13. The Third Friend Daxter I'm standing before the board of directors, with the palms of my hands resting on the cold glass of the boardroom table, trying to sort out the consequences of what happened yesterday. The losses for the company will be enormous, not to mention that we have appeared to our clients as a negligent and unprofessional company. "I believe you are aware that this will affect both our credibility in the market and on the stock exchange. Now we must devise a strategy to offset the losses, and it must be done right away. We are about to participate in bids to become suppliers for the army, and this situation would leave us out". "And the only viable solution I see is to call production to prepare at least fifty percent of a new batch and send it by air promptly. Tho

