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1、TransitiontoRoHS:TheSevenCommonPitfallstoAvoidAwhitepaperauthoredby:BijanDastmalchiofSymphonyConsulting,Inc.andRichardVermeijofArenaSolutionsNovember11,2005TransitiontoRoHS:TheSevenCommonPitfallstoAvoidWhenitcomestotheRoHS(RestrictionofHazardousSubstances)Directive,goodthingsdonot
2、cometothosewhowait.Thisdirective,whichseverelylimitstheuseofsixhazardoussubstances—mostnotably,lead(Pb)—inproductsshippedtotheEuropeanUnion(EU),issettotakeeffectinJuly2006.SimilarrequirementswilltakeshapeinChina,Taiwan,Japan,andothercountriesinthenearfuture.WhileJuly2006mayseemfar
3、awayintoday’sfastpacedbusinessenvironment,thescopeandmagnitudeofthetransitionleavelittletonoroomforerror.Andthosecompaniesthatareunprepared,orunder-prepared,riskgettingcaughtinthesupplychain“perfectstorm”namedRoHS.Sowhatarethemostcommonpitfallsascompaniestransitiontheirproducts?Wh
4、ataretherisksandhowdotheymanifestthemselvesinacompany’sbottomline?Andwhointhesupplychainisaccountableinanoutsourcedmanufacturingmodel?SymphonyConsultingandArenaSolutionshavecollaboratedtoanswerthesecriticalquestions,andprovidearoadmapthatcompaniescanuseinpreparingtheirresponsetoth
5、eRoHSDirective.WehaveidentifiedthesevenmostcommonpitfallsthatcanstronglyimpactthesuccessorfailureoftransitiontoRoHScompliance:1.“PassingtheBuck”toSuppliers2.Exemptvs.Non-exemptProducts3.ResourceAllocation4.ComponentCompatibility,IdentificationandAvailability5.SupplierDueDiligence6
6、.DelayedAction7.DataManagementandReporting“PassingtheBuck”toSuppliersTheelectronicsindustry’sadoptionofanoutsourcedmanufacturingmodel,coupledwiththetechnologydownturnof2001,haveresultedinstaffreductionsattheoriginalequipmentmanufacturers(OEMs).Aselectronicsmanufacturingservices(EM
7、S)companiesandothersuppliersintheextendedsupplychaincontinuetoofferservicestosupplementtheirmanufacturingcorecompetencies,OEMswillcontinuedelegatingtheiroperationalactivitiestothesecompanies.WithRoHS,however,thisbecomesacomplicatedproposition.That’sbecauseOEMsmusttakefullresponsib
8、ilityforthesuccessfultransitionof