AS9120

Any company can quickly find themselves in legal hell if they do not take the required steps to mitigate thier risks as it relates to quality of the product it manufactures or distributes.

Some companies have promoted thier recieving staff to become the only inspector, while others have invested in IDEA's 1010A inspection standard or other published products and maintain a team of inspectors to help combat counterfeits. Well what about attrition or promotions? What about the inspectors interpretation, judgement, mood or the posibility of human error. Is 5 inspectors enough? ....... SHOULD INSPECTION BE YOUR ONLY LINE OF DEFENSE ?

We all know the awnser but.... Are you only using AS9120 certified distributors? Are you demanding that your distributor identify the source of the supplied component?

CHECK OUT http://www.safesourceseal.com/ from Electronic Supply Chain Solutions Inc.

It may save your company from legal hell!!!

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Aerospace Contractors Search for a Formula to Combat Counterfeits Thru Vendor Reduction C-vR=? + ESCS= * *Benefits of AS9120 Certified Suppliers

Company minus vendors plus ESCS equals many benefits to your supply chain!

Add AS9120 certified companies. (ESCS .inspection lab shown above)

Many aerospace companies are now actively reducing vendors as one way to mitigate risks of counterfeits in their supply chain. Those suppliers who merely adopted ISO9001 certifications are finding that it may be O.K. for streamlining the manufacture or distribution of clock radios; however aerospace industry prime contractors have adopted the aerospace quality standards: AS9100 for manufacturing, AS9110 for repair & overhaul and AS9120 for stockist distributors.
AS9120 distributors that can buy small quantities or consolidate a diversity of products from multiple suppliers have found a new niche. This has the effect of reducing administration costs and providing a single point of contact, while improving the overall cost effectiveness of your supply chain.
Electronic Supply Chain Solutions, having achieved a 100% score in its 5th aerospace AS9120 audit, (see our audit on OASIS Database) is benefiting from its mantra of “Vendor Reduction Starts By Adding ESCS”.
Many of the leading Aerospace companies are intrigued by the level of sophistication ESCS has demonstrated with its unique suite of web products, commitment to quality, advocacy to combat counterfeits and the new industry buzz of their “Safe Source Seal Aerospace Sourcing Assurance Program”, which is the first program shifting the responsibility for identifying the source of supply to the distributor rather than putting 100% of the burden on the customer’s inspection department. Yes our inspection lab is first rate but... we still leave the testing to 3rd parties.
ESCS’ Quality Manager Jan Salatino attributes the large increase in our aerospace customers to the fact that our AS9120 QMS system has matured, and for those who have accepted the mediocrity of ISO compliant or ISO9001 certified distributors, ESCS is a breath of fresh air. One quality manager recently told us “I never heard of you guys and now that I have taken the time to understand your capabilities and accomplishments, we refer to ESCS as “ the poster child of quality”. Jan said, “ESCS proudly practices quality as the fabric of who we are and what we do. I cannot understand for the life of me why any AS9100 aerospace contractor would continue to source products from companies who don’t have the quality procedures in place under AS9120 to flow down their customers’ stringent AS9100 requirements.”
“ESCS has recently redefined its “COTSS” website, showcasing the many “Component Off The Shelf Services” we provide. Our sales staff is prepared to discuss the benefits to aerospace customers that can be derived by partnering with Electronic Supply Chain Solutions. I think things will be fine in 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.

Do you know the difference between COTS and COTSS ? Visit COTSS.com to learn more
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.

ESCS CONSULTATIVE SERVICES FOR COUNTERFEIT RISK MITIGATION

With the alarming increase in counterfeiting of electronic components, the need is greater than ever to ensure your company has a strong and effective risk mitigation strategy. We could all use a "Professor Quality"


Leading aerospace and military manufacturers are taking steps to reduce the risk of receiving counterfeit parts through implementation of strategies focused on reducing or eliminating the primary sources of risk. ESCS has been an active advocate in the industry helping develop best practices, and can work with your team to assess your current situation and provide recommendations tailored to your company’s operating structure.
An excellent starting point in your evaluation is ESCS’s site dedicated to mitigating counterfeit risk at www.combatcounterfeits.com There you will find a wealth of information that will be thought-provoking and help educate your quality and procurement teams on the primary issues and concerns.
Areas you may want to review:
· Distributor knowledge & experience
· Distributor quality certifications & systems
· Inspection and testing
· Vendor reduction
· Inventory management and lot traceability
· Distributor management of their supplier base
· …and many more.
The consultative service ESCS provides is free for the use of all aerospace and military manufacturers. Give us a call and we’ll help you quickly put together an assessment of what should be considered in developing your own risk mitigation strategy.
And remember… As Professor Quality says.......

“Risk mitigation starts by consulting with ESCS”.
ESCS is the company that pioneeered Safe Source Seal Aerospace Sourcing Assurance

ESCS CombatCounterfeits.com gets a new Aerospace overhaul of current info

CombatCounterfeits.com is dedicated to promoting best practices to reduce the incidence of counterfeit electronic components in the aerospace and military manufacturing supply chain.
Electronic Supply Chain Solutions, Inc. is an Aerospace AS9120 certified independent distributor recognized as a leading quality advocate in the industry. ESCS sponsors CombatCounterfeits.com as a free service for both distributors and manufacturers alike. Learn of The Shocking Truth about Electronic Component Counterfeiting Share it freely, use it to educate, or as an information source and research tool in developing risk mitigation strategies. Here you will find information and counterfeiting tricks and examples, resources on quality systems, inspection protocols, industry standards and certifications, counterfeit reporting and much, much more.
The battle to combat electronic component counterfeiting requires on-going attention and diligence. ESCS believes education and training, along with the development of strong industry standard best practices is the most effective approach to mitigating counterfeit risks.
CombatCounterfeits.com should be just one of your tools in the battle. The"Other Resources" tab provides information on government and industry associations who are active in the fight to combat counterfeits. The SafeSourceSeal.com provides authenticated sourcing for aerospace and military manufacturers when procuring electronic components through Aerospace AS9120 certified independent distributors. A free Electronic Industry Assessment is available for printing and sharing on the Awareness and Industry Efforts to Combat Counterfeits in Aerospace & Military Electronic Component Procurement.

Many quality professionals also enjoy the ESCS Counterfeit Gallery and share this as well!

"Chinese food is great, but Chinese components is a bad diet for your Company"

The ESCS Graphic Procurement System navigates you to the info you need!

• Electronic Supply Chain Solutions Announces www.ESCSGPS.com
  
• It may look like the GPS in your car but ours navigates electronic buyers directly to the precise data needed to make sound electronic components business decisions.
• The ESCS GPS displays 12 web products from a single access point.
• 1.)The ROHS Forum- identifies MFG ‘s Lead Free initiative web pages.
• 2.) The DSCC Dashboard - simplifies the surfing of government information.
• 3.)The ICPHOTOSYNTH -graphically displays ESCS inventory & ties them to Datasheets4u
• 4.)Request a Quote- provides an opporitunity to communicate directly with ESCS
• 5.)TEMO - “The Electronic Manufacturers Outlet” hyperlinks buyers to over 3000 MFG’s web sites.
• 6.) Combat Counterfeits educates electronic companies on how to mitigate risks of counterfeits.
  7.) CLICK n GO - An ESCS product that guides buyers to MFG’s products by commodity.
• 8.) NQA – is the registrar of ESCS’s aerospace AS9120 & ISO9001 Certifications.
• 9.)Learn how ESCS sponsors High School Team KRUNCH 79 with Honeywell & FIRST Robotics.
• 10.) COTSS - ESCS offers many “Component Off The Shelf Services” learn more . . .
• 11). ESCS Information Source- provides info on a broad range of topics.
• 12.) Components2go -links our customers to the products they can hold in their hand tomorrow.
• Navigate to the info you need now!
• ESCS may adopt an Android platform soon!

ESCS pioneers the first Aerospace Sourcing Assurance Program with source validation” for aerospace and military manufacturing industry

Electronic Supply Chain Solutions Inc Introduces

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With the rapid increase in counterfeiting of electronic components, many aerospace prime contractors are demanding to know where their parts are coming from when sourced through the independent distributor market.

Many discussions with aerospace quality professionals confirmed Safe Source Seal is the only verifiable program to address this need.

Safe Source Seal identifies each component on your packing slip according to a four tier designation:

(1.) Direct from the component manufacturer;
(2.) From an authorized franchise distributor;
(3.) Having 3rd party testing for authenticity and/or functionality (according to your purchase order conditions) (4.) Received with a copy of the original manufacturer’s CofC.

Only AS9120quality certified companies can participate in the program, as they are mandated to provide all pedigree documentation during their annual quality audit.

Why not share this with your Supply Chain Quality Management team? Find out why other prime contractors are turning to Safe Source Seal, and how Electronic Supply Chain Solutions is providing this unmatched level of sourcing assurance.

Review the program at http://www.safesourceseal.com/ and provide your quality team with the tools they need to combat counterfeits.

Find out if your AS9120quality independent distributor may participate. If they are an AS9120 certified indepenent distributor that can meet these high standards, ask them to learn how they can participate in the SSS quality program to help you combat counterfeits. Quality Professionals who searched this topic also visited www.ISO9001QUALITY.COM & WWW.AS9120QUALITY.COM

SAFE SOURCE SEAL

It’s ESCS Quality Performance Award Time Once Again.

Have you earned the right to be rewarded?
As part the ESCS quality management system we are required to rate our suppliers performance for both on-time and quality.
Electronic Supply Chain Solutions maintains an almost perfect scorecard to our prime customers, so our need to demand the same of our suppliers is paramount to our success. Many of our suppliers obtained the award the past two years with one of them being Tresco (click on Tresco to follow the link). We are proud to recognize a job well done and as this year closes we urge those of you whom are in the hunt to keep up great work as your efforts continue to make ESCS one of the premier AS9120 certified distributors in our industry.

ESCS President gives keynote speech at the 2008 First Aerospace Congress

This years Future Aerospace Congress was well represented by senior members of prime contractors such as: ABB, Boeing, Bell Helicopter, NASA, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, and United Space Alliance, just to name a few.

The three day event consisted of roundtable discussions on the Evolution of Advanced Materials, recycling, automation and the importance of full disclosure.

A second round table discussion was on Supply Chain Strategy including best practices, sourcing and overall effectiveness. As an owner of an electronic component distribution company, Electronic Supply Chain Solutions’ President Matthew Heaphy III provided other panel members a unique prospective as to the approach his company has taken to “Combat Counterfeits" with a free web site designed to educate the electronics industry. Mr. Heaphy discussed what it meant to be an AS9120 Quality Certified company and how teaming up with organizations such as GIDEP, AIA, IDEA, ERAI and his association with the CACP (Coalition Against Counterfeiting and Piracy) were just some of the steps companies can take to protect their supply chain. ESCS also showcased a process called ICPHOTOSYNTH.com which captures every single lot code of every single date code of every part that enters ESCS during the inspection process.
This year's Future Aerospace Congress also featured several keynote speakers during the event. The first speaker this year was Electronic Supply Chain Solutions President Matthew Heaphy III on the topic of “Best Practices in Supply Chain Sourcing to Combat Counterfeits” During his speech Mr. Heaphy touched on many of the issues identified during the panel discussion but also conveyed the size and scope of the counterfeiting problem in the USA and the trickle down effect it has on all U.S. citizens. He also outlined some of the steps companies need to take to protect themselves. As an independent distributor that services the aerospace industry ESCS is asked to procure obsolete products that are required to maintain aircraft for many years. ESCS uses third party testing and evidence based protocols to mitigate our customers risk especially as it relates to the loss of human lives. A watch or DVD seems like a victimless crime; however, intellectual property is stealing the life blood of companies today. Information sharing is becoming more popular when conducting business with supply chain partners. But how can you protect your IP? This topic was on the minds of everyone in attendance and many companies requested private discussions with ESCS to explore their options.

Electronic Supply Chain Solutions staff has been collecting data as part of their commitment to a safe supply chain and has published an Industry Assessment entitled Awareness and Industry Efforts to Combat Counterfeits in Aerospace & Military Electronic Component Procurement

By clicking on the above link you can learn the views and prospectives of many aerospace industry leaders and use that information to Combat Counterfeits at your company.

ESCS has also tried to raise awareness in the industry by offering its product called “Infomins” Have you taken yours today? Infomins are like vitamins that give you the information you need to make sound business decisions. Visit www.infomins.com.

Mr. Heaphy wrapped up his speech on Best Practices in the Supply Chain by announcing thier latest brainchild of www.escsgps.com which navigates to the information you need. This GPS “Graphic Procurement System” utilizes many of ESCS graphics to hyperlink you to our proprietary suite of web products designed to help buyers and engineers become better informed.

AEROSPACE COMPANIES COMBAT COUNTERFEITS THROUGH MINIMUM DISTRIBUTOR QUALITY REQUIREMENTS

ESCS promotes industry best practices to combat counterfeits to ensure quality service from independent distributors of electronic components. We strongly believe every aerospace and military manufacturer should demand at least the following minimum standards of excellence from their independent distributors:


1. Aerospace AS9120 certification - If your company is aerospace certified, shouldn't you require your suppliers to maintain the same quality standards for inventory control, split lot traceability and vendor management? Companies with only an ISO 9001 certification should be given a deadline to achieve AS9120 certification or lose their status as an approved supplier. You can easily view your suppliers' AS9120 certification status on the OASIS database at http://www.iaqg.sae.org/servlets/index?PORTAL_CODE=IAQG. For all audits completed after October 1, 2008, the IAQG is now requiring certification bodies to upload the latest audit details as well as any corrective action reports with root cause analysis and correction plans, yet it will be up to the distributor to make this data viewable on the OASIS database. All distributors should be required to allow visibility to their scored results for your review. For all audits completed before October 1, 2008, distributors may request their most recent audit information be uploaded for your review.

2. Membership in GIDEP - The Government and Industry Data Exchange Program provides an important resource for current information on suspect and known counterfeit components, as well as disseminating general information critical to maximizing supply chain efficiency.

3. Membership in ERAI - Membership in The Electronic Reseller's Association requires distributors to be in good standing, and provides access to critical information on suppliers and the ERAI's counterfeit component notification database.

4. Validated component testing - Distributors should confirm what testing protocols are required under their quality management system for all components lacking clear pedigree back to the original manufacturer's Certificate of Compliance. Decide whether 3rd party testing should be required or if testing done in-house is acceptable to your standards. If in-house, confirm their inspection staff is qualified by a standard at least as strong as the Independent Distributors of Electronics Association's IDEA-STD-1010-A inspection standard, and that on-going compliance with this is documented in their AS9120 Quality Management System.

5. Vendor management system - Confirm your distributor maintains their own approved vendor list, and that their quality management system includes tracking of each supplier's performance for quality and delivery compliance. You may want to ask what the minimum requirements are to add a supplier, and the minimum quality standards they must achieve to remain on the distributor's approved vendor list.

6. Agreement to on-site audits - Every distributor should be required to allow on-site audits by their customers. Whether the manufacturer chooses to do so or not, any distributor who will not agree to at least prospective future audits with minimal notice should be suspect.

The above requirements should be considered minimum standards. At ESCS, we not only meet and exceed these standards, we offer a wide range of quality services to help increase manufacturers' supply chain efficiency and cost-effectiveness, and provide best in class buyer resources to help make sound business decisions through our buyer portal at http://www.escs9120.com/.

Please give us a call today to learn more about these free, on-line buyer productivity tools and the wide range of component services provided by ESCS. For more information on how your company can combat counterfeits, visit ESCS's site, http://www.combatcounterfeits.com/.