"It underscores China's failure to police the blatant market in counterfeit parts -- a failure China should rectify." [More]Oh, they're rectifying failure, alright. Nothing succeeds like supremacy.
What really gets me is, in a different life I spent over 16 years doing regulatory compliance policies and procedures, proposals, system manuals, etc., for a defense contractor--everything from soup to nuts. Here's the relevant section from my resume:
Manager, Systems and Procedures, Hughes Defense Communications 1981 – 1997 Torrance, CA: Originally Magnavox Advanced Product and Systems, the company developed and manufactured satellite navigation and communication products in defense contracting and commercial business areas. • Promoted from Material/Production Control Procedures Analyst in 1987. • Coordinated command media for administrative, engineering, production and quality departments in defense contracting and commercial business segments in compliance with OSHA, FAR, CAS and other applicable regulatory requirements. • Managed organizational documentation, forms design/control. • Performed key role in audits
Manager, Systems and Procedures, Hughes Defense Communications 1981 – 1997 Torrance, CA: Originally Magnavox Advanced Product and Systems, the company developed and manufactured satellite navigation and communication products in defense contracting and commercial business areas. • Promoted from Material/Production Control Procedures Analyst in 1987. • Coordinated command media for administrative, engineering, production and quality departments in defense contracting and commercial business segments in compliance with OSHA, FAR, CAS and other applicable regulatory requirements. • Managed organizational documentation, forms design/control. • Performed key role in audits and corrective action/quality improvement cross-functional activities. • Credited with significant responsibility for attainment of ISO 9001 registration. • Developed online media distribution system , reducing costs by 75%. • Supported numerous successful proposal efforts.I bring this up to establish that while I am offering an opinion based on a media report, it is an opinion formed by no small amount of goal-attaining experience in a heavily regulated and audited supply chain environment. Those aren't mere meaningless words and acronyms in the above list. I just don't see how this could happen on such a scale without a directed blind eye and outright collusion on "our" side.
Should we believe everyone in our leadership has been taken by surprise on this? Or are there more serious failures that we need to rectify?
[Via Jess]