Chuck Amsden

Chuck Amsden is the former Vice President of Quality at Mouser Electronics. Amsden joined Mouser in 2003 and helped lead the company to obtain ANS9120A/ISO9001:2008 and ANSI/ESD S20.202007 certifications. Amsden was a contributing member of three SAE G-19 committees, working on standards for mitigating counterfeits in the electronic components supply chain. He also chaired a committee in the Electronic Components Industry Association (ECIA) that developed methods of traceability within authorized distribution and served on the ECIA Certification Task Force focused on mitigating counterfeits.

almost 11 years ago
AS6496 Anti-Counterfeit Control Plan Posted

The AS6496 standard was published in August and Mouser now has an Anti-Counterfeit Control Plan written specifically to that standard.

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about 11 years ago
Buying From Independents Carries Problems and Risks

Last week I had a prime tell us they preferred to buy a part through an independent rather than directly from Mouser, an authorized distributor. I've

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over 11 years ago
Part Traceability Needs to be Taken Seriously

I was on a standards writing committee call two weeks ago discussing part traceability with customers on the committee. I wanted them to accept this

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over 11 years ago
AS6496 Out for Ballot

AS6496, the SAE standard for Authorized Distribution, has gone out for ballot. This new standard will enhance authorized distribution and give custome

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over 11 years ago
State of the COTS Parts Market

I have been involved in counterfeit mitigation since early 2009. I've had hundreds of interesting conversations with peers and industry experts. Yeste

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over 11 years ago
Intro to Chuck Amsden, Director of Quality for Mouser Electronics

Welcome to my blog. Here I intend to present information relevant to our customers and Mouser Electronics. I recently got an interesting question fr

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