Considerations regarding the risk of using counterfeit products in the aerospace industry

This paper aims to increase the level of awareness regarding the risk of using counterfeit parts in the aerospace industry. Manufacturing and selling counterfeit parts is a challenge that almost every business faces and that has an impact on retailers, distributors, and producers. Contrary to other businesses, counterfeiting could be fatal in the aerospace, defense, and automotive sectors. The risk of receiving counterfeit parts or assemblies with counterfeit parts will vary depending on the organization’s role and position within the supply chain. The risk increases with the number of supply chain intermediaries (such as sub-tiers, distributors, customers, services, etc.) that incorporate parts into products or assemblies

Contractual Requirements Review and Management

This article presents contractual requirements review as an element of a Quality Management System (SR EN 9100:2018 [1]), which requires the organization to conduct requirements reviews at various stages of the product realization lifecycle. Proper conduct of a review and management of requirements will enhance overall supply chain performance with regards to On-Time-On-Quality Delivery (OTOQD)