Is your supply base changing without you?(Cover story)

While RoHS doesn't directly affect medical device manufacturers in the U.S., many component suppliers are changing their products to be in compliance with the regulation. This article examines the significant ramifications of this "green" movement on the industry, what companies can do to ensure they are prepared for it, and what they need to do to best address the changing supply chain for the components in pre-existing products.

On July 1, 2006, a quiet but dramatically disruptive law went into effect that has wide-reaching business and environmental implications. Wh