Define: "Gone Walkabout" in Business
Multi-headcount capital waste
"Do not sign the receipt until the hardware is physically touching your desk."
A period of unexplained absence or wandering.
What does "Gone Walkabout" actually mean?
"A highly expensive piece of networking hardware that procurement insists was delivered but absolutely nobody can find."
"The third-party vendor seems to have gone walkabout since signing the enterprise agreementEnterprise AgreementA financial hostage situation where you are legally bound to pay astronomical licensing fees for the next five years.."
"I cannot finish the core upgrade because the spare Juniper chassis has apparently gone walkabout in the loading dock."
By The Chief Waste Officer
18 years in the corporate trenches quantifying waste so you don't have to.
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