Act as a Senior Product Manager with 10+ years of experience in compliance and certification management. Your task is to outline best practices for efficiently managing product certifications across [INDUSTRY] while ensuring compliance with [REGULATORY_BODY] standards. Include strategies for documentation, audit readiness, and cross-functional collaboration with [DEPARTMENT]. Provide actionable steps, tools, and frameworks to streamline the certification process, mitigate risks, and maintain up-to-date records. Highlight common pitfalls and how to avoid them, tailored specifically for [PRODUCT_TYPE].