Stahl Asia, followed shortly by Stahl India, have both been awarded the Oliver Wight MRP2 Class A Certification within a month. Managing director, Rodney Hammond, says: ‘An awful lot of people have worked very hard to see that the MRP2 culture has been reintroduced into Stahl Asia. And now the task of being relentless in maintaining the philosophy and practices behind this important Assessment begins.’

As the plaque was being presented, he went on to say: ‘Being world class means being extraordinary, being extraordinary means being relentless towards continuous improvement. Today is an important milestone worthy of recognition, but it is also just one more step along our journey to being World Class.’

The team leader for this project was Peter Heinze who played a tireless role in driving the initiative forward. However, he was not the only one. Members of staff from Customer Service, Research and Development, Quality, Demand, Planning, Operations, Finance, Sales and Marketing and Human Resources Departments all played key roles, working closely together for long hours to achieve what is regarded by everyone in the company as an essential and prestigious recognition of its structured and planned quality approach to manufacturing.