Chopper's SausageHouse

Skylar Hilam, vice president of foperations for Chopper's since then. Elam sometimes wondered if Stefan would Was stunned, Slie felt numb, Just $30$ minutes igo, she lived to see the project through, Flam was a veteren had been lappy and excited about the uproming of big companies such as Heintand Coca$-$Cola, and meeting, which would decide wheher to launch the Amerson wanted am outsider like lier to bring in neev system that her departmener had been plainning. Now the meeting wis over, and Chopper's execulibe conlimittec had not agreed to launch the sysitem, the past, and hec had hssured Anderson hair the neiv

She thought the gotho$-$g$0$ decision would be spstemi would oterhaul procurement, production, and just a formality. But David Martin, Cl$\text{'}($O$),$ expressed shipping and sould inpose much a doubs about implementing the system, and things on opecations. She estinated that the spstem would went downhill from there. "I so hoought he was on$"$ board," "laim hissed to hessell. Other senior staft" then pushed back hardi 'They warned that the change could be a cosily disaster.'The vice president of sales doubted whether the MRP system could provide the increase antulal casil low by $8600,000$ and save up to $800,000$ annually by rectucing waste This was serious money for a company with only $350$ employees.

Ham wondered if the ceal problem was hat iopplementing the MRP idea would require a natical overhaul of every face of Choppers operations, Making solid sules forecesists that Chopper's necded. He culled MRP "just hig corporale RS$."$ He also feared it would result in shorthges of naw materials. The director of logistics$,$ Sulsant Frisch, warned abour problems that had erupted at one of lier previous enplopers whien a smillar system was installed. She retated a horoor sory about customers not getting orders and trucks leaving the plant half$-$full. Her final comment was, $"$We are successtul. Why upset the apple cart?"

Chopper's C:E$)$ Jayden Anderson had lired Llam to take the position wacated by hisailing broother Stefan, who died in late $2015.$ Ehan has heen on the job for $10$ months, spending much of her fine working alone on the MRP project, Steflan land purchased the MRP the system work woutd renuire ar least $25$ Choppers imangers and enploxes to clange how they did their jols. Still angry, Whan hought, "What ine the VPS inid departmeint hends so scurced of$"$

Prior to the excentive commintue meeting, Ham had encounitered plenty of obstacles. She wisis minble lo get data from scereal people to create a mock$-$up of how the system would work. Some key managers or their direct reports came late to the first and second meetings or simply skipped them, and slie had comphined to the CE:$()$ abour the lack of cooperation. It IMis obvious $6$ O Hlam that the topic was not a prionity for the other VPs and department heads. Anderson's response wist to suggess forminga a cross$-$departmental software prior to lisis illness, bur it had sar unused rask force to helpher, Ham tod him, "I believe in this