Quarterly Planning and Forecasting Sample Clauses

Quarterly Planning and Forecasting. (a) At a point in each Fiscal Quarter as agreed in writing by the Parties (commencing with the [***]), each Purchaser shall provide the Joint Venture Company with a written non-binding forecast of such Purchaser’s demand (a “Demand Forecast”) for the next [***] (or such other period or periods as may be agreed in writing by the Parties). All Demand Forecasts [***]. (b) The Joint Venture Company shall furnish each Purchaser with a written response within [***] (or such other number of days as may be agreed in writing by the Parties) of receiving such Purchaser’s Demand Forecast, indicating its Manufacturing Capacity during the period covered by such Demand Forecast [***] outlined in such Demand Forecast that the Joint Venture Company can commit to deliver. This written response (the “Planning Forecast”) shall include: [***] (c) Based on the Planning Forecasts (and, during the Ramp Down Period, the Ramp Down Wafer Starts (as defined in the IMI/Qimonda Supply Agreement)), the Joint Venture Company shall develop a proposed Loading Plan (the “Proposed Loading Plan”) for the next [***] Fiscal Quarters (or such other period or periods as may be agreed in writing by the Parties). The Joint Venture Company shall provide each Purchaser with the Proposed Loading Plan at least [***] (or such other number of days as may be agreed in writing by the Parties) prior to its review by the Manufacturing Committee. (d) The Joint Venture Company shall submit the Proposed Loading Plan, Planning Forecasts and other requested information to the Manufacturing Committee for its approval. The Manufacturing Committee may approve the Proposed Loading Plan as submitted or may condition its approval on the Joint Venture Company making changes to the Proposed Loading Plan, in which case the Joint Venture Company shall make such changes to the Proposed Loading Plan. Upon such approval of and, if applicable, such changes to the Proposed Loading Plan, the Manufacturing Plan shall be changed to conform to the Proposed Loading Plan, as so approved and, if applicable, changed.