Thanks Warrior Goddess of Quality you are my shero. That is what makes the most sense to me. I'm hoping I can get more replies to validate that.In companies I've been in, it's resided with Engineering...
Hello everyone. I was just wondering where the reponsiblity for WEEE/RoHS compliance ends up in other companies. Is it Quality, Engineering, Marketing etc? Thanks!
This helps a great deal also. We have begun the process of RoHS compliance which right now consists of getting supplier evidence of compliance. Purchasing is driving that right now. Quality is managing the entire project and undertaking the responsibility of identifying the appropriate quality system procedures to include the RoHS requirements. We have planned for Engineering to be engaged only for consult and testing, when required, for replacement of non RoHS compliant parts. Where it gets fuzzy is the repsonibility for preparing and reporting technical data to our customers. From your reply it sounds like it is Marketing which makes sense to me. The other fuzzy area is who is responsible for setting up the relationships with international companies for the registration, reporting and take back of the WEEE? Thank you!The best approach to pursue is usually multidisciplinary and you should have a process in place also starting from product and process design and development.
Marketing is also involved because in the technical sheet of the product, which can be also available on a company web site, there is usually reported the indication "RoHS compliance yes".
Quality is also involved to verify that the ISO standards clause regarding this requirement are respected by means of the internal audit.
Engineering as well as Purchasing are other function that are deeply involved , because they use qualified raw material in the product realization process and Purchasing shall acquire material that are compliant with the regulatory and statutory laws.
So , we can say that the organization shall have a process in place to assure that its product is ok with RoHS, assuring the presence of allowed material with related percentage and eliminated banned material. This is an internal process that Marketing shall communicate to the customer with technical sheet. Hope this helps
This helps a great deal also. We have begun the process of RoHS compliance which right now consists of getting supplier evidence of compliance. Purchasing is driving that right now. Quality is managing the entire project and undertaking the responsibility of identifying the appropriate quality system procedures to include the RoHS requirements. We have planned for Engineering to be engaged only for consult and testing, when required, for replacement of non RoHS compliant parts. Where it gets fuzzy is the repsonibility for preparing and reporting technical data to our customers. From your reply it sounds like it is Marketing which makes sense to me. The other fuzzy area is who is responsible for setting up the relationships with international companies for the registration, reporting and take back of the WEEE? Thank you!