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INTERIM MANAGEMENT, QUALITY MANAGEMENT, PROJECTS, EUROPEAN DIRECTIVES, service with experience in blue chip companies, international operations, small companies, micro electronics, hybrid thick film, surface mount technology, car industry electronics, conductive polymer on plastic, defence systems design and manufacture, telecoms, consultancy and service companies. We assist companies meet the requirements for a Quality Management System and the technical requirements necessary to sell and export their products or capital systems into the European Union. We have completed over 250 projects on quality systems installation, quality manuals and European Directive technical construction files for CE Marking.

Do you need an Interim Manager or Quality Manager for a day per week, short or longer term? Contact us for support anywhere in the United Kingdom on ISO9001:2008, business process development, quality audits, continuous improvement, management reviews, innovation, profitability, strategy, managing change.

*European Directives and Technology*	EMC Directive - Electromagnetic Compatibility and Interference Medical Devices Directive - Medical Equipment Technical Construction Files Radio and Telecoms Terminal Directive (RTTE) - Telecommunications equipment Optoelectronics and Hybrid Thick Film Manufacture Operations Management in micro electronics, electronic systems
*Quality Management*	Do you need a quality manager for a day per week or longer term? Contact us for anywhere in the United Kinkdom. ISO9001:2008. Business system design, audits, management, continuous improvement. Manufacturing, Design and service sectors. Contact by clicking QUALITY ENQUIRY
*Training Courses*	EMC Design Course for Printed Circuit Boards and Component Use available on compact disc with course assessment questions. Covers implications from low to high frequencies, practical examples. Photonics and Optoelectronics Training Course presented at your facility if required. Can also be ordered on compact disc using PowerPoint for presentation and comes with course notes. Order the compact disc for EMC at £199UK, or the Photonics and Optoelectronics at £99UK, by email to ORDER
*Any Questions?*	Send an email to SOLUTIONS ENQUIRY telling us what your problem, question or requirement is on the European Directives, CE Approval, Quality Management or Training. We will answer your initial questions for free.
*Cost typical example*	For EMC technical construction files we can guide you in how to write the file ( £1500UK ) or write the complete file and test plan for you ( £5500UK).
*Solutions*	We are NETWORKED with 1200 professional chartered engineers, designers, business analysts and IT specialists in Europe, USA, Australia, Hong Kong. One of us can provide the answer to your business or engineering problem? We are the ants who can help the elephants. Send an email to SOLUTIONS ENQUIRY

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Background: The MDD covers all medical products not covered by the active implantable medical directive and the in vitro diagnostics directive. It clearly has the widest application because of the sheer range of products which it covers. The MDD became law on June 15th 1998 for supplying Medical Devices into Europe.

Our Service: You need to put all your documentation together in a file covering EMC, Safety and Quality so that you can demonstrate control and present the evidence. Do not despair on the detail required as we can do the documentation. We use a file format and specially developed checklists for the directive to ensure that everything is covered and traceable against the Essential Requirements of the Directive for your specific application and company. We have software which produces a detailed report to confirm the medical classification of your product(s) against the specific rules in the directive. We will check all your current documentation or assist you as necessary or do the complete technical file and supporting evidence ready for presentation to the Notified Body and for CE Marking. Request information by sending an email to MEDICAL ENQUIRY

Background : The introduction of this directive was on 8th April 2000 and brings a major change in the way manufacturers of radio and telecommunications terminal equipment can access the European markets. The transition period ended on 7th April 2001 and you cannot now use the previous SESED or TTED and previous certification on products has ceased. Manufacturers do not now have the comparative comfort of a type approval certificate but need to consider the consequences of product liability. There is much greater flexibility but also much more responsibility for conformance. Where Notified Bodies are used they have no power to prevent a product being placed on the market. It is the manufacturer who makes the final decision as to whether it complies or not and assumes full responsibility for meeting the requirements.

Our Service: You will need to address the essential requirements and the LVD Directive (2006/95/EC) together with the EMC Directive (2004/108/EC) and to demonstrate that your equipment effectively uses the spectrum. We will check all your current documentation or assist you as necessary or do the complete file for you. We will have an unbiased engineering look at what information you have. We can discuss the use of harmonised standards or the use of a technical construction file and which conformity assessment procedure / Annex I to V to use together with supporting evidence ready for self declaration. We are helping major players in this and they are not finding it easy particularly on some products which have been borderline in meeting the requirements previously. We can help to build your assurance and confidence in your system. Request information by sending an email to RTTE ENQUIRY

Background: This became law on 1 January 1996 for electromagnetic compatibility in Europe. Most electrical and electronic products made or sold in Europe, including imports must be so constructed that they do not cause excessive electromagnetic interference and are not unduly affected by electromagnetic interference. European standards, which set out the technical details, are the most common means by which the essential requirements of the directive are met.

Our Service: For complex or large products or groups of product we put your technical construction file together with a test plan and rationale that will meet Competent Body assessment criteria. We can check your current documentation and testing prior to any Competent Body assessment or assist as necessary or do the complete file compilation for assessment by the Competent Body and to achieve CE Marking. Request information by sending an email to EMC ENQUIRY

Low Voltage Directive (2006/95/EC replacing 73/23/EEC) and Machinery Directive (2006/42/EC formerly 98/37/EC and 89/392/EEC)

Background: The directives provide only essential requirements which can be met through the use of Harmonised Standards, of which there are many. The directives require the manufacturer or his authorised representative located in the European Union to be responsible for the internal production control aspect of the manufacturing and compliance of a product design placed on the market. So much appears to be a question of engineering judgement and interpretation. Misunderstand the requirements and the price of your machines could double. How do you put together a technical file for self certification that will be easy to maintain?

Our Service: We can produce your technical file. We use a tried and tested format for a file that will pull all the required testing, technical rationale and evidence together and check it using risk analysis and against our proven checklists using the standards and using a critical components list. We include the maintenance requirements for the file to ensure it stays in conformance and is current for years to come. You then self certify using a Declaration of Conformity with confidence against the evidence presented in the technical file. Request information by sending an email to SAFETY ENQUIRY

Background: ISO 9001 for design and production or TL9000 for telecoms or QS9000 for the car industry or ISO13485 (Application of ISO9001 to the manufacture of medical devices). Have you the time or expertise to spend on this. If you get it wrong and produce an inefficient system then just watch the money, frustration and effort to maintain the system accumulate. Are you aware of the new revision ISO9001:2008 ? Do you need to switch to a process oriented control system now? We have hands on experience to help.

Our Service: With our many years experience we work with you to identify the gaps in your quality system and documentation, close the gaps at your pace, progressively with you, to achieve ISO 9000 certification, TQM or to make specific improvements or organise change management. We can train your internal auditors or write your Quality Manual. Request information by sending an email to QUALITY ENQUIRY

Background: We have a lot of current experience in the practical solutions used to improve design for EMC. This has been packaged into a comprehensive course on EMC Design on compact disc for Printed Circuit Boards and Component Use.

Practical Ideas are given throughout the course. The emphasis is on the practical to get ideas across without too much mathematics. The compact disc course is for use at your own speed at home on your PC or at work. The course is in modules covering Main Essentials , Design Strategy Approach, Component Types and Use, PCB Layout, PCBs at Varying Speed up to Very High. The course comes with questions to test your understanding during the course and a final assessment of your progress on each module.

ORDER the compact disc at £199UK or request an outline of the course by sending an email to ORDER

Photonics and Optoelectronics, new course available for staff training in this technology. Available as 3 modules, one for an outline feel for the technology, one for manufacturing and one for manufacturing, test and laboratory staff. Suggested training groups up to 8 people in number so that good interactive teaching can take place. Instead of new staff adsorbing information only by osmosis over a long time, get them clued up quickly. This training course is also available on compact disc with presentation notes and using PowerPoint.

ORDER the compact disc at £99 or request an outline of the course and prices by sending an email to ORDER

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Please ask questions or make comment or suggestions and send us an email to SOLUTIONS ENQUIRY telling us what your problem is on the European Directives, CE Approval, Testing, Quality Management or Training. We will answer your initial questions for free. We are committed to finding the best and most appropriate solutions that suit our clients' specific needs. Our ability to consistently deliver reliable, effective, cost saving documentation to our clients allows them to meet the European Directives and Quality System Requirements and understand how to continue when their organisation is changing and new equipments, products and systems are to be marketed in Europe.

We have network contact daily with many electrical, electronic, IT and power professional engineers and managers, as many as a large company would have, so try us for your specialist needs and answers. Someone should know the answer to your question and how to resolve it.

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The Court of Appeal in London dealing with regulatory offences in 1998 decided a fresh view was needed for sentencing companies. Historical average fines may no longer be treated as the the main factor. Individual cases will consider gravity of the offence, extent of danger, a continuing unsafe state of affairs and seriousness of the injury. Fines are likely to be high enough to make a difference to companies so that more notice is taken. The defendant's ability to pay (how much money they have) could become the dominant criteria in the level of sentencing companies.

In an English case in 2000, a supplier was unable to rely on a defence based on 'risk during development' because the supplier could not prove that the defect was undiscoverable at that time. Companies should note that for the safety of products placed on the market, the company being sued has to prove that there was not a method available by which the defect could have been discovered. In other words, if you could have checked it, then you should have checked it.

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IEC, CISPR Standards available from IEC, 3 rue de Varembe, CH-1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland.

EC Documents available from EC Official Publications Office, 2 rue Mercier, L-2985 Luxembourg.

UK Regulations available from The Stationary Office, P.O Box 276, London, SW8 5DT. Tel +44 (0) 870 600 5522.

ETSI documents available from ETSI, F-06921 Sophia Antipolis, CEDEX, France. Tel +33 4 92 94 4200. Internet http://www.etsi.fr/home.htm

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