RoHS I: "How RoHS and WEEE Will Impact Your Business"

This 90-minute online workshop is tailored to companies who are starting their RoHS transition or trying to understand how the RoHS legislation impacts their products. We will discuss the RoHS and WEEE directives, and other similar legislation such as China RoHS and California RoHS, and the differences between them.

This workshop will also cover the common mistakes that companies make in the transition to RoHS and what steps you can take to avoid these errors.

What you will learn:

	Gain a full and clear understanding of the RoHS and WEEE directives
	Understand the financial risks to your business from these directives
	Learn about the most common mistakes made by OEMs, EMS providers, and component suppliers
	Identify what key steps you can take to mitigate the risks to your business
	Find out about other emerging directives such as California and China RoHS and differences with the EU

Who should attend:
Individuals across all functions and departments who need to gain a full and complete understanding of RoHS/WEEE, and other environmental similar directives and their impact on their business and products.

Dates	Time	Price
Friday, January 12, 2007	10:00 - 11:30 a.m. PDT	$195.00

REGISTER HERE

You can use a credit card to pay for your space in this workshop by using the link above. Please note: The price above is per person attending the workshop. Discounts are available for multiple attendees from the same company.

24 to 48 hours after you register, you will receive a separate email with login instructions for the WebEx page and the teleconference line. If you have not participated in an online workshop before, our instructions will walk you through the process, step by step.

All of our workshops are also available for private training sessions, either on-line with your group or as a private training at your facilities. Please call 408-597-6322 or email service@symphonyconsult.com for more information.

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RoHS impacts all electronic manufacturers and their suppliers, exempt or not. This 90-minute online workshop is designed for companies who have begun their transition efforts, but are running into component availability, lead-time, and other operational issues.

We will discuss the impact of RoHS on component suppliers, lead-times, pricing, quality, and reliability. We will show you how you can segment and prioritize your products for transition, as well as how to conduct an availability analysis for legacy and RoHS-compliant components. We will give you a set of tools and methodologies that you can apply in accelerating your product transition.

What you will learn:

	Segment and prioritize your products for transition
	Accelerate your transition efforts by applying proven tools and methodologies
	Manage component transition, manufacturing, and availability issues based on component suppliers’ transition roadmaps
	Utilize early warning metrics to forewarn you of revenue and inventory risks

Who should attend:
Individuals in operations, materials, procurement, supply chain and commodity management, program management, and component engineering.

REGISTER HERE

You can use a credit card to pay for your space in this workshop by using the link above. Please note: The price above is per person attending the workshop. Discounts are available for multiple attendees from the same company.

24 to 48 hours after you register, you will receive a separate email with login instructions for the WebEx page and the teleconference line. If you have not participated in an online workshop before, our instructions will walk you through the process, step by step.

This 90-minute online workshop is intended for companies that have taken some preliminary steps but need to know how they can demonstrate due diligence.

Just collecting Certificates of Compliance from your suppliers is not sufficient. You need to have a strategy to validate compliance through product testing, supplier audits, and in-depth documentation. In this workshop, we will discuss the accuracy and cost of various test methods, how to segment your suppliers based on risk, and what information to look for in a Certificate of Compliance.

What you will learn:

	Systematically manage your data for reporting to the EU or your customers
	Validate your product compliance through various testing methods and their accuracy
	Differentiate between “good” vs. “bad” Certificates of Compliance for discussion with your suppliers
	Prepare to demonstrate due diligence upon request

Who should attend:
Individuals involved in validating compliance such as component engineering, quality and reliability engineering, regulatory and compliance engineering, procurement, supply chain, materials, data management.

REGISTER HERE

You can use a credit card to pay for your space in this workshop by using the link above. Please note: The price above is per person attending the workshop. Discounts are available for multiple attendees from the same company.

24 to 48 hours after you register, you will receive a separate email with login instructions for the WebEx page and the teleconference line. If you have not participated in an online workshop before, our instructions will walk you through the process, step by step.

Swapping components with RoHS-compliant replacements is easy, but what impact will this have on the manufacturing, quality, and reliability of your products? In this 90-minute workshop, we will discuss the susceptibility of various components to RoHS-compliant manufacturing processes, important process controls that you should put in place with your contract manufacturers, and how you should approach the re-qualification of your products when you make this transition.

What you will learn:

	Determine the impact of RoHS on surface mount assembly processes
	Learn about the sensitivity of various components (passives, actives) to RoHS-compliant manufacturing
	Find out how to screen for manufacturing and quality issues to prevent shipment of defects
	Assess the impact of RoHS on long-term reliability

Who should attend:
This workshop is tailored towards the engineering community, particularly those who are responsible for components, manufacturing, quality, and reliability.

REGISTER HERE

You can use a credit card to pay for your space in this workshop by using the link above. Please note: The price above is per person attending the workshop. Discounts are available for multiple attendees from the same company.

24 to 48 hours after you register, you will receive a separate email with login instructions for the WebEx page and the teleconference line. If you have not participated in an online workshop before, our instructions will walk you through the process, step by step.

Although collecting Certificates of Compliance is an important step in your RoHS compliance efforts, it is by no means enough to demonstrate due diligence. Your suppliers are not equal in terms of performance and each one presents a different level of risk.

This 90-miunte workshop is structured to help you decide how to segment your suppliers, take a differentiated approach towards assessing risk, and conduct an audit that is focused on areas that are most likely to pose a compliance risk.

NOTE: Attendees of this workshop will receive one free license to use Symphony’s Supplier Audit and Assessment Tool, which is excel based and designed for auditing your contract manufacturers and subassembly component suppliers (a $150.00 value).

What you will learn:

	Segment and prioritize your suppliers based on risk
	Identify important areas on which you should focus your audit
	Understand the key terms in your supply agreements that must be modified to reflect your supplier’s compliance obligations

Who should attend:
Individuals in operations, materials, procurement, supply chain and commodity management, program management, engineering, and others who are responsible for selecting, managing, and auditing suppliers.

REGISTER HERE

You can use a credit card to pay for your space in this workshop by using the link above. Please note: The price above is per person attending the workshop. Discounts are available for multiple attendees from the same company.

24 to 48 hours after you register, you will receive a separate email with login instructions for the WebEx page and the teleconference line. If you have not participated in an online workshop before, our instructions will walk you through the process, step by step.

"Thanks for the excellent China RoHS seminar! The presentation made this content as clear as it could be. ”
-Online workshop attendee.

"The information on the labeling requirements and the two different phases of compliance were very helpful. ”
-Online workshop attendee.

"I have been involved with the RoHS/WEEE directives for several years, but this is the best session I have attended.”
-Vinay Goyal, Sr. Product Environmental Specialist, Beckman Coulter Inc.

“Symphony’s workshop was more than just an education on the regulation; it provided us with an outline of what we can do to get the transition process going.”
– Director of Engineering, a home appliance manufacturer

“Thanks to Symphony Consulting’s workshop, I now have the tools and confidence needed to discuss RoHS readiness issues with our vendors to ensure that our products will be compliant by the July ‘06 deadline. I especially appreciated the broad industry scope that the Symphony team brought together to explain the multiple facets of RoHS. Not only were supply chain issues covered, but also technical and legal issues as well. The entire workshop was well organized, and I enjoyed the free-flowing dialog between the participants and the instructors. The workshop was outstanding!”
- Patrick Heintz, Blue Coat Systems, Inc.