GetSmandered – Group Certification

Understanding CE Certification

CE certification is a multi step process that the manufacturer has to conduct themselves for each product. The most important bit is to actually know which directives and regulations apply to the product and how to demonstrate compliance with these rules.
This is called the CE-Product-Assessment which also includes a risk assessment ,product analysis and physical inspection of the product.

The testlabs (who may or may not have to be involved depending on your product) conduct standardized tests based on the CE-Product-Assessment.

Finding out these factors is the hardest and trickiest part for most products.
Specialized consultants get rightfully paid for their expertise and experience.
The process is typically tailored to big corporations and industrial manufacturing not Maker products and small businesses.

Introducing GETsmandered: Streamlined CE Certification

We are currently working on our group certification program GETsmandered.
Turning the process from daunting to smooth sailing for a fraction of the typical cost.

By focussing exactly on the range of products makers typically produce and a group based streamlined assessment process, we can effectivelly cut down overhead costs.
Our in house expertise in exactly these product categories enables a lot of people to even get a professional CE-Product-Assessment in the first place.

How GETsmandered Works

Once GetSmandered launches you can apply on our website until a set cutoff date.
Your product just has to fit within some boundaries we set for each round of GETsmandered. (These will get wider as our service grows)
The more products get certified each round the more we can share the overhead, which decreases the price for everyone.

You only need to provide your Company/Personal Information and answer a few questions about your product to apply.
There is no application fee for now.
If you are in doubt if your product is eligible, apply anyways.

The achievable priece range will already be visible when we launch our first round of GETsmandered.
Alerting your friends to the opportunity will be very appreciated as we all benefit from more people putting in applications and choosing to certify their product with us.

Shortly after the cutoff date we will contact all applicants.
If you product is eligible for this round of Getsmandered you will receive detailed info about pricing and the further process.

You will have to send in your product for the assessment and risk analysis to our HQ as well as provide additional information about your product via a questionaire and upload forms.

Comprehensive Product Analysis and Risk Assessment

Our experts will then conduct a product analysis, risk assessment, and regulatory research to determine which directives and regulations apply to your product and what you need to do to fullfill these requirements.

After all the products have been analysed we send out the reports in short, concise, human understandable form, instead of the usual thick binder full of unintelligeable legal lingo.

Clear Guidance with a TODO-Sheet

A TODO-Sheet will tell you exactly what directives and regulation apply to your product and how to get the needed test reports /documents to proof compliancy.
Be it either by performing the tests yourself, hiring a laboratory, or just gathering some supplier data. It all depends exactly on your product and is no longer a mystery.
We are working on partnering with providers for lab testing and translation services, to be able to offer you a turnkey solution at some point.
We also hope to soon be able to provide very affordable Pre-compliance checks for electronic products ourselves to protect you from costly failed lab tests.

Once all the TODOs are done and you have uploaded the corresponding data, you will get the final set of documents, which are the internal and external CE documentation as well as the declaration of conformity which you as the manufacturer have to proudly sign.

All left to do, is to launch your product onto the european market and celebrate your success!

Visit Our FAQ

For more information on how CE certification works and how Smander can help you achieve compliance, visit our FAQ page.