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
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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
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Supply Chain Design Amanda Champion, Andrew Day, Heather Wiggins, Katrina Caver, Yvonne Tagle Jauregui OPS/571 April 25, 2016 W. Pearl Maxwell Supply Chain Design Riordan Manufacturing is considered one of the leading manufacturing companies. They produce plastic containers and parts for fans. The company was owned from a prior company called Riordan and it was purchased when it relocated to Michigan in 1992. About 8 years later it moved to China in which is now where the headquarters are
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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
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Supply Chains Design Paper OPS/571 Supply Chains Design Paper Riordan Manufacturing is a company owned by Fortune 1000 Riordan Industries, Inc. The company is a leader is manufacturing plastic with customers which “include automotive parts manufacturers, aircraft manufacturers, the Department of Defense, beverage makers and bottlers, and appliance manufacturers”(Riordan, 2005.) A review of Riordan Manufacturing will include the company’s manufacturing strategy, process flow chart for the electric
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|OPS/571 | | |Operations Management | Copyright © 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Ontario Learning Center Course Description This course applies planning and controlling concepts to increase the value of the supply chain
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Process Design and Matrix Summary Michelle Nwosu OPS/571 March 15, 2015 Executive Summary: Process Design Matrix is a tool that is used by a company to identify the type of production approach that should be used for a particular product or service. There are three contrasting service design for production approach; production line approach, self-service approach and the personal attention approach. (Jacobs & Chase, 2011). This summary is best going to describe what approaches organizations
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Team B Week Four: Supply Chain Design OPS/571 March 4, 2014 Team B Week Four: Supply Chain Design Riordian Manufacturing is a manufacturing company specializing in the production of plastic products and fans. The fan manufacturing plant is located in Hanzhou, China. The manufacturing of the fans is a make-to-stock operation. Future demand for the fans is forecasted based on the average sales of the last three years. Inputs for the production of the fans are acquired locally. The China
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Telehealth Services Frederick E. McKague University of Phoenix Operations Management OPS/571 Professor Peter Wilms January 14, 2015 Telehealth Services With health care costs rising many consumers, and small employers are struggling to afford their health insurance premiums. Some employers are not able to offer health care coverage at all. For firms with fewer than ten employees, only 50 percent offered coverage to their workers in 2012 ("Rising Health Care Costs," 2014). FEM, Inc
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Supply Chain Design Paper OPS 571 February 4, 2014 Riordan Supply Chain Design Report Riordan Manufacturing is a global plastics manufacturer that supplies plastic fan parts, and plastic beverage containers. The products are produced at different plants around the world. Riordan uses level strategy for their employees. This means that the organization manages to keep a steady labor force at a consistent rate. Riordan’s lost sales, backlogs, and fluctuating inventory levels help to eliminate shortages
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