EBN live chat - Current Counterfeit Situation
- Angharad Storrie
- 16/08/2013
- counterfeit
- Anti-counterfeit
- Grey Market
- black market
- Electronic Components
- non-counterfeit
- SIA
- Semiconductor Industrial Association
- counterfeit components
- Franchised Distributor
- Independent Distributor
- RMA
- Return Material Authorisation
- non franchised distributor
- black topping
- dimensional tests
Component Sense CEO Kenny McGee took part in the EBN live chat yesterday (15 August 2013), which was hosted by Steve Martin (executive vice president of sales from Components Direct) and Hailey Lynne McKeefry (Editor in Chief at Datacenter Acceleration). This post has been created to abridge the discussion, remove unanswered or topics that weren’t discussed, in an effort to provide a more clear understanding. Slight grammatical changes have been made in order to create a sense of flow, as this was originally written in real time. If you wish to see the original chat dialogue, please visit: http://www.ebnonline.com/dialogue.asp?doc_id=266481 The...