the profit. This is the situation at Riordan Manufacturing where the price it paid to do business was less than what it made, defining a clear value in what Riordan provides. Riordan’s Sales and Marketing department has a clear value; $50 million is sales to show of it. But how do we show the value for other departments within the organization such as Information Systems (IS) and Information Technology (IT) solutions? While the IS and IT costs and what Riordan pays for it are clear from looking at
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Introduction Riordan Manufacturing, a Fortune 1000 enterprise wholly owned by Riordan Industries, uses its 550 employees to manage plastics products globally. In 1991, Dr. Riordan, a professor in chemistry, started Riordan Plastics to support the commercial applications for his patent. One year later the company was expanded to include a fan manufacturing plant in Pontiac, MI, and the name was changed to Riordan Manufacturing. An additional expansion in 1993 added a plastic beverage container
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CMGT 582 Security and Ethics August 27, 2012 Riordan Manufacturing Security Analysis Executive Summary With today’s businesses and the global competition, a company needs to protect business information secure and place classifications on information and the information systems. The following executive summary is regarding Riordan Manufacturing (RM) with a complete security analysis for how secure the organization’s information systems are. The security analysis will review a security risk assessment
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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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2013 Laura Smith Service Request sr-rm-022 Part 2 Introduction Riordan Manufacturing started its existence in 1991 as a company called Riordan plastics and its founder, Dr. Riordan, acquired patents for “processing polymers into plastic substrates that resisted breaking under extreme tension. In 1992, Dr. Riordan acquired capital to expand his company and renamed it Riordan Manufacturing. By 2000, Riordan Manufacturing was so successful it grew into a global manufacturer that became a leader
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Overview and Scope of Work Riordan has 500 employees with a projected annual earnings of $46 million and a fortune of 1000 enterprises with revenues of $1 billion. Riordan Manufacturing has 4 worldwide locations Albany Georgia, Pontiac Michigan, Hangzhou China, and the company headquarters in San Jose. Riordan is seeking a solution to improve the tracking and management of its raw materials and finished product inventory across all its plants. The receiving, manufacturing, and shipping process throughout
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Riordan Manufacturing Business Systems Riordan Manufacturing is global plastics manufacturer currently having 550 employees. Riordan Manufacturing is owned by Riordan Industries which is a Fortune 1000 company and has revenue exceeding $1 billion. Riordan Manufacturing has plants in Georgia, Michigan, and China. The company’s research and development teams are located at the corporate headquarters in San Jose, California. Riordan has many customers but their major ones are automotive parts manufacturers
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2013 Laura Smith Service Request sr-rm-022 Part 2 Introduction Riordan Manufacturing started its existence in 1991 as a company called Riordan plastics and its founder, Dr. Riordan, acquired patents for “processing polymers into plastic substrates that resisted breaking under extreme tension. In 1992, Dr. Riordan acquired capital to expand his company and renamed it Riordan Manufacturing. By 2000, Riordan Manufacturing was so successful it grew into a global manufacturer that became a leader
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Riordan Manufacturing Service Request CIS/319 Computers & Information Processing J. R. McDaniel University of Phoenix Executive Summary During the past twelve months, Riordan’s customer’s relations department has reported negative findings from customer satisfaction surveys and statistics relating to the company’s organizational web page usage. The findings have clearly indicated to Riordan’s management there is a lack of effective and efficient communication on the part of both internal
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application. Riordan Operational Requirements Riordan must integrate the new HR CRM system with current software. Since the system requires integration with employee’s desktop computers, a client-server architecture would be most beneficial. This would allow for better storage, flexibility to allow different OS to connect, and reduction in costs which is a long term benefit for the company. The client-server architecture would be best to integrate employee desktops. Riordan Performance Requirements
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