Initial Volume Production. In the event Customer reasonably determines it is unable to start initial volume production by the mutually-agreed initial date identified in the delivery schedule of the first production Purchase Order (“Initial Volume Production Date”), Customer will be responsible for the costs/charges associated with maintaining the minimum project support (including Customer project interface, managing Component availability, supply chain awareness) and any additional support requested, at a mutually agreed amount per month. The lead-time required to restart initial volume production will be as mutually agreed by the Parties, Benchmark shall maintain the production unit Price during the development phase or prior to initial volume production. Customer shall pay Benchmark for all reasonable expenses resulting from the request to delay the start of initial volume production until after the Initial Volume Production Date, including Customer pre-approved charges related to volume material purchases essential to maintain the then current negotiated unit price or to address end of life issues. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3.3(a), in no event shall Customer be responsible for any project support costs for project delays if a cross-functional team is already in place and fully supported by and on-going production of another Customer Product.
Initial Volume Production. For the limited purpose of the first month after the mutually agreed date for the start of volume production, as identified in the delivery schedule of the first production Order, the definition of Excess Components shall be modified to refer to any inventory that is not used in the manufacture of the Product and shipped to Customer within one hundred eighty (180) days from receipt of the individual Components. The value of such Excess Components inventory shall be Benchmark’s purchase price. If Customer communicates a delay in this schedule in writing, then Benchmark shall provide a detailed cost breakdown of the Excess Components inventory for every thirty (30) days of delay in the schedule. Customer shall purchase the Excess Components from Benchmark and consign the Excess Components back to Benchmark. Immediately following the shipment of the first month of volume production ramp for Product, the definition of “Excess Components” shall revert back to that in Section 2.1.
