The long awaited AS6081 has finally been released. There is still discussion about if it goes too far or too short to serve its purpose, but it is definitely a much needed document to set some standard for the aerospace and military industries when buying components from the independent distribution market. Those who say it does not go far enough would like to see electrical testing and those who say it goes too far state that provisions, such as, the inability to return parts that were not delivered exactly as the parts were ordered, is a hardship for the distributors (in the standard these parts are classified as “fraudulent”). We, on the G19 committee, are listening to the comments from industry and already making changes to the next revision. The current version is a great start and we hope to see it adopted by as many distributors as possible.
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Robb Hammond, founder and president of AERI (American Electronic Resource, Inc.). Founding member and former committee chair of the SAE AS6081 Standard created for the avoidance of counterfeit electronic components. Robb founded AERI in Costa Mesa, California, in 1994 as an independent distributor of hard-to-find, obsolete and allocated electronic components. AERI is AS9120B, ISO 9001:2015 and AS6081 certified, tests to AS6171 standards, and inspects every part in its in-house QC lab before it ships. Robb writes about electronic component shortages, sourcing strategy and counterfeit avoidance.
