Product integrity is a key element in business and increasingly important in the information technology sector, where products and services are highly vulnerable to the creation of copies and counterfeits. Both IT vendors and their customers are equally at risk when phony and faulty products enter the supply chain. As one step to control the flow of counterfeit electronic parts, the U.S. Defense Department has proposed new regulations for industry to follow in the procurement process.
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Federal Plan to Scuttle Phony Electronic Parts Baffles Suppliers
Posted by: John K. Higgins July 24, 2013 05:00 AMProduct integrity is a key element in business and increasingly important in the information technology sector, where products and services are highly vulnerable to the creation of copies and counterfeits. Both IT vendors and their customers are equally at risk when phony and faulty products enter the supply chain. As one step to control the flow of counterfeit electronic parts, the U.S. Defense Department has proposed new regulations for industry to follow in the procurement process.