Requesting product safety testing results from the factory about the specific item it is making for you is a natural first step. Seems easy enough, right?
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Author: Brent Stone
The Product Safety Journey
Like success and life, product safety and compliance programs are about the journey rather than the destination.
Read MoreYour Strategic Plan For Success
To say 2011 was an interesting year for business would be an understatement.
Read MoreRisky Business
I often get asked which product categories are at the highest risk for causing harm to people and damage to an end-user’s brand. My regular answer applies a reasonable amount of common sense.
Read MoreThe Inevitability Of Change
Promotional products have been making headlines lately. Unfortunately, it’s not in a way we want.
Read MoreWho Cares If You Have A Compliance Program?
Do you have a compliance program? Does anyone care if you do? Absolutely.
Read MoreAre You Meaningfully Different?
Today there are more brands, more products and more choices. But, in reality, it’s just more of the same.
Read MoreA State of Confusion?
It seems like every week I read an article lamenting the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) and the efforts underway in Congress to roll back some of the provisions of this law.
Read MoreTrying To Be Perfect In An Imperfect World
More and more suppliers are investing significant time and effort to developing compliance programs. Can these comprehensive plans guarantee that all these suppliers’ products are 100 percent safe and compliant? I regularly hear these questions from end-buyers and distributors alike.
Read MoreA Race To The Top Via Safe And Compliant Products
Can any one person successfully navigate the constantly evolving state and federal product safety and compliance regulations for your organization?
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