"Fixed" computer system isn't.Samsonite Corp. spent $10 million to squash the millennium bug millennium bug: see Year 2000 problem. See Y2K Problem. millennium bug - Year 2000 , and in July held a ceremony to cerebrate cer·e·brate intr.v. cer·e·brat·ed, cer·e·brat·ing, cer·e·brates To use the power of reason; think. See Synonyms at think. completion of the project. "We had 20 outside consultants working with us, all telling me everything was going to work fine," President Tom Dandler dan·dle tr.v. dan·dled, dan·dling, dan·dles 1. To move (a small child) up and down on the knees or in the arms in a playful way: told Business Week. "But then I walked down to the loading dock to flip on the switch. Nothing happened." Well, not exactly nothing. It messed up the company's entire distribution system, halting halt·ing adj. 1. Hesitant or wavering: a halting voice. 2. Imperfect; defective: halting verse. 3. Limping; lame. deliveries for three weeks and hog-tying operations for months afterward. When forklifts were sent to the wrong plant locations and delivery trucks to the wrong stores, many stores were unable to get shipments for the busy back-to-school season. This cost the company roughly $4 million in profits and $10 million in lost sates. |
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