IHS White Paper:  Top Performers Use Compliance Best Practices

Manufacturers that comply with regulations and can demonstrate compliance on a regular basis profit with increased global market share, fewer stop shipments, and fewer product recalls. These benefits of regulatory compliance positively impact corporate bottom lines and promote positive company image and branding.

This white paper analyzes survey results regarding regulatory compliance for products and manufacturers’ efforts to pursue product compliance. The effectiveness of regulatory compliance practices is explored along with the costs and factors necessary to make product compliance a repeatable and beneficial characteristic for manufacturers worldwide.

Topics covered in this report benchmarking product compliance for the manufacturing industry include:

• risk of non-compliance
• regulatory compliance during the design process
• design costs associated with compliance
• challenges of regulatory compliance with product requirements such as RoHS which may differ based on location
• best practices implemented by manufacturing industry companies
• recommendations to improve product regulatory compliance

Effective regulatory compliance requires more than just spending money. Today’s business models using global design teams, distributed suppliers, contracted manufacturing, and global markets make identifying applicable regulations a challenge. Companies with successful regulatory compliance programs implemented best practices and assured that regulatory information was identified and delivered where and when it was needed.

Register to download this white paper today and see how your practices for product regulatory compliance stack up against manufacturing industry best practices. Approaching regulatory compliance as an ongoing effort with compliance designed into your product increases profits and assures your position in the global marketplace.