With counterfeit parts on the rise, buying from an AS6496-accredited authorized distributor, ensures traceable, authentic electronic components and superior quality control.
With the increase in global demand and supply shortages, counterfeit parts are on the rise and harder to detect. The threat of fake components entering the supply chain remains a concern. It’s more important than ever to buy from an authorized distributor like Mouser Electronics which operates tough anti-counterfeit policies to ensure customers receive 100 per cent certified, genuine products, fully traceable to each manufacturer.
Mouser was the electronic component industry’s first authorized distributor to receive accreditation to AS6496, the aerospace industry’s high standard for anti-counterfeit measures in authorized electronic component distribution. Industries and buyers looking to reduce the risk of counterfeit electronic parts entering the supply chain can accomplish this by using authorized distributors accredited to AS6496. Customers can order with confidence from Mouser knowing it has rigorous processes in place to prevent counterfeit products entering its inventory.
The AS6496 aerospace standard sets requirements for the avoidance, detection, mitigation and disposal of counterfeit products in the authorized distribution supply chain. Mouser received the AS6496 accreditation in Fall 2018 from the Performance Review Institute (PRI), as part of the Counterfeit Avoidance Accreditation Program (CAAP). The CAAP audit was based on audit criteria (AC7403) created jointly by PRI, the Electronic Components Industry Association (ECIA) and aerospace OEM representatives. This international standard requires authorized distributors to have a counterfeit mitigation policy and counterfeit electronics parts control plan.
CAAP is a cooperative industry effort to mitigate the risk of introducing counterfeit parts into the supply chain and the cost for compliance throughout the aviation, space and defense industries. Mouser is also registered to AS9100D/ISO 9001:2015 and ANSI/ESD S20.20-2014, the industry’s gold standards for quality, control and electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection.
Mouser’s AS9100D/ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System adds additional aviation, space and defense industry requirements, including procedures and processes for the prevention of counterfeit parts. Registration to these standards provides customers with the confidence that Mouser is an authorized distributor of the highest quality components by providing traceability, risk management, process control, customer support, product availability and document/record control.
Whether customers are buying online or through one of Mouser’s trained customer service representatives, the company has the professionals and procedures in place to ensure an effective and efficient supply chain, free of counterfeit or gray market products. Customers can source their entire bill-of-materials with confidence.
To help speed customers’ designs, Mouser’s website hosts an extensive library of technical resources, including a Technical Resource Center, along with product data sheets, supplier-specific reference designs, application notes, technical design information, engineering tools and other helpful information.
Buyers and engineers can stay abreast of today’s exciting product, technology and application news through Mouser’s complimentary e-newsletter. Mouser’s email news and reference subscriptions are customizable to the unique and changing project needs of customers and subscribers. No other distributor gives engineers this much customization and control over the information they receive.
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