Founded in 1995, ERAI, Inc. is a global
information services organization that monitors, investigates, and reports
issues affecting the global electronics supply chain. As the industry’s leading
source of risk assessment tools, ERAI provides exclusive services and in-depth
information that enable its members to perform industry-specific risk
mitigation on suspect counterfeit, high-risk, and non-conforming parts and
identify problematic suppliers and customers. Our members include aerospace,
defense, medical, nuclear and commercial OEMs, CMs, OCMs, distributors, government
agencies, industry associations and other organizations serving the industry.
Among ERAI's host of risk assessment tools
is the world's largest database of suspect counterfeit and nonconforming
electronic parts. This tool, alone, has fully changed the way in which sectors
of the supply chain research, track, identify, purchase and sell material. It
allows members to better mitigate risks in their procurement process,
especially when dealing with end-of-life or obsolete parts. Additionally, ERAI
has partnered to create InterCEPT, a web-based training program designed
exclusively for the unique needs of the electronics industry, to tackle the
challenges posed by counterfeit electronic parts by providing training for an
organization’s employees. With a primary focus on counterfeit mitigation,
InterCEPT classes feature a wide-range of topics from introducing employees to
the complex supply chain, discussing government responses and regulations, and
deep-dives into different counterfeit detection test methods.
ERAI's website and full line of tools and
services have been assisting buyers and sellers from all sectors of the supply
chain in preventing loss by minimizing risk in the material purchasing and
selling processes. The main objective of the organization’s insights and
knowledge is to help prevent issues before they occur – and ERAI's offerings do
just that. Furthermore, our services help eliminate the threats of financial
loss and/or risk to a company’s reputation.
ERAI also stays on the pulse of changing laws
and regulations, industry trends and evolving counterfeiter tactics. We share
this knowledge and expertise through our website, social media, educational
outreach, training and networking. Actively involved in numerous industry
committees and task forces, the organization brings together the industry's
best practices in risk mitigation, supplier selection and order screening, and
has a full understanding and empathy of the challenges that face the core
segments of this industry.