You are probably familiar with the “fear of God” story that drives so much   
  of RoHS compliance: namely, Sony lost 110M Euros because the company 
  exceeded Dutch cadmium standards in its 1.3M unit shipment. And you should

  be familiar with the REACH mantra, "No Data No Market". 

  As a consequence, OEMs are collecting Yes/No or parts-per-million information 
  from their suppliers, hopefully they are collecting full disclsoure data.

But many suppliers do not really understand RoHS or REACH. Very few have ppm data. 
And, statistically, 50% of the tested Y/N responses from suppliers are dead wrong.

What to do?

Educate your suppliers. On RoHS and REACH. On your requirements. On your reporting format – IPC 1752 or 

otherwise – in conjunction with your data management and reporting database.

GCG works with many small-to-medium sized suppliers: from wire-and-harness assemblers to

manufacturers of microwave equipment for large telecom systems.

Recently, we implemented a customer’s Supplier Education Program for up to 1,000 suppliers.

It focused on the IPC-1752 form as part of the customer’s data collection solution. It sped up 

RoHS and REACH data collection and serves as a cornerstone of the company’s due diligence defense. 

And, best of all, it is extraordinarily cost-effective and time-efficient.

 
Key Questions:
·          Are you collecting Y/N or ppm information from your suppliers, and do you trust it?
·          Are you running out of time?
·          Would it serve you well if your suppliers knew more – and it didn’t cost you a dime?