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COUNTERFEIT ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS

≈≈≈≈ DETECTION and AVOIDANCE

The danger of counterfeit devices in your supply chain

and what to do about it.

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THE DIRTY TRUTHS OF ELECTRONICS COUNTERFEITING

•  Five to twenty percent of components in electronics distributor supply chains is counterfeit!

•  Counterfeiting costs the electronics industry billions annually, in terms of: –  Decreased customer satisfaction –  Yields –  Field failures –  Need/cost of incoming inspection, DPA, etc. –  Litigation

•  Pervasiveness and counterfeiters’ skill is increasing.

IF YOU CAN MAKE IT THEY CAN FAKE IT •  Even if it stopped today, it would take years to flush all

counterfeits from supply chains.

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CAN YOU TELL WHICH UNITS ARE GENUINE AND WHICH ARE COUNTERFEIT?

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ARTHUR JONATH ASSOCIATES CAN HELP YOU COMBAT THE

COUNTERFEIT THREAT We provide:

•  An overview of the electronics counterfeit threat •  Appropriate inspection methodologies •  A flow charted inspection protocol •  A real-time hands-on visual inspection workshop for

inspectors and quality personnel to check incoming goods and inventory for counterfeit product.

•  Assurance that your safeguards against counterfeit goods are robust.