3 Which implementation tactics do you think Elam should follow? Why? Allison Elam, vice president of operations for Cleaver's Sausage House, a maker of fine sausages, was stunned. She felt numb. Just 30 minutes ago, she had been happy and excited about the upcoming meeting, which would decide whether to launch the new material requirements planning (MRP) software system that her department had been planning. Now the meeting was over, and Cleaver's executive committee had not agreed to launch the system. She thought the go/no-go decision would be just a formality. But David Martin, CFO, expressed a doubt about implementing the system, and things went downhill from there. 'I so thought he was on board', Elam said to herself.