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Conference 7.286::digital

Title:The Digital way of working
Moderator:QUARK::LIONELON
Created:Fri Feb 14 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5321
Total number of notes:139771

4168.0. "WHAT happened to ASO Plant?" by CSC32::J_GONZALEZ (Tangled Up In Blues?) Wed Oct 04 1995 16:48

Hi, 

Im trying to get some information on the ASO facility. I believe it is now
closed. Specifically, if anyone worked on the endpoint model project which
included MRPII, JIT, CIM, TQC, and how succesful this project was in the DSM
group?  Any problems that occured with reducing the manufacturing time to
distrubution. 

Call or send Email please.

thanks,

John 
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4168.1(and wages and benefits were, umm, DIMINISHED.)ATLANT::SCHMIDTSee http://atlant2.zko.dec.com/Wed Oct 04 1995 16:585
John:

  ASO was sold to SCI, a contract manufacturer.

                                   Atlant
4168.2Despite rumours of an early demise...NETCAD::ATKINSONDave AtkinsonThu Oct 05 1995 14:3022
	The plant is now owned and run by SCI.  They are still a major 
	supplier to Digital and specifically Networks.  The DTN phone system 
	was mapped to a new set of numbers.  If your old contacts had a 
	DTN of 271-7xxx or 271-6xxx, their new number is 8-1-207-623-yyyy 
	(where yyyy is the same as old DTN).  If their old DTN was 271-3xxx 
	their new number is 8-1-207-626-yyyy.  There are SEETRA accounts for 
	some contacts (SEETRA is mentioned somewhere else in this conference).
	Some even have Internet mail addresses scimail.sci.com that gets 
	delivered twice a day from Alabama.  This all assumes the contacts 
	still work for SCI.  

	Bill Burke is Networks Business Unit Manufacturing Manager and may 
	have pointers into the new SCI facility for your specific questions.  
	Larry Walker issued an Digital Internal Use Only memo this week to 
	Network Warriors in the field on supply issues along the subject you 
	are talking about.  I will forward to you as I think it sharable inside
	Digital, but not post-able here in this conference.  It had wide 
	distribution in Networks.  

	Dave 
	Networks CAD Engineering
4168.3CSC32::J_GONZALEZTangled Up In Blues?Thu Oct 05 1995 15:045
Ref .1  .2

thanks for your replies..

John
4168.4More SEETRA info.NETCAD::ATKINSONDave AtkinsonThu Oct 05 1995 17:057
	And just to cross the cross-references, SEETRA is talked about in 
	4051.36, which references VTX (/inter=decwindows ;-) SEETRA .
	Looking there I found explainations, registration info, and user 
	lists.  Happy hunting....

	Dave
4168.5MKO SAP R/3MSBCS::BMORRISONThu Oct 05 1995 17:343
    There is a group in MKO that is working on SAP R/3 that may have
    been involved with ASO's successful projects. Try Anna Wheeler as
    a pointer person.
4168.6VTX SEETRA database seems to be missingIROCZ::MORRISONBob M. LKG1-3/A11 226-7570Fri Oct 06 1995 17:148
>	And just to cross the cross-references, SEETRA is talked about in 
>	4051.36, which references VTX (/inter=decwindows ;-) SEETRA .
>	Looking there I found explainations, registration info, and user 
>	lists.  Happy hunting....

  I just tried this and it doesn't work. I also tried VTX <CR> and there is
no database called SEETRA listed. Did it disappear over the last two days or
am I doing something wrong?
4168.7NPSS::GLASERSteve Glaser DTN 2267212 LKG1-2/E10 (G17)Fri Oct 06 1995 18:381
    works for me...
4168.8IROCZ::MORRISONBob M. LKG1-3/A11 226-7570Mon Oct 09 1995 15:578
>	4051.36, which references VTX (/inter=decwindows ;-) SEETRA .
>	Looking there I found explainations, registration info, and user 
>	lists.  Happy hunting....

  This VTX page was apparently shut down for a short time, which is why I
couldn't access it. I can access it now, but can't find a directory of
user lists. (I tried all 4 topics on the top menu.) Must one be registered on
SEETRA to view the user lists?
4168.9News from Plant 10NIOSS1::DUPUISStephen R. DuPuis, DTN 285-3496Mon Jun 10 1996 14:4010
    Augusta is still functioning as a contract manufacturer.
    Digital (mostly Networks) is one of these customers.  All
    purchasing has been moved to Huntsville, Al.  All systems
    reside on the HUMMA (Aka the big blue box) in Huntsville.
    The only exception is MAXCIM which is used for the shop
    floor.  Quite a few (approx 100) people were let go. Others,
    including myself, have left over the last year.  Some of
    these have managed to return to Digital.  
    
    
4168.10And some networks mfg has moved to KAOKANATA::ZUTRAUENalways lookin' to learnMon Jun 10 1996 16:161
    
4168.11CSLALL::HENDERSONEvery knee shall bowTue Jun 11 1996 03:0510


  I just met with some former ASO folks (now SCI) today.  I was up in
 the facility a couple weeks ago and it still has the "DEC" mfg "feeling" 
 to it, though there are considerably less IL folks than before.  I expect
 to be up there fairly regularly over the next few months.  


 Jim