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“Everyone is panicking as we don’t know what our fate will be like. We are really scared about this monster called ERP,” said an employee who requested anonymity.
Most casualties will come from the estates, medical, purchasing, finance, human resources and information and communication technologies departments.
Said Mr Moyo: “We recently acquired one of the most advanced mining computer systems in the country. We have reorganised our production system to save cash.”
He said besides increasing efficiency and reducing risks, the system drastically reduced manual work such that in some instances, more than 10 positions become redundant.
“The company is not retrenching as such. We will redeploy and maybe retrain some of our staff, those who are not trainable or want to leave will be given a package,” said Mr Moyo.
He said another option would be to have employees voluntarily going on early retirement or resigning.
“In terms of figures, I think we are likely going to have about 10 or 15 percent of employees leaving and we employ almost 3 200 employees.”
Mr Moyo said the company was too big to continue using manual systems and the new method would ensure that risks are managed easily and improve efficiency.
Online Reporter