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Strategies & Market Trends : Waiting for the big Kahuna -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: William H Huebl who wrote (34756)	12/2/1998 12:21:00 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 94695

... like make-ahead production and so forth. William, Not to turn this thread into a Y2K forum... :0) Inventory storage of critical components is one element of Y2K contingency planning which is why some folks believe that smaller companies will prosper next year in advance of 2000, while those big caps being forced to maintain inventory will see earnings reduced by this overhead. I'm not hearing much about the specifics of particular contingency plans and such plans can only go so far until you understand the level of threat to business continuity. We all understand the importance of a stable power grid and transportation system, but I am as of yet unconvinced utilities have a real handle on their problems quite yet. At least Rick Cowles of Tava/Beck LLC seems to feel this way, and he seems to be the resident Y2K utilities guru. I used to work on contingency plans in a prior life, and we generally needed to have an idea of a realistic scenario upon which to base that contingency. My sources here in DC don't seem to indicate that the gov't quite has a grip on it, and certainly they don't have a grip on Y2K in the APEC nations in Asia. They seem to be forgoing remediation plans and heading right into contingency planning next March during an APEC meeting there. Regards, Ron