Dave,

Did you or anyone get the test reports from Intel, Philips, SGS Thomson, ...

etc. located in the other part of world when you buy the components from
them direct or indirect?  We got the similar treatment like Japanese, Korean

and Taiwanese suppliers.

Ray


----- Original Message -----
From: "MA/NY DDave" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>; "Ray Li" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, 14 September, 2005 12:58 PM
Subject: Re: RoHS: Proof of Supplier Component Compliance


> Hi Ray, IPC LF Listservers,
>
> <I believe this is a common issue.  I am attaching an example of
> Matsushita
> for discussion only.  It does not mean they are special in the field.  As
> you might know, they are the major supplier of ICs and cannot afford to
> lose.  In the purchase field of ICs, most of end users (assembler) are
> buying the ICs indirectly via sereral tiers of middle man.  Normally, only
> such declaration without supporting test reports on particular IC sold is
> given to the end users.  On one hand, they are getting the supporting test
> reports from other component suppliers while they are unable to get it
> from
> such big suppliers>
>
> Thanks Ray, It is my belief that this particular system prevalent in Japan
> and maybe the Pacific Asia region as a culture will have to change or just
> move information faster. The tiers of middle men will have to become more
> informative; as well as, shake softly the big supplier so that the culture
> can stay in place yet the information will flow from the big supplier.
> Isn't that really how changes have been made anyway with the system being
> like a huge extended family with the little ones wanting something from
> the
> major family members while the top family members think they know
> everything that needs to be communicated downward and then learn in the
> process.
>
> It will work out and the big ones will take the credit.
>
> Yours in Engineering, Dave
> YiEngr, MA/NY DDave

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