Business Systems and Subsystems BSA 310 September 2nd, 2013

Home Page Riordan Manufacturing is a large manufacturing company that produces many products and has many services available around the globe. From the looks of their home page there are several different systems that they employ, but in addition to that there are many different systems and subsystems that have been identified as required by Riordan Manufacturing. Selling and producing this many products, Riordan are operating at a high volume so there will be a great deal of transactions. We are sure that throughout the different locations there are will separate transaction systems with systems connecting to a central system. When reviewing the home page we can also see that they have employed a great deal of such systems. Riordan uses a payroll system, to keep information about employee’s earnings information, such as hours worked or check amounts. Additionally, they use a transaction processing system to process this information to pay their employees accordingly. There is also evidence that within the homepage that they would employ a supply chain management system because of the large production of their products, and the large amount of shipping performed. A company of this size would have shipping warehouses around the world or at their locations to handle the large amount of production that has to be completed. Riordan Manufacturing distribution centers will have a supply chain management system that will provide information about orders, production processes, and the delivery of such