Why shortage raises counterfeit risk
When the authorised channel is dry, buyers turn to the spot and broker market, where chain of custody is weaker and counterfeit or relabelled parts slip in. A suspect date code found after assembly turns into a wide, expensive recall.
Genealogy, internal and external
The control is traceability both ways: internal lot and date-code genealogy through assembly, and external chain of custody as parts move supplier to supplier. The electronics standard for this, IPC-1782, defines risk-based levels of traceability keyed to product class.
Where the ERP closes the loop
On Hudace, serialised lot and genealogy are captured at goods receipt and at each work-order step, so a suspect date code resolves in one query to exactly which finished units contain it. Xenon AI flags out-of-pattern date codes, prices, or routings typical of broker-sourced risk for incoming inspection.
An inspector makes the call to accept or quarantine.
The numbers to watch
Track how completely and quickly you can trace a suspect part.
Traceability depth
Share of assemblies with full component genealogy to the required level. Gaps widen any recall.
Containment time
Time to identify every unit with a suspect lot. One query, not a search.
Incoming reject rate
Suspect parts caught at inspection. Rises as anomaly detection sharpens.
Escape rate
Suspect parts reaching finished goods. The number genealogy is built to drive to zero.
See queryable genealogy on Hudace
Talk to our team about serialised traceability from receipt to finished goods.