So here is the question . . . where

So here is the question . . . where did this risk originate (and don’t say when the lighting struck the Philips plant in New Mexico), and at which touch points within the organization should it have been addressed? Was it during the contract negotiations? How about at the point of hand-off between proof of concept product development and production environment output? Perhaps it was an issue that should have been considered in terms of supplier relationship management?