Applied DNA Sciences Inc (APDN)

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Thanks Mike, but I´m just a guy with time and a psychopathalogical tendency to, when motivated, investigate and try to know it all.

The many technical table sessions at DMSMS2016 don´t seem to give much to hold on to, although through the lines I tend te read for example that DLA has a gapfiller up their sleeve...and I think it´s adnas...derived from DMSMS agenda, more specifically wednesdays programm including tablesessions about anticounterfeit and eventually this ctrends.com´s contribution summary:

Assessment for Compliance to DFARS 252.246.7007
The DFARS (Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations Supplement) was created to minimize the risk to acquire items. DFARS 252.246.7007 Contractor Counterfeit Electronic Parts Detection and Avoidance System designed strict rules for contracted suppliers to follow to minimize the risk of procuring substandard and/or suspect counterfeit parts. The industry has many standards to assist the supply chain with aligning to the current DFARS, but there are gaps. With the on-going changes to the DFARS, government contractors need to comply with the requirements of their customer. Our gap analysis lists the current DFARS along with the various standards in the industry. The comparison shows how industry standards match up to the DFARS, as well as to identify what is missing. Your company may be at risk if you use a standard that is lacking in the current required flow-downs stated in the DFARS. Currently, there are pending cases in the DFARS that will adjust the language of the requirements. Is your company ready to comply when these changes are approved? An example is CASE 2014-D005, in which the definition of what is known as an “Authorized Dealer” is pending a change to the DOD (Department of Defense) approved “Trusted Supplier”. This means that if you are sourcing obsolete/non-confident stock from a non-Trusted Supplier, then you may not be compliant to the current DFARS. This change may affect your supply chain. Supplier classification is the leading battle in today’s hard-to-find, EOL (End-of-Life), and obsolete electronic component market. The gap analysis compares the following standards that govern the supply chain against the DFARS: • AS5553 • AS6496 • AS6174 • JESD243 • AS6081 • IDEA-QMS-9090 • CCAP-101 • A3-D950-1160-1 • SPOC 419 • CTrends QMS Many of the standards listed above have one or more gaps when compared to the DFARS. Identifying the gaps and what to do to meet the required DFARS is critical to ensure you meet your customer requirements, and as a contractor meeting the government regulations.

I do wonder what Thimothy Harding (DLA) is telling/training attendees or where we are in light of the aboce trusted suppliers tests and cirtifications and in light of apparent complementary (or competing?) counterfeitdetectionmethods like Nokomis Inc´s ADEC Nokomis, also see their contribution to DMSMS: Advanced Detection of Electronic Counterfeits (ADEC) for Mitigation of Supply Chain Risks – Threat Coverage and Recent Results or that of SecureComponents for example... These supliers are all ERAI members like adnas...

Any thoughts Mike or others?