Case Study #1: A mid sized Defense contractor required a group of 16 integrated circuits of quantities from 600 to 7500 per quarter to be shipped compliant with Spec Control Drawings (SCDs) from the original source. Components International: • Purchased the parts • Upscreened the ICs to Mil-temperature range • Programmed several of the ICs to specifications • Performed 100% Burn-in to MIL-STD-883 methods • Tested the population over the specified high and low temperature extremes increasing the level of reliability • Applied custom marking labels to all parts to detailed specs • Tape & reeled the parts to a custom requirement • Shipped the parts to the customer’s manufacturing location • Maintains a buffer inventory of compliant parts Results of Case Study #1: • Customer compressed nine operations into one • One vendor, one point of control • All component fallout was transparent • Exact quantities ordered were delivered with no additional costs • Parts were delivered on-time per the original quote • No inventory burden • No costs to customer until parts were delivered • Customer expertise required was at the level of one Buyer, one discipline • No burden of receiving parts and correctly re-shipping to different vendors • No manpower expended expediting multiple deliveries • Reduced possibility of foul-ups • Errors, if any, were transparent • Customer received credit towards fulfilling their Diversity goals No other distributor offered to take away the burden, operations and the risk of supplying components for this project…with no up front costs. In the end, the customer received parts on time, at a much lower cost than they originally paid for them even before they performed the nine subsequent operations. Contact CI and see how easy it is to start a pilot program – 718-782-2733