...Riordan Manufacturing Scott Wissel OPS/571 February 24, 2013 Kristina Limon Riordan, a chemistry professor, found some ways to increase the tensile strength on polymers and patented the ideas. Eventually he was able to get some capital and started to manufacture his product. Riordan Manufacturing is a company that has 550 people. They are also looking to have $46 million of projected annual earnings. Riordan Industries owns the company that is a fortune 1000 enterprise that has over $1 billion in revenue. The company produces containers, custom parts, and fan parts all in plastic. This can be seen in any of their Albany, Georgia; Pontiac, Michigan; and Hangzhou, China manufacturing plants. Their Chinese plant was set up as a joint venture between Riordan and small consortium of Chinese nationals. Capacity planning is a strategy that can be used to identify what is needed to produce what is being asked of the business in the way of demand for the goods and services. A capacity plan depends on accurate input and constructive feedback from the planners that supports the company’s long range strategy ("What Is Capacity Planning?", 2013). The market for fans and custom plastic parts will be affected by the economic conditions people are facing. Riordan has to take in account the economic impact from their customers and this is crucial in determining the future direction of the company. Riordan must avoid a decrease in the manufacturing of electric fans...
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...Business Research Project: Riordan Manufacturing QNT/561 Abstract Riordan Manufacturing is subsidiary of Riordan Industries, Inc., which is a leading global manufacturer of plastic containers, parts, and electrical fans (Apollo Group Inc., 2013). The company attempts to maintain adequate quantities of completed electrical fan units in their stock in order to meet the customer demand, however, its on-time deliveries average only 93% due to an insufficient number of completed fan units. Riordan stocks all the necessary raw materials needed to assemble the electrical fans readily available in their manufacturing plant except for the fan motors, which are fulfilled by an outside supplier. Therefore, Riordan Management is asking why meeting the demand is inconsistent with the current fan motor supplier as manifested by their 93% on-time delivery and claim the company's on-time delivery to increase with new a supplier. In this business research project, Team C will investigate and examine the validity of Riordan Management's claim. Formulation of the Research Problem Managerial decision-making is very crucial in the long-term success and failure of organizations, which ultimately influences a great deal of individuals in both microeconomic and macroeconomic senses. The successes of industry leaders such as Apple, Google, and Amazon and failures of Enron, AIG, as well as the financial meltdown of the 2008 can all be attributed to managerial decision-making that affected many...
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...Supply Chain Design Paper – Learning Team D OPS/571 Riordan Manufacturing is one of the largest plastics manufacturers in the world. Riordan’s mission statement states that it’s focus is to “Six Sigma, leading edge R&D and exceeding ISO standards” (Riordan Mfg. Internet, home page, 2014). Riordan’s fan manufacturing operation is located in Hangzhou, China. Team D will evaluate the Riordan’s fan manufacturing supply chain design and perform a comprehensive evaluation of the operational effectiveness of the supply chain. Manufacturing Strategy Riordan’s Intranet states, that the Hangzhou plant bases its forecasts by “taking the average of sales for the last three years and extrapolating it into the next year” (Riordan, Operations, Hangzhou, China, 2014, p. 1 para 4). Riordan’s use of this approach has lead to a 93 percent on-time delivery rate. Team D believes that the information regarding Riordan’s manufacturing strategy, taken from the firm’s intranet website is an indication that it employs a “Stable Workforce-Variable Work Hours” production planning strategy. This strategy varies the number of hours worked through flexible work schedules or overtime to match the production quantities to orders” (Jacobs & Chase, 2011, pg. 534). It helps assure that the workforce has continuity which helps with employee morale. It is extremely important for employees to feel secure in their work environment. Many workers face everyday pressure on their jobs and in their personal...
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...Riordan Manufacturing’s Supply Chain Design OPS/571 August 3, 2015 Riordan Manufacturing’s Supply Chain Design Introduction A company’s supply chain design is crucial in helping to understand what the key activities and drivers are to the results produced which includes operational results, sales results, and financial results. An efficient supply chain will help a company to both efficiently and effectively produce a quality product to meet and satisfy customer demand. The key aspect involved in the design of a supply chain begins with a manufacturing strategy that will be the method of executing the plan. Next will be the understanding of the process flow by developing charts of how inputs and resources are transformed into outputs. A crucial component in evaluating a process flow is the use of key indicators and metrics to benchmark performance. Lean principles will provide a framework for process performance. Next a company must evaluate their relationships with their suppliers and understand how they affect the supply chain as this is the first step required with any successful supply chain. Then lastly sales forecasts and aggregate planning will be used to help define the requirements to meet demand. An evaluation will be conducted on a specific company to show how each of these components are implemented into the design. The company that will be evaluated is Riordan Manufacturing. Manufacturing Strategy Riordan Manufacturing produces plastic beverage...
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...Introduction Riordan Manufacturing is a global plastics manufacturer of beverage containers, parts, and fan parts. The organization provides products for automotive parts manufacturers, aircraft manufacturers, the Department of Defense, and appliance manufacturers. The company was initially founded as Riordan Plastics, Inc. in 1991. Riordan’s focus was on research and development and licensing of its existing patents. The organization purchased a fan manufacturing plant in 1992. Currently, the company operates a plastic beverage containers’ plant in Georgia, and the plastic fan parts are produced in China. Riordan maintains revenue of $1 billion. The team will focus on all manufacturing aspects of the electric fans in China. The team will also discuss Riordan’s strategies, process flow, supply chain efficiency, lean production, etc. Manufacturing Strategy Riordan uses the level manufacturing strategy for production planning. This strategy is evidence that Riordan continuously manufactures its goods equal to the average demand for the goods. The scheduling is set for the same quantity as the production based on the total demand for the goods. The benefits of using the level strategy are “to maintain a stable workforce working at a constant output rate. Shortages and surpluses are absorbed by fluctuating inventory levels, order backlogs, and lost sales. Employees benefit from stable work hours” (Jacob & Chase, 2011). The organization also uses the strategy because production is based...
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...Running head: GAP ANALYSIS: RIORDAN MANUFACTURING Gap Analysis: Riordan Manufacturing Cara-Leigh Heemskerk University of Phoenix Gap Analysis: Riordan Manufacturing Changes are being implemented at Riordan Manufacturing to reach the sales targets and to improve satisfaction amongst employees. The sales strategy is adapted to a customer-relationship management system, which means working in teams where different departments work closely together to accomplish a sale. This new sales system asks for a different reward systems as the sales person is no longer individually responsible for the sale. Situation Analysis Issue and Opportunity Identification Recently the sales of Riordan manufacturing are declining which might be one of the reasons for the dissatisfaction amongst the stakeholder groups. The shareholders wants the highest return of their investment, managers want increased sales to earn more bonuses, and the employees want increased pay, more rewards, and higher job satisfaction. There are issues on the, employees are not satisfied with their job and the compensation that can be earned. This decline in satisfaction is shown in the employees’ behavior and leads to low morale, lower motivation, lower production activity and increased turnover. There are three key factors that explain this behavior: ability, motivation, and opportunity. (Dougherty & Dreher, 2001) Managers are worried that they will lose their key-employees and management needs...
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...Riordan Strategic Plan MGT/498 University of Phoenix Dr. Sam Espiritu, DBA Riordan Strategic Plan Strategic Plan Riordan Manufacturing Inc. is a corporation that makes plastic custom fitted products for the government aircrafts, automobile industries and currently expanding into the medical fields its need to develop and execute a strategic plan to ensure long term performance and stability in the plastics manufacturing market. Riordan is a successful company and as of 2000 has expanded into the global market. Research reveals that organizations that engage in strategic management generally outperform those that do not (Wheelen & Hunger, 2010). We want to be sure that we continue to stay competitive, lead our business into the future, and outperform our competition by following this strategic plan. The road to a solid strategic plan starts with a foundation in the strategic management process. Step one of this process is environmental scanning. This will include both external and internal scanning; this scanning includes monitoring, evaluating and understanding the information and distributing to management within the company. The simplest way to conduct environmental scanning is the SWOT analysis (Wheelen & Hunger, 2010), this will be covered later in more detail however to information gathered from both SWOT and environmental scanning processes will provide the necessary tools needed to create monitor, evaluate and disseminate information throughout...
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...Benefit and Drivers for Riordan Manufacturing David Morgan, Jamie Perez, Marial Lawson, Renatta Coonor OI/361 Nov. 9, 2014 Alvin Keen Jr Benefit and Drivers Paper Riordan Manufac turing has several internal drives of innovation. Their customers are their main focus because if the customer needs and wants are not taken care of on a regular basis. The company will be at risk of losing their loyal customers. Riordan Manufacturing strives on keep a long term relationship with their customer. The company focus on maintaining a rigorous quality control, reasonable pricing, innovative solutions and a responsive business attitude. The company has another internal drive of innovation which is their staff. Riordan Manufacturing maintains an innovative and team oriented working environment (Apollo Group, 2013). Their employees are equally trained, have the essential support they need, and the employees sustains the chance to make a good environment for the company long time success. Keeping the employees well informed and properly supported is a great internal innovation drive (Apollo Group, 2013). Riordan Manufacturing realizes that for the company to maintain a high level of profit the company needs to have a stable financial innovation drive. The Riordan Manufacturing company mission statement is “Our R&D is, and will remain the industry leader in identifying the industry trends (Apollo Group, 2013)”. Riordan Manufacturing realizes that their staff is their number one internal...
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...Riordan Manufacturing System Proposal October 10, 2013 Riordan Manufacturing System Proposal Executive Summary Team C’s goal is to facilitate Riordan Manufacturing in improving profitability by reducing employee time on actions and processes that are automatable and avoidable. Team C’s objective is to reduce costs and inefficiencies while adding the ability to improve inventory tracking from raw material beginnings to product sales throughout Riordan Manufacturing’s plants and facilities. A new manufacturing resource planning system (MRP) will allow Riordan Manufacturing to grow and remain competitive. Team C will work to create an MRP system for use by Riordan Manufacturing for tracking inventory and improving manufacturing tracking systems. Team C is confidence that one server in a central location will allow each of Riordan Manufacturing’s facilities to manage inventory better and improve the processing and storage of all data. Housing a backup server at another location will protect data for Riordan Manufacturing. This will save in labor costs by having fewer IT employees at each of the facilities that no longer house servers. Currently when shipments arrive the supervisor is responsible for checking in the material to coincide with the shipping orders. At the end of the day a clerk enters this information into the database. Team C will utilize the use of bar scanners to eliminate unnecessary paperwork. The use of bar scanners will free up workers to be available...
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...Production Plan for Riordan Manufacturing Falon McCoy, Jennifer Smith, and Maria Utting OPS/571 July 31, 2012 Robin Aoks Production Plan for Riordan Manufacturing Riordan Manufacturing is a global company that uses plastics injection moldings for the production of plastic fan parts, and plastic beverage containers. Headquartered in San Jose, California, Riordan factories also exist in Georgia, Michigan, and Hangzhou, China. The fortune 500 company has approximately 550 employees and projected $46 million in earnings. The company strives to be a leader in using polymer materials to satisfy customers’ needs. The company strives to achieve increase profitability and financial capital for future growth. The company’s goal is to implement a new process for the production of manufacturing electric fans outsourced in Hangzhou, China. Strategic Capacity Planning There is extensive research involved in the strategic capacity planning for the electric fans of Riordan Manufacturing. Strategic capacity planning is a function of planning to achieve an optimum level of output. Supply and demand will affect the optimal level of product and service flow. A product’s life cycle can be difficult to predict; therefore, planning is necessary to estimate future forecasting. A SWOT analysis can determine and identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats that commands management’s attention (Adonai, 2003). Management must determine the capacity requirements. Other factors to...
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...Riordan Manufacturer Strategic Plan MGT/498 University of Phoenix Professor James Powell October 29, 2012 Mike Mohler, Kanosha Mitchell, DeUndra Askew, Skye Richey, Joseph Okakpu Executive Summary Riordan’s Plan A fortified company is not known for its success in the short run or best time during a booming economy, but in actuality a fortified company is known for setting different plans in place during the hardest economic periods and still manages to remain profitable during this time. The plan that a company follows throughout with plenty room for upgrades or change is strategic planning. Riordan is company that has benefited from a strategic plan to keep the company goals at the forefront and maintain company values as the company matures and adapts to the ever changing competitive market. As a group, we will focus on explaining different aspects of strategic planning while explaining the need for a strategic plan, and defining the role of ethical and social responsibility for the company. The team will list the competitive advantages of Riordan Company and how constant innovation and sustainability affect domestic and international markets. The team will discuss the measurement guidelines to follow and determine strategy effectiveness, setting internal dynamics with consideration to cultural and structural leadership, influencing business continuity, and finally setting up a strong resolution team to deal with assessments and feedback to improve on the strategic plan of...
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...Riordan Manufacturing Business Systems Adam Estes Dhara Trivedi Joy Jeffries Shawn Parent Sonya De La Paz July 11, 2011 Introduction Riordan Manufacturing, Inc. is a company that specializes in plastic injection modeling. Their products range from plastic bottles all the way to plastic medical supplies, like heart valves and stents. They are completely owned by Riordan Industries. They began as an R&D (research and development) company called Riordan Plastics, Inc. in 1991, but developed into a manufacturing company when the founder, Dr. Riordan, purchased a fan manufacturing plant located in Missouri in 1992. The name was then changed to Riordan Manufacturing, Inc. After producing quality fans for a year, he expanded the product lineup to include plastic beverage containers after investing in another plant located in Georgia. In 2000, the company expanded to China, where fans were going to be produced from there on out. The plant in Missouri became the place of custom plastic parts production. Their mission statement is a combination of their focus, customer relationships, employees, and what they expect to achieve in the future. Well thought out, they are concerned with maintaining good customer relations by providing clients with top quality products and being the solution, not the problem. In order to give their clients the best in customer service, they have to make sure that their employees are well informed and trained to the standards that the company...
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...Riordan Manufacturing: Supply Chain Design OPS/571 November 9, 2015 Riordan Manufacturing: Supply Chain Design: Riordan Industries is a Fortune 1000 company founded by Dr. Riordan in 1991. Riordan is a global plastics manufacturer that employs 550 people. The company has projected annual earnings of $46 million and continues to be the industry leader for the electrical fan; accomplished by several factors outlined. The first is the benefits of the production strategy outlined by the flow diagram and performance evaluations. The second benefit is their supplier relationship that impacts the supply chain including location, performance, and improvement strategies by those suppliers. The third benefit is Riordan’s lean production principles that maximize the efficiency of the electric fan's supply chain process. Riordan’s has a strong commitment to their future and focuses on this in their mission statement. The company must focus on maintaining reasonable profitability, which will help assure the necessary financial capital is available for continued growth ("Riordan Manufacturing," 2015). To meet this, they will need to continue to forecast from both the business perspective and sales. This management team has developed the aggregate production plan, master schedule, and materials requirement plans with emphasis on the inventory requirements of the fans components, finished goods, and the appropriate inventory system. Riordan Manufacturing Strategy Riordan’s...
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...International Supply Changes As Riordan Manufacturing proceeds with their new line of perfume bottles, they realize that their production facility in Albany, Georgia, is at capacity. With a new line of plastic bottles to manufacture, Riordan has purchased a plastic molding facility in Hermosillo, Mexico. In addition, Riordan has learned that customers want them to ship perfume bottles to Howard Beach, New York as well as Vancouver, Canada. These changes will force Riordan to make changes to their supply chain to ensure they can continue to service their customer at a high level. Solution(s) to the changes and/or problems The new plastic molding plant in Hermosillo, Mexico will present Riordan Manufacturing with a new set of problems and changes to contend with. A new manufacturing facility in Mexico and an additional delivery point in New York will force Riordan to expand their supply chain operations to include the two new locations. Challenges Riordan may face include increased lead times to get raw materials to the new manufacturing plant in Mexico, and increased lead time to get the perfume bottles to the Vancouver and New York locations. Riordan may also experience increases in freight costs for customers, and the potential for quality issues with the new manufacturing plant. To combat these potential issues, Riordan Manufacturing must research and implement solutions. One solution to consider is researching how the plastic manufacturing plant in Mexico is accustomed to...
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...Costco and Riordan Manufacturing. An analysis will be performed to expose which competitive advantages Riordan has in common with Costco. An estimate on which competitive strategies Riordan would use to improve innovation and sustainability of business operations domestically and internationally will be given. An explanation will also be presented to describe how the competitive strategies chosen may affect the sustainability of long-term performance and how the global market would affect the business strategy of Riordan. Like Costco, Riordan manufacturing generates greater sales and margin to optimize their investment. Riordan’s sales and product strategy has been proven effective through their pricing and product selection, which sustains their strategic goals and objectives. To retain their customers, they increase their sales through employee satisfaction. The exceptional customer service is implemented in order to satisfy their financial performance as part of their objective. This puts Riordan in the lead to achieve their goals and secure some of the largest accounts to increase their market. The value and the effectiveness of Riordan manufacturing is truly as effective using the SWOT analysis. They also exemplify ways to generate planned revenues with the delivery of their product, which in turn strengthens their competitive advantage. The structure of their plan is based on financial goals, action plans and objectives with reviews of their performance. Riordan is a plastic...
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