When a defective reference value (e.g., purchase order number, tracking ID, customer code) passes undetected through multiple processing steps, downstream operations may access the wrong shipment, customer, or warehouse location.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reference_(computer_science)#Reference_error
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