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Liability Analysis
Inventory Management   Purchase Order Cancelation   Breach Of Contract

CMC can assess liability ("burden sharing") for excess inventory due to a customer’s sudden demand forecast reductions or cancellations of purchase orders to suppliers. We understand the broad range of common industry practices and attempt to be fair and even-handed to all parties. The objective is to determine potential liability, if any, for finished goods, work in-process, raw materials and related costs.

Comprehensive analysis includes study of manufacturing agreements, order execution documents, communications history, product data and specifications, production methods. When appropriate, we visit supplier sites to understand and access relevant operating processes. Our MRP Simulation Model can help assess how supplier purchasing departments performed in their inventory management actions to mitigate potential damages..

 

Litigation Consultant and Testifying Expert
Robert Freid, President of Contract Manufacturing Consultants has extensive knowledge of the standards and practices in the electronic manufacturing services industry. His litigation consulting work has included preparing for and giving depositions, opine on expert witness disclosure and answering interrogatory questions.

Clients have been both OEM customers and EMS suppliers, typically large corporations involving complex disputes and millions of dollars in claimed damages. For example, Robert is scheduled to testify at trial in 2011 in a lawsuit involving analysis of nearly 10,000 pages of depositions and 1,000 exhibits.

Prior to founding CMC in 1999, Robert worked for Solectron Corporation, a global electronic manufacturing services company. As a Director of New Business Development and Programs Management he set business development strategy and negotiated manufacturing and services contracts with major corporations. He also managed customer focus teams of procurement and technical personnel and won special recognition awards from customers for successful ramp-ups. Robert has degrees in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from University of California, Berkeley and an M.B.A. from Stanford University.

Robert makes technical presentations at industry conferences and is quoted in industry publications on topics related to supply chain management and outsourcing of electronics products.

 

   
 
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