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To: Patrese who wrote (23571)	9/25/1998 9:29:00 AM
From: Rick Bullotta	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 31646

<<Charliss, in the process control industry, it is not uncommon that the client provides staff while the outsourcing company{TAVA) provides a directive and oversee function>> Yes, this is sometimes the case, but virtually NEVER on fixed price or not-to-exceed projects or when the client scrutinizes billable hours, as the "uncontrollable factors" (read: client's staff) are too unpredictable. A smart integrator would avoid this like the plague if there is other billable work for these same resources, which is the case with TAVA (plenty of work, shortage of resources). However, it sounds like Charliss is pointing up a different scenario, where BMY is actually going out to HIRE new staff as opposed to allocating existing staff. It would seem odd to hire full-timers for Y2K work. My guess is that TAVA's rates are out-of-line (I know of other pharmaceutical Y2K work they've lost because of this) or that they can't supply the necessary # of bodies. I'm also hearing feedback that a number of customers are disappointed in the quality/accuracy of the content of the Plant Y2K database, which doesn't surprise me when nearly 25% of the database is listed as "suspect" (meaning: we don't know, but we'll put it in the database to make the database look larger! <g>). It will also be interesting to see what TAVA does with all of the low-level employees that are working on the database (they spend most of their day surfing the web and calling vendors) and those who are doing inventory work - these folks will be pretty much useless after Y2K. See ya.