Read the Case Study: Subversion or Territorial Rights in order to answer two (2) questions below.

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The value of the Case Study is 20 points.

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Read the Case Study and answer one of the following questions.

1. How is the MRP system being subverted at Polymeric?

2. How can the integrity of the system be improved?

3. What strategy would you recommend to Ed Explode?

Case Study: Subversion or Territorial Rights

Polymeric Corporation was still attempting to work the bugs out of its recently installed computerized MRP system. It had been six months since the system was put into operation. Ed Explode, the production control manager, disagree with Sue Structure, the computer programmer, about the format and design of the reports the computer was to generate. Ed insisted, on behalf of his two production supervisors, that the report be printed with an additional space between lines. Each line represented a separate part number. Sue Structure argued that providing additional space would only increase the cost of the report. Sue exclaimed it would take a very good reason to convince her to modify the reports.

In an attempt to gather additional information for his argument Ed discussed the situation with his supervisors. After meeting several hours with them, he uncovered the real reason behind their request for more space in the report. It seemed the supervisors wanted the extra space so they could write in their own numbers regarding planned production and parts requirements. The supervisors apparently had little faith in the new computerized system. They both had been involved in an earlier system that was a complete failure. As he left his office to meet with Sue, Ed was not sure what position he should take.