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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
6 Months Ended
Sep. 23, 2011
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES [Abstract] 
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES:
   
 
Description of Business:
   
 
The Company designs, develops and manufactures printed circuit connectors for high performance applications.  The Company has also developed a high performance plastic circular connector line. All of the Company's products utilize the HYPERTAC™ contact design, which is identified by the generic “HYPERBOLOID” in the Company's catalogs. This is necessary since all other HYPERTAC™ companies have been purchased by a multi-national company.  The Company is the only independent producer of HYPERTAC™ in the United States.
   
 
The Company's customers consist of OEM's (Original Equipment Manufacturers), companies manufacturing medical equipment, and distributors who resell the Company's products to OEMs.  The Company sells its products directly and through regional representatives located in all regions of the United States as well as in Canada, Israel, India, various Pacific Rim countries, South Korea and the European Union (EU).
   
 
The customers, the Company services, are in the Government, Military, Aerospace, Medical, Automotive, Industrial, Test Equipment and Commercial Electronics markets.  The Company appears on the Military Qualified Product Listing “QPL” to MIL-DTL-55302 and supply
 
   
 
Description of Business: (continued)
   
 
customer requested modifications to this specification. Sales to the commercial electronic and military markets were 31% and 69%, respectively, of the Company's net sales for the year ended March 25, 2011.  The Company's offering of “QPL” items has recently been expanded to include additional products.
   
 
Accounting Period:
   
 
The Company maintains an accounting period based upon a 52-53 week year, which ends on the nearest Friday in business days to March 31.  The year ended March 25, 2011 was comprised of 52 weeks.
   
 
Revenue Recognition:
   
 
Revenues are recognized at the shipping date of the Company's products. The Company has historically adopted the shipping terms that title to merchandise passes to the customer at the shipping point (FOB Shipping Point). At this juncture, title has passed, the Company has recognized the sale, inventory has been relieved, and the customer has been invoiced. The Company does not offer any discounts, credits or other sales incentives.
   
 
The Company's policy with respect to customer returns and allowances as well as product warranty is as follows:
   
 
The Company will accept a return of defective product within one year from shipment for repair or replacement at the Company's option. If the product is repairable, the Company at its own cost, will repair and return it to the customer. If unrepairable, the Company will either offer an allowance against payment or will reimburse the customer for the total cost of product. The Company's experience has been that a loss from returns is extremely remote. Accordingly, the Company's management does not believe that an allowance for loss from returns is necessary.
   
 
Most of the Company's products are custom ordered by customers for a specific use. The Company provides engineering services as part of the relationship with its customers in developing the custom product. The Company is not obligated to provide such engineering service to its customers. The Company does not invoice its customers separately for these services.
   
 
Inventories:
   
 
Inventories are stated at cost, on a first-in, first-out basis, which does not exceed market value.
   
 
The Company manufactures products pursuant to specific technical and contractual requirements.
 
   
 
Inventories: (continued)
   
 
The Company historically purchases material in excess of its requirements to avail itself of favorable pricing as well as the possibility of receiving additional orders from customers. This excess may result in material not being used in subsequent periods, which may result in this material being deemed obsolete.
   
 
The Company annually reviews its purchase and usage activity of its inventory of parts as well as work in process and finished goods to determine which items of inventory have become obsolete within the framework of current and anticipated orders. The Company based upon historical experience has determined that if a part has not been used and purchased or an item of finished goods has not been sold in three years, it is deemed to be obsolete.
   
 
The Company estimates which materials may be obsolete and which products in work in process or finished goods may be sold at less than cost. A periodic adjustment, based upon historical experience is made to inventory in recognition of this impairment.
   
 
Concentration of Credit Risk:
   
 
Financial instruments which potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents and accounts receivable.
   
 
Under the provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act that was signed into law on July 21, 2010, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) will permanently insure interest bearing accounts at financial institutions up to $250,000 in the aggregate.
   
 
An additional provision of the Dodd-Frank Act provides for all non-interest bearing transaction accounts to be fully insured by the FDIC. Coverage under this provision began on December 31, 2010 and will end on December 31, 2012.
   
 
The Company has not experienced any losses in such accounts and believes its cash balances are not exposed to any significant risk.
   
 
As of September 23, 2011, the Company had funds on deposit in the amount of $634,800 in one financial institution comprised of the following:

Non-interest bearing accounts
 $430,102 
Interest bearing account
  204,698 
      
   $634,800 
 
   
 
Property, Plant and Equipment:
   
 
Property, plant and equipment is stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and amortization.  The Company provides for depreciation and amortization using the Double Declining Balance method over the estimated useful lives (5-7 years) of the related assets.
   
 
Maintenance and repair expenditures are charged to operations, and renewals and betterments are capitalized.  Items of property, plant and equipment, which are sold, retired or otherwise disposed of, are removed from the asset and accumulated depreciation or amortization accounts.  Any gain or loss thereon is either credited or charged to operations.
   
 
Income Taxes:
   
 
The Company follows the policy of treating investment tax credits as a reduction in the provision for federal income tax in the year in which the credit arises or may be utilized.  Deferred income taxes arise from temporary differences resulting from different depreciation methods used for financial and income tax purposes.  The Company has adopted the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 740, Income Taxes, which includes the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes.”
   
 
Net Income Per Share:
   
 
The Company has adopted the provisions of ASC Topic 260, Earnings per Share, which includes the provisions of SFAS No. 128, “Earnings Per Share”, which requires the disclosure of “basic” and “diluted” earnings (loss) per share. Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during each period.  Diluted earnings per share is similar to basic earnings per share except that the weighted average number of common shares outstanding is increased to reflect the dilutive effect of potential common shares, such as those issuable upon the exercise of stock or warrants, as if they had been issued.  For the six months ended September 23, 2011 and September 24, 2010, respectively, there were no items of potential dilution that would impact on the computation of diluted earnings or loss per share.
   
 
Fair Value of Financial Instruments:
   
 
The carrying value of the Company's financial instruments, consisting of accounts receivable, accounts payable, and borrowings, approximate their fair value due to the relatively short maturity (three months) of these instruments.
   
 
Use of Estimates:
   
 
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, revenues and expenses, and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements.  Actual amounts could differ from those estimates.
 
   
 
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets:
   
 
The Company has adopted the provisions of ASC Topic, 360, Property, Plant and Equipment-Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets which includes the provisions of SFAS No. 144, “Accounting for The Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets,” and requires that long-lived assets and certain identifiable intangibles to be held and used by an entity be reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable.  The Company has adopted SFAS No. 144. There were no long-lived asset impairments recognized by the Company for the six months ended September 23, 2011 and September 24, 2010, respectively.
   
 
Reporting Comprehensive Income:
   
 
The Company has adopted the provisions of ASC Topic, 220, Comprehensive Income which includes the provisions of SFAS No. 130, “Reporting Comprehensive Income”.  This Statement established standards for reporting and display of comprehensive income and its components (revenues, expenses, gains and losses) in an entity's financial statements.  This Statement requires an entity to classify items of other comprehensive income by their nature in a financial statement and display the accumulated balance of other comprehensive income separately from retained earnings and additional paid-in capital in the equity section of a statement of balance sheet. There were no material items of comprehensive income to report for the six months ended September 23, 2011 and September 24, 2010, respectively.
   
 
Segment Information:
   
 
The Company has adopted the provisions of ASC Topic, 280, Segment Reporting which includes the provisions of SFAS No. 131, “Disclosures About Segment of An Enterprise and Related Information.” This Statement requires public enterprises to report financial and descriptive information about its reportable operating segments and establishes standards for related disclosures about product and services, geographic areas, and major customers.  The adoption of ASC Topic 280 did not affect the Company's presentation of its results of operations or financial position.
   
 
Research and Development:
   
 
The Company provides personalized engineering services to its customers by designing connectors for specific customer applications.  The employment of electromechanical engineers is the anticipated cornerstone of the Company's future growth.  The Company maintains a testing laboratory where its engineers experiment with new connector designs based on changes in technology and in an attempt to create innovative, more efficient connector designs.
   
 
The Company did not expend any funds on nor receive any revenues related to customer sponsored research and development activities relating to the development of new designs, techniques and the improvement of existing design during the six months ended September 23, 2011 and September 24, 2010, respectively.
 
   
 
Effect of New Accounting Pronouncements:
   
 
In June 2009, the FASB issued SFAS No. 168, “The FASB Accounting Standards Codification and Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Principles- a Replacement of FASB Statement No. 162 (“SFAS No. 168”). SFAS No. 168 establishes the ASC as the source of authoritative accounting principles recognized by the FASB to be applied in the preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP.
   
 
Rules and interpretive releases of the SEC under the authority of Federal securities laws are also sources of authoritative GAAP for SEC registrants. All guidance contained in the ASC carries an equal level of authority.
   
 
The ASC superseded all existing non-SEC accounting and reporting standards. The FASB will not issue new standards in the form of any SFAS, FASB Staff Positions or Emerging Issues Task Force Abstracts. Instead, the FASB will issue Accounting Standards Updates (“ASU”) that will serve to update the ASC, provide background information about the guidance and provide the bases for conclusions on the change(s) in the ASC. The adoption of SFAS No. 168 did not have an impact upon the Company's financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
   
 
In May 2009, the FASB issued guidance now codified as ASC Topic 855, “Subsequent Events”, which provides authoritative accounting literature related to evaluating subsequent events. ASC 855 is similar to current guidance with some exceptions that are not intended to result in significant change to current practice. ASC 855 defines subsequent events and also requires the disclosure of the date through which an entity has evaluated subsequent events and the basis for that date. The provisions of ASC 855 are effective for interim or annual financial periods ending after June 15, 2009. The Company has adopted the provisions of ASC 855 effective as of September 30, 2009 and its adoption did not have a material impact on the Company's financial position, results of operations, cash flows or its required disclosures in its Form 10-Q. The Company has evaluated subsequent events through November 11, 2011.
   
 
In April 2009, the FASB issued FSP FAS No. 107-1 and Accounting Principles Board (“APB”) Opinion No. 28-1, Interim Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments”, which amends SFAS No. 107, Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments and requires disclosures about the fair value of financial instruments for interim reporting periods as well as in annual financial statements. FSP FAS No. 107-1 and APB No. 28-1 also amend APB Opinion No. 28, Interim Financial Reporting, to require these disclosures in all interim financial statements. FSP FAS No. 107-1 and APB No. 28-1 are effective for interim reporting periods ending after June 15, 2009. The guidance of FSP FAS No. 107-1 and APB No. 28-1 is now included in ASC Topic 825, Financial Statements. The adoption of FSP FAS No. 107-1 and APB No. 28-1 has not had a material impact on the Company's financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
 
   
 
Effect of New Accounting Pronouncements: (continued)
   
 
The Company has adopted the provisions of ASC Topic, 740, Income Taxes which includes the provisions of Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No.48 (“FIN 48”), “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes- an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109”, which clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an entity's financial statements in accordance with FASB Statement No.109, “Accounting for Income Taxes” FIN 48 prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement disclosures of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in an income tax filing.
   
 
The evaluation of a tax position is a two step process. The first step requires an entity to determine whether it is more likely than not that a tax position will be sustained upon examination based upon the technical merits of the position.  The second step requires an entity to recognize in the financial statements each tax position that meets the more likely than not criteria, measured at the largest amount of benefit that has a greater than fifty percent likelihood of being recognized. FIN 48 also provides guidance on de-recognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting for interim periods, disclosure and transition.
   
 
The Company believes that, with its adoption of ASC Topic 740, the income tax positions taken by it did not have a material effect on the financial statements for the six months ended September 23, 2011.
   
 
The Company has adopted the provisions of ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures which includes the provisions of SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements”, which enhances existing guidance for measuring assets and liabilities using fair value. ASC Topic 820 and SFAS No. 157 provide a single definition of fair value, together with a framework for measuring it, and require additional disclosure about the use of fair value to measure assets and liabilities. The Company does not believe that ASC Topic 820 will have a material impact on its financial statements.
   
 
The Company has adopted the provisions of ASC Topic 825, Financial Instruments, which includes the provisions of SFAS 159 “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities”, providing companies with an option to report selected financial assets and liabilities at fair value. The objective of ASC Topic 825 and SFAS 159 is to reduce both complexity in accounting for financial instruments and the volatility in earnings caused by measuring related assets and liabilities differently. They also require entities to display the fair value of those assets and liabilities. The Company has chosen to use fair value on the face of the balance sheet. The Company does not believe that ASC Topic 825 will have a material impact on its financial statements.