A central computer at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power headquarters downtown went haywire last week, apparently when a saboteur's "logic bomb" went off, rearranging and possibly destroying some personnel and inventory records, along with data on customer requests for new power hookups, authorities said Wednesday.
Most of them have similar functions: management of customer visits, personnel, finance, inventory and procurement.
To assess the effect of didactic business management material on students' pre- and postcourse self-perceived level of knowledge on 17 pharmacy business management topics, including inventory, personnel, and cash flow management.
But the advent of curved blades in the '60s not only spelled the end of the classic backhand shot, it also meant that manufacturers had to label sticks L and R, and inventory personnel had to ship more left-handed sticks (with the blade curving to the right) to Canada and more right-handed ones to the United States.
Also available are elaborate software packages that simplify the building of databases for such applications as inventories, personnel statistics, and quality control and that incorporate tools for data analysis and decision support.
They were used to track everything from turnpike tolls and library books to personnel records and business inventory.
Correspondence, biographical material, clippings, photographs, notes, diagrams, publications, monographs, notebooks, photographs, account books, inventory books, personnel records, and other items.
The database contains information about the fabrication facility, processes, work in progress, test data, inventory, orders, personnel, and products.
Production system elements are now set up or managed by professionals in their respective fields, such as quality control, personnel, labor relations, engineering, inventory management, materials handling, systems design, and so forth.
The man was one of 50 people laid off from the company in February, and he had known another executive's computer password and had used it after he lost his job to tap into the company's computer system from home and delete critical inventory and personnel files, Mr. Aviv said.
