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Product safety is crucial, and companies that devote the necessary time and resources to develop and deploy secure, high-quality products can avoid the risk of U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) violations. 

Even a single CPSC penalty can cause long-lasting damage to a company's brand reputation. However, business managers can learn from past CPSC guideline violators to ensure their companies meet CPSC standards at all times. 

For example, Hung Lam, President of LM Import-Export, recently was sentenced to 22 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to traffic and smuggle in banned children's products that contained lead and small parts. Lam also was fined $10,000 and convicted of one count of trafficking counterfeit goods. 

According to CPSC, Lam and LM Import-Export conspired to sell and distribute banned children's products imported from China – a violation of the Consumer Product Safety Act and the Federal Hazardous Substances Act. In addition, these products allegedly presented the risk of choking, aspiration and ingestion, CPSC said, and some contained lead above the federal limits. 

Clearly, the negative effects of releasing defective products can spread far beyond a business' bottom line. And in the case of LM Import-Export, the company may never recover from the substantial brand reputation damage it likely suffered as a result of its president's actions. 

LM Import-Export, however, does offer a valuable lesson for business managers. 

This company showed that CPSC officials are unafraid to take action against negligent parties that put consumers at risk. Furthermore, LM Import-Export highlighted the importance of complying with CPSC guidelines, along with the risks associated with non-compliance. 

CPSC standards are in place for a reason – to protect consumers. Business managers that implement a comprehensive approach to product safety can avoid CPSC fines and penalties, but finding the best way to minimize product defects can challenge even the biggest companies. 

Fortunately, a new tool is available that takes the guesswork out of product quality evaluations – PolyVista Alerts+. 

Why should business managers consider PolyVista Alerts+?

PolyVista Alerts+ could prove to be the difference between compliance and non-compliance for retailers of all sizes. This tool ensures your company can understand and anticipate potential product failures and hazards and take the right steps to correct any product problems without delay. 

With PolyVista Alerts+, you can proactively monitor product concerns day after day. This tool serves as an extensive product quality alerting and management system that empowers your company in many ways, including:

• Enabling you to better protect your customers against dangerous products.
• Safeguarding your company’s brand reputation both now and in the future.
• Ensuring your business can comply with corporate and/or government regulations and policies consistently.

PolyVista Alerts+ delivers substantial value for companies in all industries, too. In fact, this tool allows you to harness all of the product quality information at your disposal and use it to protect your customers from potentially dangerous products regardless of industry.  

Let's not forget about the PolyVista Alerts+ easy-to-navigate interface, either. 

This interface allows you to set up alerts based on keywords and phrase and ensure all safety issues are discovered, reported and escalated to the right people at the right time. 

Meanwhile, PolyVista Alerts+ also provides an alerting system offers customized parameters, user permissions and a workflow feature that helps users view and manage historical alerts. That way, in the event of an audit, the application generates detailed audit trails for each different alert or product.

Summary

Want to track product safety issues? You're not alone, but companies sometimes struggle to identify and address such issues quickly. And as a result, these problems may escalate, resulting in CPSC fines and penalties due to non-compliance with federal guidelines. 

PolyVista Alerts+ gives business managers the ability to better understand product quality issues before they worsen. This tool offers immense value, as it ensures business managers can identify and resolve product defects prior to products reaching consumers. As such, PolyVista Alerts+ has the potential to transform the way companies deal with product quality concerns moving forward. 

Take advantage of PolyVista Alerts+ -- you'll be happy you did! This state-of-the-art tool will help your business maximize the quality and safety of its products and guarantee that your customers will be able to reap the benefits of secure, first-rate products consistently.