UL RESTRICTED SUBSTANCES
COMPLIANCE SOLUTIONS PROGRAM
May 2006 S O L U T I O N S G U I D E
No matter what stage your company is in on its journey to restricted substances compliance, UL will help you identify
and implement the smartest, most efficient and effective solution based specifically on your company’s needs.
Education
Planning
Implementation
Continued Compliance
Provides an in-depth understanding
of restricted substance requirements
Helps customers assess the current
state of their compliance, identify
gaps in their compliance, determine
their level of acceptable risk and
develop an efficient and effective
plan to achieve compliance
Helps customers execute
their compliance strategies
Helps customers assure
ongoing compliance
1. Public Seminars
1. Compliance Roadmap Development
1. Product Risk Investigation
1. Product Certification Surveillance
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Overview of green
marketplace initiatives,
regulations and standards
2. Private Seminars
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Provides the public
seminar content (or a
custom version for your
industry) at your location
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Off-the-shelf
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Custom
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Review compliance
strategy options
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Identify product/component
implementation requirements
Review/develop Technical
Compliance File (TCF)
Develop/review supplier
compliance process
Assess departmental
impact of directives
Provides a detailed
understanding on how the
RoHS directive impacts the
components and materials
that makes up the client’s
impacted products
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Review product Bill of Materials
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Product deconstruction
2. Gap Analysis
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Review documents impacted
by the directives
Assess/develop tools
to assist in restricted
substance management
A full system and product
review to determine whether
the appropriate quality
management processes
have been implemented
to achieve and sustain
ongoing restricted substance
regulation conformance
2. Product Risk Assessment
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Helps the company understand
their levels of product risk
exposure and readiness to
prioritize their resources
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Information about the customer
is analyzed and based upon
various customizable thresholds
and weights
Provides a point-in-time
view into how much of a
restricted substance may be
present in the homogeneous
materials that make up a
product or components
5. Management Systems Registration
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Certifies systems to
QC 080000 standards
Control process to assist in
determining whether compliant
materials/components have
been substituted with non-tested
materials or components
Review Bill of Materials
Frequency of visits can
be based on needs or
accreditation requirements
May select sample products
for testing
2. Management Systems Surveillance
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3. Product Testing
4. Product Certification
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Control process to assist
in determining whether
the process has changed
Frequency of visits can
be based on needs or
accreditation requirements
3. Customized Surveillance
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Supply chain management