November 18, 2013 – Mouser Electronics, Inc., a leading engineering resource and global distributor of semiconductors and electronic components, today announced that Chuck Amsden, Mouser’s expert on compliance, will speak at the Symposium on Counterfeit Electronic Parts and Electronic Supply Chain, scheduled for this week, November 19-21 in San Diego.
Amsden, a well-known authority on compliance issues and counterfeit part mitigation, is a frequent speaker at similar events nationally and internationally. He is presenting at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, November 19, focusing on the SAE standard on Authorized distribution. The event is sponsored by the Surface Mount Technology Association and the Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering.
As an AS9100C distributor, Mouser’s support of this as well as SAE International events, underscores the company’s dedication to leading the fight against counterfeit products.
Amsden, who has more than 25 years of quality assurance and compliance experience, directs Mouser’s quality assurance staff and assures that the company’s distribution operations comply with industry and company standards. He has helped lead Mouser in obtaining top industry certifications.
“Our customers can be confident that Mouser Electronics takes every possible precaution to ensure they are receiving authorized, genuine components,” said Pete Shopp, Mouser Senior Vice President of Business Operations. “Our commitment to delivering authorized genuine components for our customers across the globe is central to our business. We have adopted multiple safeguards and quality control standards to provide customers with full traceability on the commercial components sold.
“Mouser strongly supports all efforts to help the industry identify and avoid counterfeit parts,” Shopp added.
As an ongoing commitment to providing authorized genuine components, Mouser holds the industry’s highest certifications for policy procedures, including AS9100C/ISO 9001:2008. Established as the industry’s gold standard for quality and control, AS9100C is a quality management certification that assures the distribution of the highest quality components by providing traceability, risk management, process control, customer support, product availability and completeness of documentation. To further support AS9100C, Mouser Electronics has developed and implemented programs that see to the continuous monitoring and improvement of customer satisfaction.
Mouser also is an ECIA (Electronic Components Industry Association) and CEDA (China Electronics Distributor Alliance) authorized distributor.
With its broad product line and unsurpassed customer service, Mouser caters to design engineers and buyers by delivering What's Next in advanced technologies. Mouser offers customers 20 global support locations and the latest, most technologically advanced components for their newest design projects. Mouser Electronics' website is updated daily and searches more than 10 million products to locate over 4 million orderable part numbers available for easy online purchase. Mouser.com also houses an industry-first interactive catalog, data sheets, supplier-specific reference designs, application notes, technical design information, and engineering tools.
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Mouser Electronics, a subsidiary of TTI, Inc., is part of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway family of companies. Mouser is an award-winning authorized semiconductor and electronic component distributor, focused on the rapid introduction of new products and technologies to electronic design engineers and buyers. Mouser.com features more than 4 million products online from more than 500 manufacturers. Mouser publishes multiple catalogs per year providing designers with up-to-date data on the components now available for the next generation of electronic devices. Mouser ships globally to over 400,000 customers in 170 countries from its 492,000 sq. ft. state-of-the-art facility south of Dallas, Texas. For more information, visit www.mouser.com.
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