NE Company decided to use the special fields in ManEx to disallow from purchasing.  As soon as they received the list of obsoleted manufacturers, they checked the appropriate box for each within the item master.  As the inventory was consumed they removed it from the customer's AVL.  Using this method, they were able to consume the existing inventory and have the replacement parts on hand as needed all without outside tracking.

 

Not all inventory was consumed before the customer decided to update the AVLs.   For these parts, NE Company simply checked the appropriate box to disallow the parts from kitting.  Now they have visibility of the inventory, but cannot consume it in production until the parts are once again approved.