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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describe a project proposal for Riordan Manufacturing process. Riordan is the leading industrialist of plastic products and has a customer base in the medical, automotive, aircraft, governmental, supply chain (suppliers to businesses that utilize bottles or appliances). The company has various locations in the United States and globally, with over 550 employees, and provides a range of products and services (University of Phoenix, 2013). Currently, Riordan manufacturing process is outdated and uncoordinated
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Competitive Strategies for Riordan Riordan Manufacturing and its parent company Riordan industries are both performing strongly and although there are some definite flaws apparent in human resources management at Riordan Manufacturing the company is still poised to take advantage of many different competitive strategies depending on a larger environmental assessment. Internally, a very healthy profit margin and growing sales numbers are generating substantial returns for the company, and the current
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Gap Analysis: Riordan Manufacturing University of Phoenix Human Capital Development MBA 530 Mar 18, 2007 Gap Analysis: Riordan Manufacturing This analysis looks at situations, challenging issues and opportunities facing Riordan Manufacturing, a global plastics maker headquartered in San Jose, California. Through this analysis, problems will be identified that Riordan Manufacturing would have to resolve in order to be successful. By resolving their problems and realizing their opportunities
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for Riordan Manufacturing Barbara Back Tasheia Pelham Ellison Jennifer Perrone Cheri Reed Andreas Tsircou OPS/571 February 13, 2012 William E. Mahoney February 13, 2012 Dear Riordan Manufacturing Management Team, Learning Team C has completed the analysis of Riordan Manufacturing’s electric fan design process and has developed a proposal outlining the changes that need to be implemented. The team is proposing to focus on total quality management (TQM); this will allow Riordan to
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that they are in. The Riordan Manufacturing Company is no different. They have set high goals to be the leaders in their industry and have strong strategic planning to help back this up. They are a company strives to put their people and consumers first and by doing so have been able to be leaders in their industry. They have a clear mission and vision of what it will take to be the best and have strived to be leaders in their field in all aspect of their business. The Riordan Company is built their
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Accounting Systems Various accounting systems has affected Riordan Manufacturing Inc. started with the sales and marketing. The sales and marketing department investigates sales that are filed in many databases, paper records, and some in microfiche. Members of the sales force maintain their own set of customer records using variety of tools. Some use paper documentation, others sales management software (Act) and others a hybrid. The company will need a new integrated sales database, management
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Change Management Shannon Goralski MGT/311 May 26, 2014 Marcia Ridley The following is going to discuss Riordan Manufacturing’s decision to make a change to the company’s customer management system. The company does not currently have any formal system for managing their customer information and has traditionally left this up to individual employees. This new system will require all employees to use one customer management system. In our report we are going to discuss the following;
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Interrelationships Introduction The purpose of this paper is to identify the functional areas of Riordan Manufacturing industry. In this paper, the reasons for the organization’s existence will be identified through an analysis of the mission, vision, values, and goals of the organization. Additionally, an analysis of the type of organizational structure employed
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of Riordan Manufacturing Riordan Manufacturing has been in business for over 30 years. The company first opened their doors in 1991 as a research and development company. Over the last 30 years it has acquired a fan manufacturing company and a plastic bottle manufacturing plant. The company also made a big leap when it decided to move part of the company to China in 2000. It has been a while since the company has made any moves, and they have decided to expand the company once again. Riordan can
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