The risk of blind trust and suppliers spreading themselves too thin.
Read MoreCore Competency: Why It Matters
Category: Laws and Regulations
Tracking 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.
Read MoreShould I? Or Shouldn’t I? The Value Of A Compliance Program
Our industry seems to be struggling with the question of whether or not to commit time, effort and money to developing compliance programs. It’s an oversimplification, but you can group our industry into five basic categories on this topic.
Read MoreCPSC Reveals Top 10 Reported Products
On the eve of SaferProducts.gov’s one-year anniversary, the Consumer Product Safety Commission has released its list of the 10 most-reported product categories.
Read More“Picture Day” – Why Factory Audits Are Not Enough
Remember back in the day when you combed your hair, brushed your teeth, put on your best pair of khakis and a new shirt—all for your classroom photo? That’s what factories do on audit day.
Read MoreCould Your Promotional Products Business Withstand a Recall?
Just for a moment, try to imagine that a promotional product you sold to your largest customer has suddenly become the subject of a government recall.
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