Jason Vorhees. Freddy Krueger. Michael Myers. Three classic horror movie villains that can send shivers down the spine with the mere mention of their names. But nothing strikes fear in the heart of product managers everywhere more than one thing: Recall.
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The Five Stages Of Compliance Grief
Interesting parallels between The Five Stages of Grief and the path our industry has taken when approaching the topic of product safety and compliance.
Read MoreThe Genie Is Out Of The Bottle
Is product safety and compliance a trend? Or is it here to stay? The answer depends on whom you ask.
Read MoreWhy You Should Be Qualifying Your Suppliers
When selecting a supplier for an order, there are many factors that should go into your decision. If you stop at who gives the biggest rebate or has the shiniest new products, you are taking on more risk than you might imagine.
Read MoreCore Competency: Why It Matters
The risk of blind trust and suppliers spreading themselves too thin.
Read MoreTracking Label Requirement Still Vexes Suppliers and Distributors
In the four years since the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) was signed into law, the promotional products industry has struggled mightily to figure out how to apply it to what we do every day. Nothing has come easily. Perhaps because most promotional products don’t start out as children’s products and perhaps because the “toys” we sell are mostly for adults, there always seems to be a “yes, but” when we try to understand CPSIA in the context of the world we live in.
Read MoreThe $500 Average Order Dilemma
How to build product safety into orders of $500 and under.
Read MoreCompliance Programs: Social Accountability Is A Good Place To Start
While programs like WRAP and FLA have merit, they just address one area of compliance—and they may not transfer through to your organization.
Read MoreWhen Do You Have Enough Compliance?
I was recently asked this question by an industry-leading distributor. He regularly has to field compliance inquiries from his customers and is frustrated by the wide range of responses he gets from suppliers.
Read MoreCompliance Programs Take A Village
The best solutions to complex problems have always been found through a collaborative effort. And this is true in our industry; it truly takes a village to successfully deliver product safety and compliance.
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