
162 • Supply Chain Risk Management: An Emerging Discipline
Another new approach to mitigate the risk of counterfeit electronic
components is growing rapidly. According to a report by the U.S. Senate
Armed Services Committee, titled “Inquiry into Counterfeit Electronic
Parts in the Department of Defense Supply Chain,” an overwhelming
majority of more than a million counterfeit parts identied in the investi-
gation were sourced from a party other than the original manufacturer or
an authorized distributor.
In the electronics industry, and now others as well, aer a major risk
event or a problem with a key supplier within an industry, buyers oen ...