SUMMARY – PART I Introduction: Riordan Manufacturing was founded in 1991 by Dr. Riordan, a professor of chemistry. Dr. Riordan “had obtained several patents relative to processing polymers into high tensile strength plastic substrates.” (Apollo Group, Inc.). Dr. Riordan realized the commercial value of his application processes and launched Riordan Plastics, Inc. Since that time, Riordan has become the industries global plastics manufacturer leader. Riordan Manufacturing’s technology department
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Riordan’s Operations Department After a thorough review of the Operations Department of Riordan Manufacturing, we have uncovered a few areas that would benefit from the addition of a robust business system to manage some of its functions. The first issue is a process that all four plants have in place for the management of receiving raw materials, tracking products during manufacturing, and accounting for the finished good inventories. During each of these phases, all of the data acquired
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Riordan Business Systems Christina Cruel, Steven Keller, Mick Robey, James Simkins BSA/310 November 4, 2013 Paula Billups Table of Contents Abstract……………………………………………………………………………………………3 Company Background…………………………………………………………………………….4 Business Systems Overview...…………………………………………………………………….4 Riordan Business Systems……………………………………..………………………………….5 Accounting and Finance……………………………………………………………….….5 Sales and Marketing…………………………………………………………….…………8 HR……..………………………………………………………………………….………
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Summary To maintain the Six Sigma status it is recommended that Riordan Manufacturing, Inc. overhaul and upgrade their IT infrastructure. The Riordan information system is fragmented and redundant; which created inefficient policies. It is necessary to align the staff with technology that will ensure a more efficient and accurate job role. It is recommended to integrate all of the locations by purchasing and ERP and CRM system and ensure security of all data transferred. The most crucial change
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Business Needs for Finance and Accounting Team B BSA/310 Business Systems March 24, 2012 William Zhang The current business plan at Riordan Manufacturing has three operating entities in Georgia, Michigan, and California… plus a joint venture in the People’s Republic of China ( ecampus). Essentially the operating entities use self regulating software to gather, evaluate, and output financial information for the company and they provide input that is consolidated
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Riordan Finance and Accounting Process Improvement Proposal CIS/207 December 04, 2012 Executive Summary Riordan Manufacturing, Inc. is composed of three primary facilities in the United States, with locations in Georgia, Michigan, and California. Headquarters is located in San Jose, California. In addition to the core entities, Riordan Manufacturing has a joint business venture located in Hangzou, China. Investigation into the company’s operating procedures and expenses revealed several
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Riodan Manufacturing Compared to the expansion and growth of business companies have witnessed throughout history, modern companies face many challenges and have some of the most advanced tools to be utilized. The invention of the modern day computer systems has revolutionized the way companies do business and allow for unprecedented growth. Unfortunately, the failure to embrace and understand this technology will lead to the down fall of even the largest corporate empire. Riodan Manufacturing is one
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The Goal of this summary is to provide Riordan Manufacturing the ability to facilitate business needs for the four divisions within Riordan Manufacturing; Finance and Accounting, Internet Site, Sales and Marketing, Human Resources and Legal, and Operations. Finance and Accounting Presently, all four locations use finance and accounting systems to collect, analyze and generate financial data for the company’s sales and revenue reports. This requires the company to manually generate reports, re-enter
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Riordan Raw Material and Final Product ERP System Gerald Anderson, Henry Perkins, Kenneth Nelson CIS\207 May 18, 2015 Pat Sullivan Riordan Raw Material and Final Product ERP System It has been requested by Riordan to create an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system to track raw materials and finished products across all their plants. Riordan has previously implemented a standard set of procedures to ensure each plant is managing the resources and products inventories appropriately. Currently
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Riordan could benefit from an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. An ERP system is where all data processes of an organization are integrated into a single unified system. The system will use many components of computer hardware and software to achieve integration. Riordan currently has the network system and computers needed to support the new software. The company needs to add radio frequency technology and scanners to communicate with the new ERP software. The ERP software would be integrated
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