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Fine tuning is all that's left
to make system operable
Dennis Schmidt, formerly of costing, is heavily
plementatlon of the MRP system at Champion.
ordinator of the project
Involved In the im-
Kevin Rumig is co -
alk to any employee around
Champion these days and
chances are they will be more
than conversant with the acronym
MRP.
MRP, or manufacturing resource
planning, is a formalized way of
doing business and its a system the
company has been wonting 4
implementing for the past three
years.
A man who has literally immersed
himself into the MRP system and
the intricacies of its
implementation, Kevin Rumig, says
it's fairly obvious what the system
will do for the company; fine tuning
it is the problem right now.
Formerly employed in
distribution, Mr. Rumig was hired as
the MRP co-ordinator three years
ago. After accepting the
appointment, he was involved in
extensive training courses in
Atlanta Florida and California and
part of his job now involves teaching
the MRP project team.
While the transition has not been
smooth, Rumig is more than
confident that the system will
impact on Champion's abilities to
manufacture a quality product at a
lower price.
"The cutover to MRP was made
August 30 and we're just fine tuning
the .,.stem now," he explained.
'Now when thei a are problems,
we
can find the cause and solve them.
MRP is a formalized system of doing
business or a plan to have what you
need when you need it."
Admitting the system led to all
kinds of minor problems, Rumig
said those problems resulted from a
heavy workload. "I know we can
fine tune it. It will take two or three
months to make adjustments."
A task force was established to
monitor and handle the problems
associated with the system's
implementation and while computers
handle the "number crunching",
Rumig emphasizes that it still takes
people to make it work.
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