working is supplying products to the electronic industry and just recently, the company have decided to shut down one of the product lines and get a contract manufacturer to produce it for us. This means that all equipment, manufacturing and testing will be removed.
However, the product manufactured by the Contract Manufacturer will be in our packaging and carry labels with our company name.
Questions:
1. Do we need to notify customers of this change under "change of manufacturing location"?
2. Should we treat the contract manufacturer as a subcontractor and do the rules for subcontractor development applies? This may be a bit difficult as we have no capability to monitor the contract manufacturer product and we do not intend to do so anyway.
This is the first time I am encountering a contract manufacturing situation so any advice will be most appreciated.
Last but not least, this is really a great forum and you can find answers to almost any quality related questions!
However, the product manufactured by the Contract Manufacturer will be in our packaging and carry labels with our company name.
Questions:
1. Do we need to notify customers of this change under "change of manufacturing location"?
2. Should we treat the contract manufacturer as a subcontractor and do the rules for subcontractor development applies? This may be a bit difficult as we have no capability to monitor the contract manufacturer product and we do not intend to do so anyway.
This is the first time I am encountering a contract manufacturing situation so any advice will be most appreciated.
Last but not least, this is really a great forum and you can find answers to almost any quality related questions!