The adoption of clever information-technology systems to improve logistics and streamline purchasing has been particularly sluggish, despite corporate Japan's reputation for technological prowess.
In addition to medical devices, the Defense InformationSystems Agency and the Defense Logistics Agency sold or donated more than 77, 900 pieces of computer equipment to various federal, state and local law enforcement agencies that also may be at risk of Year 2000 failures.
The data warehouse environment comprises marketing databases, call systems, customer service, GSM network statistical data, invoicing systems, collections and retrievals and all logisticsinformation.