Creating and Managing a Product Compliance Program
This two-day course presents a process development methodology that can be used repeatedly as new compliance requirements emerge. You will learn best practices in creating a compliance program for your products and markets, and how to use this program at all stages of product development and production. Sample spreadsheets will be used to demonstrate tailoring the program to your product, your markets, and your organization. A properly managed compliance program simplifies the certification or approval of your product, and ensures that you regularly apply and document good engineering practices for product safety and reliability.
What Will You Learn
- Summarize how a formal compliance program adds value to your goods and services
- Develop a compliance checklist
- Identify effective strategies for researching compliance requirements
- Describe how to manage the ongoing compliance process
- Explain the importance of documenting compliance and retaining records
Is This Course For You
This course is designed for managers with implementation authority for product safety and compliance; product development engineers, designers and managers; new business development managers; risk managers and compliance or certification managers. Companies considering expanding or modifying their product line, or attempting to enter new export markets, will especially benefit. Suppliers who are involved in product development and compliance, regulatory agency representatives, industry safety organization representatives, and corporate compliance lawyers will also benefit.
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