Riordan Manufacturing Inventory Control Proposal Paper
RIORDAN MANUFACTURING – INVENTORY CONTROL PROPOSAL
Riordan Manufacturing – Inventory Control Proposal
CIS207
June 9, 2014
Roger Aylstock
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Table of Contents Executive Summary ...................................................................................................................... 3 Riordan Manufacturing – Inventory Control Proposal ................................................................... 5 Riordan Manufacturing ................................................................................................................. 5 Background ............................................................................................................................... …show more content…
Riordan Manufacturing
Background
Riordan Manufacturing is a global plastics manufacturer. They base their research and development out of their corporate headquarters, located in San Jose. The company is in the
Business to Business market that deals with several major customers. The types of customers that Riordan work with are auto parts, aircraft, and appliance manufacturers. They also deal with the Department of Defense and work with beverage companies and bottlers. The company has plants in Albany, Georgia and Pontiac, Michigan. Riordan acquired their Michigan plant in 1992.
The plant produces various custom plastic parts. The company later acquired the plant in
Georgia, in 1993. The plant’s main function is in the production of plastic beverage containers.
They most recently expanded and took over the operations in a facility in Hangshou, China, in which they produce plastic fan parts.
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Current Warehouse Process
Riordan’s current process for receiving raw materials in their shipping …show more content…
This process should help with the mixed feelings created by the need for extra training, job realignment and possible layoffs.
Areas of Benefit
Upgrading to an automatic tracking system within the warehouse and manufacturing facility will greatly increase the overall speed, accuracy and timeliness all the while reducing labor costs through redundant effort. A real time feed of data to forklift drivers will allow quick reactions to manufacturing’s needs for raw materials and removal of the finished product back to the warehouse for storing. Data exchange between the WMS and Shipping and Receiving allows for instant inventory updating, automatic notification of Purchasing of backorders and quantity discrepancies, as well as documentation of damaged goods from suppliers and returns from customers through handheld devices’ built in camera.
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Material and Data Movement
The new system, while making the warehouse management more accurate and less paper work intensive, does add an extra step that is required to add and remove RFIDs to supplies
Riordan Manufacturing – Inventory Control Proposal
CIS207
June 9, 2014
Roger Aylstock
1
RIORDAN MANUFACTURING – INVENTORY CONTROL PROPOSAL
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Table of Contents Executive Summary ...................................................................................................................... 3 Riordan Manufacturing – Inventory Control Proposal ................................................................... 5 Riordan Manufacturing ................................................................................................................. 5 Background ............................................................................................................................... …show more content…
Riordan Manufacturing
Background
Riordan Manufacturing is a global plastics manufacturer. They base their research and development out of their corporate headquarters, located in San Jose. The company is in the
Business to Business market that deals with several major customers. The types of customers that Riordan work with are auto parts, aircraft, and appliance manufacturers. They also deal with the Department of Defense and work with beverage companies and bottlers. The company has plants in Albany, Georgia and Pontiac, Michigan. Riordan acquired their Michigan plant in 1992.
The plant produces various custom plastic parts. The company later acquired the plant in
Georgia, in 1993. The plant’s main function is in the production of plastic beverage containers.
They most recently expanded and took over the operations in a facility in Hangshou, China, in which they produce plastic fan parts.
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Current Warehouse Process
Riordan’s current process for receiving raw materials in their shipping …show more content…
This process should help with the mixed feelings created by the need for extra training, job realignment and possible layoffs.
Areas of Benefit
Upgrading to an automatic tracking system within the warehouse and manufacturing facility will greatly increase the overall speed, accuracy and timeliness all the while reducing labor costs through redundant effort. A real time feed of data to forklift drivers will allow quick reactions to manufacturing’s needs for raw materials and removal of the finished product back to the warehouse for storing. Data exchange between the WMS and Shipping and Receiving allows for instant inventory updating, automatic notification of Purchasing of backorders and quantity discrepancies, as well as documentation of damaged goods from suppliers and returns from customers through handheld devices’ built in camera.
RIORDAN MANUFACTURING – INVENTORY CONTROL PROPOSAL
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Material and Data Movement
The new system, while making the warehouse management more accurate and less paper work intensive, does add an extra step that is required to add and remove RFIDs to supplies