THE MODULAR RoHS CONCEPT - FOR RETAILER/IMPORTER  

Taking the complex process of manufacturer of electric and electronic goods and products into consideration it becomes necessary to have an effective Quality Management System in place to be able to manage the whole supply chain from raw material, to components via end production stage to shipment.

The retailer, importing the goods and products into the European Union, is responsible for keeping all the European Regulations, such as RoHS Directive 2002/95/EC (PDF 115 KB). It is becoming even more important to have an effective and sufficient test and control mechanism in place to make sure and to prove that the “imported product” meets all the necessary requirements.

The Modular RoHS Concept of SGS for retailer/importer is to take all the above mentioned into consideration and to provide effective and sufficient control mechanisms to make sure that the imported products meet the agreed (between the import organization and the Manufacturer) product specifications and all necessary RoHS regulations set by the European Union, such as RoHS Directive 2002/95/EC. Furthermore this concept can be combined with all other regular inspection services and other services of the SGS Group worldwide, e.g. Final Random Inspection (FRI), During Production Check (DuPro) or Quality/Environmental Management System Certification.

The SGS modular RoHS concept mainly consists of three modules, each of them dealing with specific items (risks) within the whole manufacturing process. The combination of various different modules enables the user to build his “tailor made” Quality and Control System taking the actual (control) needs case by case into consideration. The importer can decide whether he wants to have the full process controlled or just specific parts of the process.

Your Benefits on the SGS RoHS Modular Concept

• Flexible and easy to adopt to the specific business needs
• Sufficient to control the process of manufacturing
• Cost effective
• Delivers reliable and comparable results (all laboratories use the same test methods)
• Available through the global SGS Network of Affiliates and Laboratories
• Tailor-made for retailer/importer

The Three Main (basic) Modules of the RoHS Concept are:

	a.	Component (Material) Testing at chem. SGS Laboratory
	b.	Technical Inspection/Screening
	c.	RoHS Factory Inspection/Audit

For a better understanding we created a schematic view of the modular RoHS concept. Download the RoHS Schematic view.

To get started, contact your RoHS Experts or fill out your Quotation Form for RoHS and WEEE services.