Subvert Your Own Supply-Chain Security in Five Easy Steps

The U.S. Department of Defense demonstrates the art of ignoring standard operating procedures

In May 2012 the United States Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) released the report, “Inquiry into Counterfeit Electronic Parts in the Department of Defense Supply Chain.” As noted in the first and second pages of the report’s executive summary, the committee’s investigation during 2009–2010 found approximately 1,800 cases of suspect counterfeit electronic parts, and “the total number of suspect parts in those cases exceeded one million.” Apparently, all the regulations, standard operating procedures (SOP), and oversight committees were no match for clever counterfeiters.

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Informative article.

One thing though, it is "lo and behold" not "low and behold."

You are right

Uhhh.... yeah.... we were just testing you. That's it.

You passed.

Thanks for pointing out the error; we have fixed it.

Subverting Certifications?

A double-faced meaning: certifications - even accredited - subvert reliability, and / or subverting face-value-only certifications can bring us to actually improve our deeds' Quality. Words, compared to Deeds or Facts, are all too easy artifacts, or Propaganda's deeds - which means what they really are. Even the legal clauses and requirements on the value of sworn declarations or statements are more and more argued. Will a "masquerade" be the sound track of the next ISO 9000 series and of its Relatives movie? Thank you.