We are the leading experts in assessing damages due to customer and/or supplier deficiencies in the electronics manufacturing services industry. Our work often includes liability-share assessment for excess and obsolete (E&O) inventory and related damages resulting from customer cancelation of PO’s, sudden forecast reduction, and/or to supplier quality and materials management errors. We use our proprietary MRP simulation model to show how the supplier reasonably should have managed inventory for each product part, and therefore share of liability for actual excess. Model data includes customer forecasts, BOMs, process yields, shipments, minimum order quantities, component lead-times, NCNR parts. It incorporates common industry practices for inventory management such as timely supplier corrective actions in response to demand changes. See the cover article below for more information.