Common use of Manufacturing Metrics Clause in Contracts

Manufacturing Metrics. To ensure quality and customer service, Manufacturer will establish and use a standard set of manufacturing metrics (“Manufacturing Metrics”) through which Manufacturer will ____________________ [ * ] = Certain confidential information contained in this document, marked by brackets, has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. attempt continually to improve yields and delivery accuracy and to reduce costs and defect rates. The Manufacturing Metrics shall be made immediately available upon request, and to include, at a minimum, information concerning: (a) Product inventory (finished goods, work-in-progress and raw materials); (b) yield (at various production points) and improvement plans for yield; (c) delivery accuracy; (d) returns (number of units, repair time); (e) fault statistics (most frequent defects found, faulty parts, cause and corrective action); (f) failure rates (assembly, first pass test, final test, final inspection, labeling, packaging, shipping and improvement plans for each of the foregoing). On a regular basis (but [ * ]), Manufacturer will: (a) provide BUYER with copies of the Manufacturing Metrics; and (b) engage in status reviews concerning the Manufacturing Metrics.