Had a similar one, but not my fault...
I sent an order to purchasing for among other things 5000 ea zip-ties. We had just been told by purchasing that everything was to be ordered in "each" so they could work out the best price/packages. So a week later there is 6 pallets of zip ties in the receiving dock and I'm told the rest of the order is on back order from the factory. We had cleaned out Newark's entire stock of zip ties in bags of 1000. Thats right, I had 5000 bags of 1000 on order, or 5,000,000 zip ties. Purchasing never thought to ask why we all of the sudden needed $25,000 in zip ties. Needless to say we cancelled the b/o and didn't have to order that size of zip ties for a few years...
Next week we receive a memo that purchasing will be ordering verbatim from our purchase requests.
We did try to order a wire dolly once. You know the white one, v-6 ford brand with auto transmission and climate controlled cab.
That one was denied...
