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April 5, 2009: SAE Publishes New Aerospace AS5553 Standard
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SAE International announced publication of the new standard, AS5553, "Counterfeit Electronic Parts; Avoidance,
Detection, Mitigation, and Disposition". This standard is intended for manufacturers and contractors producing
products containing electronic components for aerospace, military or other high reliability applications, providing
standardized procedures to reduce the risk of procuring or utilizing counterfeit parts.
Visit Electronic Supply Chain Solutions' information resource web site at
www.AS5553.com for more information on what is contained in
the standard and resources for companies interested in investigating what's involved in adopting it.
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March 19, 2009: ESCS Presents Details of their Safe Source Seal Program at NASA's March, '09 Quality Leadership Forum
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ESCS's President, Matthew Heaphy III, presented the details of the company's
Safe Source Seal aerospace sourcing assurance program at NASA's Quality Leadership Forum today, held at the Kennedy Space
Center on Cape
Canaveral.
Mr. Heaphy said, "Safe Source Seal has been embraced by quality leaders in the aerospace industry as the first
audited means of validating the source of electronic components sold in the open market. Recognition of Safe
Source Seal at the industry's premiere quality forum is a further indication of the critical need for this innovative
solution."
A full summary of the event has been posted on ESCS' Information Source,
and you can download a copy of the presentation here.
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March 5, 2009: ESCS Announces Availability of the ESCS A2Z Inspection & Testing Protocol
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Electronic Supply Chain Solutions, Inc. is now making its "A2Z Inspection & Testing Protocol" available to other
companies and governmental organizations.
ESCS combined their years of experience in electronic component inspection and testing with the best of the best
from other industry standards and checklists to develop this comprehensive process.
"We apply this process to every electronic component received at ESCS," said Jan Salatino, ESCS'
Quality Manager. "We're making this available to others because we realized every other checklist and standard
we looked at didn't quite meet our own very stringent requirements. Our first-hand knowledge of how
critical it is to be sure you have the most effective inspection and testing process possible led us to the decision
to share that with the industry."
For more information on the ESCS A2Z Inspection & Testing Protocol,
view this summary.
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December 23, 2008: AIA Counterfeit Parts Verification Sub-team Considers Inspection Certification
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The Aerospace Industry Association's
Counterfeit Parts Integrated Process Team
formed a sub-committee on Verification, and
will be considering alternatives for certification of inspection standards. The new SAE standard AS5553 (see Nov. 1, '08 News)
provides very specific guidelines for inspection, yet leaves the onus on each manufacturer adopting the standard to ensure
their distributors meet these requirements. Certification would provide a means of validating distributor conformance
with the AS5553 standard. The sub-team will evaluate options for possible recommendations to industry certification bodies.
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November 21, 2008: Bureau of Industry & Security Publishes Preliminary Counterfeit Report Data
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There has been very little hard data available on the U.S. electronic component industry experience with
counterfeits, until now. The U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security has reported
preliminary results of a study they have undertaken. With 498 survey participants, this is clearly the
most comprehensive look at the problem to date.
View the prelimary results
The final study is targeted for completion by mid-2009, and will be posted on the D.O.C. website
here: Defense
Industry Capability and Technology Assessments.
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November 1, 2008: New SAE AS5553 Standard: Counterfeit Electronic Parts; Avoidance, Detection, Mitigation, and Disposition
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The SAE is nearing completion of a new standard to help manufacturers minimize the risk of receiving
counterfeit electronic components. We understand this may likely be issued in the first quarter of 2009.
View the SAE summary
Phil Zulueta, Manager, Quality Assurance for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory chairs the SAE G-19 Committee responsible
for development of the AS5553 standard. He presented the details of the standard
at the 2008 NASA 2008 Supply Chain Conference.
View the presentation here
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November 1, 2008: ESCS Launches Safe Source Seal
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Electronic Supply Chain Solutions, Inc. has introduced an innovative new "source validation"
program that brings component sourcing assurance to the independent market. Now you can buy
electronic components outside your franchise network with an audited declaration of where they were
purchased, or what 3rd party testing has been done to confirm authenticity and functionality.
Find out more
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October 21, 2008: UKEA Says Counterfeit Components Cost U.K. Economy £1B
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Counterfeit electronic components are entering the U.K. market in huge numbers. With £1B in the U.K., how
large is the U.S. problem?
Read the article
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October 7, 2008: ESCS Completes Ground-breaking Industry Counterfeit Assessment
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ESCS conducted interviews with over 90 quality and procurement professionals in the areospace and military
manufacturing industry. Find out what they're doing now to combat counterfeits.
View or download a copy
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October 2, 2008: Investigative Report: "Dangerous Fakes"
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Business Week published an investigative report on how counterfeit components are making their way from
China into the U.S. supply chain. This is a "must read" article for everyone in the industry.
Read the article
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