Design Paper Operations of Management/OPS-571 Andres Carrillo September 14, 2015 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
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Approaches to Global Strategy Riordan Manufacturing is a global plastics producer employing 550 people with projected annual earnings of $46 million. The company is wholly owned by Riordan Industries, a Fortune 1000 enterprise with revenues in excess of $1 billion. Production is divided among three plants: plastic beverage containers in Albany, Georgia; custom plastic parts in Pontiac, Michigan; and plastic fan parts in Hangzhou, China. Research and Development is conducted at corporate headquarters
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trade Riordan Manufacturing must stay up on the latest and greatest ideas and trends. While doing this Riordan must also tend to the needs of the new customers it creates and the concerns of the existing customers it has made. In the following we will discuss the similar competitive advantages of a Riordan and other companies such as General Mills and Apple, Inc. that were researched in addition to Riordan by team members last week. We will then estimate which competitive strategies Riordan could
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Resources: "Using the New COSO Risk-Management Guidance" article and the Riordan Virtual Organization located on the student website, and the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) website at www.coso.org. Read the article "Using the New COSO Risk-Management Guidance". Read The Executive Summary of the article Enterprise Risk Management — Integrated Framework at the COSO website: • On the home page, click the Guidance tab. • Select the Enterprise Risk Management
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will 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
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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
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Supply Chain Strategy, Riordan Industries All over the world; supply chain is upgrading or adapting to new technology that encompasses companies. This paper explains the Supply Chain Management strategy to the new hires in Hangzhou, China. Supply chain management theory can help Riordan Manufacturing as to how each function in the supply chain connects to meet efficiency. By using a competitive strategy Riordan Manufacturing plans to “go green”. Riordan’s mission relating to customer fulfillment
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Riordan Amended Budget Riordan Amended Budget Introduction The official board for Riordan has tasked Information Technology with diminishing their general plan by two percent, while giving an increment of four percent to fitting line things, programming line things and outside Information Technology help administrations. There are numerous lines inside the monetary allowance that can be sliced instantly to give the essential plan cuts, yet Information Technology
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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
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Competitive Advantages MGT/498 - Strategic Management February 9, 2014 Competitive Advantages Paper Economy today is highly competitive; increasingly competitive as more companies acknowledge that domestic landscape is shrinking. As the opportunities decrease in the domestic market, organizations are making the changes to gain a competitive advantage in the global market. In this paper, team B will discuss the advantages of Riordan Manufacturing and how there related to other organizations
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