It is hard to overestimate the damage being caused by counterfeit parts entering the supply chain. For the consumer the problem is huge, with up to seven percent of tech being fake, according to published statistics, and with video controllers and consoles the largest culprit.
These fakes are not only bad news for the brands that make the real products and invest in developing and marketing them, they are often dangerous to the consumer with stories of devices catching fire because of thinner copper cores in cables or other equipment overheating. At a component level, it seems that shortages in the supply chain are pushing buyers towards the grey market, where risk of counterfeit can be much greater. So, what can be done and what tools are available to detect and deter counterfeiters who see this a hugely profitable market.
Artificial intelligence, blockchain, connectivity, connected factory exchange (CFX), and traceability are all terms being banded around constantly in the industry, but can they be part of the fight against counterfeit components and conflict materials? Both Michael Ford, senior director Emerging Industry Strategy for Aegis Software and Dr. Bill Cardoso, CEO of Creative Electron, seem to think so. These two renowned experts join me to talk about the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in detection, traceability in mitigation, and the work IPC are doing in this area.
In this roundtable, the panel debates methods of detection, how traceability can help and what needs to be done industry wide to combat this threat.
Filmed on location in San Diego at the SCOOP studio thanks to the sponsorship of Aegis Software, Cogiscan, Creative Electron, Fuji America, KIC and Koh Young Technology.
Philip Stoten enjoys sharing his views on what's new or disruptive in the industry he has spent a career of more than thirty years working in. First and foremost, Stoten likes to write, but he is happy moderating a workshop or interviewing an executive on video. Since Stoten was young, he wanted to be a journalist, but an aptitude for science, the technology boom in Cambridge and his weak performance in English at school, led him into manufacturing, where he worked in design, manufacturing, management and sales and marketing. "You can do anything you want", was the inspiring advice given to Stoten by his entrepreneurial father Paul, an approach that led Philip to start his own design company in Cambridge in his twenties. An approach that led him to switch from technology to journalism in his thirties, publishing his first magazine, going onto launch two others and a communications company. Stoten founded Scoop to help companies in the electronics manufacturing industry plan, produce, deploy and measure content, supporting their brand and their lead generation strategy. He is at his happiest working with clients, exploring their products and markets, and helping create solutions to show their thought leadership and bring their customers to their products. If Stoten weren't working in the electronics manufacturing space, he'd like to be writing about travel or food, two of his greatest passions. He enjoys the travel opportunities his role allows him and the chance to visit some of the world's best restaurants. Of course, he takes his running shoes with him, keen to keep in shape as despite the good food, he likes to fit running the occasional marathon.
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