Despite Hands-Off Assurances, Micrognosis Takes Steps At FD

Earlier this summer, when Micrognosis Inc. snatched FD Consulting Inc. from the jaws of insolvency, the larger vendor put out the word that it would leave the smaller vendor alone. FD's Staten Island plant would become the new FD/Micrognosis' digital data distribution system development center.

But Micrognosis has backed away from the if-it-ain't-broke- don't-fix-it approach in recent weeks, sources say. They say that responsibility for quality assurance has been shifted from Staten Island to