TY - GEN
T1 - Effectiveness of the Tactics for Small and Medium-sized Toy Factories in China in Dealing with European and US Toy Safety Requirements
AU - Kwong, C. W.
AU - Mak, S. L.
AU - Li, C. H.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 IEEE.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - There have been more and more customers and regulatory requirements in the toy industry. Small and medium-sized toy factories in China have been facing challenges to deal with European and US toy safety requirements. How to establish an effective management system to avoid product recalls or penalties becomes an important question, especially to small and medium-sized toy factories with limited resources. After literature review and a pilot study in 4 toy factories, a conceptual framework has been proposed. In January 2020, these 4 factories followed the framework and implemented the toy safety improvement schemes. In January 2021, they were interviewed again about their implementation status. The results showed that their capabilities in responding to European and US toy safety requirements had been lifted. Positive contributions from Toy safety assessment, Industry 4.0, and ISO 37301 (It supersedes ISO 19600:2014) were confirmed among the tactics. This study provides a valuable framework for manufacturers in selecting and implementing toy product safety tactics in responding to European and US requirements.
AB - There have been more and more customers and regulatory requirements in the toy industry. Small and medium-sized toy factories in China have been facing challenges to deal with European and US toy safety requirements. How to establish an effective management system to avoid product recalls or penalties becomes an important question, especially to small and medium-sized toy factories with limited resources. After literature review and a pilot study in 4 toy factories, a conceptual framework has been proposed. In January 2020, these 4 factories followed the framework and implemented the toy safety improvement schemes. In January 2021, they were interviewed again about their implementation status. The results showed that their capabilities in responding to European and US toy safety requirements had been lifted. Positive contributions from Toy safety assessment, Industry 4.0, and ISO 37301 (It supersedes ISO 19600:2014) were confirmed among the tactics. This study provides a valuable framework for manufacturers in selecting and implementing toy product safety tactics in responding to European and US requirements.
KW - ISO 19600
KW - ISO 37301
KW - Industry 4.0
KW - Management system
KW - Toy safety assessment
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85125426075&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/IEEM50564.2021.9672959
DO - 10.1109/IEEM50564.2021.9672959
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85125426075
T3 - 2021 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEM 2021
SP - 1179
EP - 1183
BT - 2021 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEM 2021
T2 - 2021 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEM 2021
Y2 - 13 December 2021 through 16 December 2021
ER -