Re: RoHS compliance
You're right that it should have been anticipated, but not all purchasing people have the technical knowledge and expertise that quality managers have (or should have). That's why it's always a good idea to get as much interdisciplinary input as possible at the RFQ stage.
Jim, thanks. I am also considering that the purchasing mgr should have been more aware and had anticipated this issue before it got this far, after all the purchasing dept is dealing with the suppliers in the early stages of the process, now in my QA Mgr function at this stage it appears that there is not much I can make happen, and the info is bouncing back and forth, the parties that can make this issue be solved are the branch mgr and the purchasing mgr.
