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Technology Stocks : Year 2000 (Y2K) Embedded Systems & Infrastructure Problem
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To: John Mansfield who wrote (37)2/3/1998 11:16:00 AM
From: John Mansfield  Read Replies (2) of 618
 
A good example of a contingency plan: '... early ID on non-compliant PLC controllers'

erols.com

'7. early ID on non-compliant PLC controllers for the production
line and an aggressive program of rapid replacement.'

John

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'I think the time is now for us to make Y2kCP a major initiative. I wrote to FEMA expressing my concern and I'm working to get groups such as CPSR and the disaster recovery industry to help. As time runs out for IT repair jobs, it becomes more critical and timely to assess the potential Y2k impacts and to prepare plans for coping with them. I am also working to pull together best practices on Y2k contingency planning that I will make available here.

A good example of a contingency plan

As reported to me by a Y2K consultant,ÿ US Borax Inc. in their US industrial operations assessmentÿ reached the same conclusion on Y2K and contingency planning.ÿ USB had already met many of their Y2K interdependency needs with a professional redundancy engineering approach to contingency planning. Examples-

1. installation of natural gas co-generation turbines for plant power if local power grid not available.

2. pre-positioned 2nd natural gas pipeline terminal from out-of-state provider if local gas utility not available.

3. pre-positioned onsite natural gas storage if 1st\2nd natural gas providers not available.

4. truck-mounted turbine startup generator if power grid not available.

5. onsite wells for required water in mining\extractive production if county water utility not available.

6. onsite hi-volume borax raw ore pre-positioning to meet customer demand if pit mine operations not available.

7. early ID on non-compliant PLC controllers for the production line and an aggressive program of rapid replacement.

These contingency measures are tested often, both in simulation and in actual disasters such as earthquake damages which are common to the Mojave desert plant site. The consultant made the point that "US Borax'sÿ level of readiness is the exception to the rule when compared with other companies I've checked for actual capital expense and project completion."
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