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Technology Stocks : Discuss Year 2000 Issues -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: C.K. Houston who wrote (1163)	3/10/1998 9:53:00 AM
From: C.K. Houston	Respond to of 9818

With 22 months to identify, fix and test every supply-chain system, failures will occur. Here's a look at how six companies plan to minimize the damage: Excerpt Union Pacific Corp. in Omaha has whittled its list of 16,000 outside vendors to 800 critical suppliers of everything from wheel bearings and brake shoes to PC-based software. OH DEAR. What will happen to those other 15,2000 NON-mission-critical suppliers?? But what most worries Fred Krause, the 41-year Union Pacific veteran charged with tracking suppliers' year 2000 plans, is computerized equipment, such as trackside event recorders and the black boxes on locomotives. Four in 10 of those vendors have responded to Union Pacific's year 2000 survey, but not all of the information has been reliable. *YIKES - Embedded Systems!!* computerworld.com Excellent SUPPLY CHAIN article SI Y2K "EMBEDDED SYSTEMS" THREAD Subject 18990

To: C.K. Houston who wrote (1163)	3/10/1998 9:59:00 AM
From: C.K. Houston	Respond to of 9818

MILLENNIUM CZAR TO WRESTLE WITH YEAR 2000 BUG - NY TIMES John Koskenin came out of retirement Monday to take over as chairman of the President's Council on Year 2000 Conversion, also known as the Y2K Council. One of the first items on his agenda is a Congressional hearing Wednesday where the General Accounting Office will issue a report on recommendations for dealing with year 2000 bugs. Koskenin will oversee not only what the government is doing but will make sure the public and private sector work together prevent major problems. He is also responsible for ensuring international coordination. nytimes.com PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL ON YEAR 2000 CONVERSION nytimes.com