Chesapeake improves operations with client/server solution

Chesapeake Corp. has realized improvements and cost savings in purchasing, corporate communications, inventory control and maintenance since installing Revere Corporation of America's IMMPOWER computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) at its High Point, VA, pulp and paper mill. In 1997, the company plans to continue exploiting more of the software program's features. The mill's problem analysis and software implementation process are discussed in detail.
Confronting the challenge of keeping its 75-year-old pulp and paper mill in West Point, Va., competitive, Chesapeake Corp. has recently invested significant capital to more efficiently produce its linerboard, corrugating [...]