LifeCycle Management

An idea is born, a product designed and created, the good is then consumed, and finally recycled. TÜV Rheinland's LifeCycle Management Service accompanies your product throughout its lifetime. Our range of services (quality control, quality & performance testing, Brand Risk Management, WEEE & RoHS) offers virtual testing, provision of relevant international approvals and certificates, usability and quality testing, evaluation of suppliers, as well as supervision of shipment procedures.

TÜV can check the following processes for you.

Design:

Virtual testing supports a product already in the design phase. Usability, durability, recycling, and brand-protection features have to be determined before production to achieve optimal results.

Sourcing:

As an accredited certification body, we carry out risk and quality assessments as well as second-party audits for your manufacturers and suppliers to examine conformity with international quality and social-accountability standards.

Production:

With our Quality Control Service we supervise the production processes of your manufacturers, check quality of goods, optimize internal processes, and evaluate security-management systems.

Shipment:

We conduct a final quality check and supervise loading of products.

Customs:

Without particular product knowledge or technical devices, customs officials can easily distinguish between counterfeited and real products using our Brand Protection System.

Purchasing:

Via this functionality, upon request you gain the ability to automatically receive reports about the status of your products. These reports include information about actions, locations, and timeframes so that you can track a specific product through your whole supply chain.

Consumer:

The trust of the consumer will be affirmed under our Brand Protection System as the authenticity of all products can easily be checked via the Internet at our online portal.

Recycling:

Once a product reaches the end of its lifecycle, the recycler can receive instructions for the recycling process from our database.

Your Advantage

With our services, ensure secured quality and greater safety within the scope of product liability and worldwide competitive advantages!

Examples of quality & performance testing:

Display products: Lifetime Simulation – Accelerated Life Testing (ALT)

PC products: Performance testing

Other Topics:

Brand Risk Management