Statement of Work & Project Statement

• Statement of Work (Version 3.1, December 7, 2011)
• Project Statement (Version 3.1, December 7, 2011)

Background

The concept of counterfeit electronic components, materials and assemblies (hereafter referred to simply as “counterfeit components”) is not a new phenomenon. The Counterfeit Components Project will address currently urgent issues that have arisen from the increased prevalence of non-regulated component supply. A counterfeit part exposes products to premature and unpredictable failures. Depending on each product’s intended application, the impact of these failures could be severe. Participating companies can expect to reap benefits that include a reduction in liability from products that fail prematurely, freedom from brand reputation degradation, both of which are significant business risks. Improved quality, efficiency gains and reductions in cost and manpower will result from the identification and mitigation of the availability of counterfeit parts.
 

Download Calculators

• Counterfeit Calculators (download licensing agreement)
  For more information about the tools -- their development and use -- see the June 11, 2013 webinar presentation below.

Presentations & Reports

• White Paper: Development of a Methodology to Determine Risk of Counterfeit Use (November 5, 2013)
• End-of-Project Webinar: Counterfeit Components – Assessment Methodology and Metric Development, October 15, 2013 (iNEMI members only; log-in required)
• "Methodology Development for Counterfeit Component Mitigation," presented by Jeffrey Lee (IST-Integrated Service Technology, Inc.) at ICEPT, August 2013.
• Dave Brown (Intel) presented on the Risk of Counterfeit Use Methodology Development at SMTA/CALCE Counterfeit Electronic Parts and Electronic Supply Chain Symposium (College Park, Maryland; June 26, 2013)
• Assessing the Risk of Counterfeit Components, presented by Colm Nolan (IBM) and Martin Huehne (Celestica); June 11, 2013
  • The webinar reviewed three tools developed by the counterfeit components team:  Risk of Counterfeit Use, Risk of Untrusted Sources, and Counterfeit Loss & Total Cost Estimations.  The team would like you to try the calculators (see link above) and provide feedback by emailing comments to Mark Schaffer.

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