AIAG: Self assessment questionnaire

Chris  
  a  number of +7  is  unusual for an AS/400 shop - did they 
Mention that  personnel increase against any referenc or system

> Date: Mon, 02 Feb 98 10:45:19 GMT
> From: "Chris Warwick"
> Subject: AIAG: Self assessment questionnaire
>
>      I am an independent Y2K consultant and, as such, distance these
>      comments totally from my present employer.
>
>      I have just received a copy of the AIAG(Automotive Industry Action
>      Group) Self assessment questionnaire compiled by Coopers and Lybrand
>      and Deloitte and Touche. Whilst I have no reservations whatsoever
>      about the motives of all concerned, in fact I wholeheartedly endorse
>      them, I do have serious reservations as to the methodology.
>
>      1. Where will the recipient companies find the suggested 7+ personnel,
>      with the necessary time, to satisfactorily answer the 120 multi-part
>      questions?
>
>      2. Will the nuances of risk assessment available from the database
>      significantly improve the Motor Industry's ability to 'clear' their
>      total supply chain in time? Might not fewer and more simple questions,
>      with dates, enable a more straightforward monitoring to be
>      established?
>
>      3. There should be far more emphasis on arriving at a proving of the
>      supply chain by 'end-to-end' transaction testing. Then the problems
>      would be self-evident and contingency supply alternatives and other
>      remedial actions could be implemented.
>
>      4. And finally, if the 'chain-letter' suggestion of adopting this
>      questionnaire throughout industry were to be adopted then I cannot but
>      believe that the means would totally destroy the end.
>
>      Any other recipient's comments welcomed.


Glenn
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