Monday, January 12, 2009

ESCS Promotes the ABC's of Quality. Are you prepared for the CMSE conference?








As an electronic component procurement professional, we know you're concerned about ensuring your company has an effective counterfeit risk mitigation strategy.
You may be planning on attending the upcoming CMSE 2009 - Components for Military and Space Electronics Conference to be held February 9-12, 2009 in San Diego.
If not Electronic Supply Chain Solutions wants you to be up to date on industry trends, and prepared for the key issues facing those in the procurement of electronic components.
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Do you know the ten most important steps you can take to reduce risk of receiving counterfeit electronic components?
Do you know the six most recommended "minimum distributor criteria"?
Do you know what other leading aerospace and military manufacturers are doing to mitigate risks from counterfeiting?
Electronic Supply Chain Solutions, Inc. wants you to have the answers to these questions and more. We provide a free industry resource center to help you mitigate risks from counterfeit electronic components. ESCS believes education and training, along with the development of strong industry standard best practices is the most effective approach to mitigating counterfeit risks.
Here's just a sampling of what you'll find on Combat Counterfeits:
1. ESCS's recently published report,
"Awareness and Industry Efforts to
Combat Counterfeits in Aerospace
& Military Electronic Component
Procurement"

2. "10 Steps" you can take to mitigate risk, and "ABC's" for reducing risk
through your sub-contract manufacturers.
3. Counterfeit Parts Photo Gallery
Learn how to recognize the tricks they play!
4. Information on ESCS's Safe Source Seal audited aerospace sourcing assurance program.
5. Links to current articles and information, such as the Business Week
article, "Dangerous Fakes".
6. A list of key resources for quality certification, industry initiatives and much, much more.
Share this important resource with your Supply Chain Quality Management team. ESCS provides free consultative services to assist in developing a counterfeit risk mitigation strategy. Every company's operations are unique, and you need a strategy tailored to your own situation. Please give us a call to explore how we can help.
We invest in providing these resources and make them available to you at no cost. We only ask that tomorrow, when you or your procurement staff are faced with a challenging electronic component sourcing issue, you give us an opportunity to demonstrate our quality credentials.