OPS/571 September 29‚ 2014 Aaron Manley Manufacturing Strategy Riordan Manufacturing uses a stable workforce with variable work hours as the production strategy. “Riordan Manufacturing ’s China plant operates as a decentralized unit of Riordan Manufacturing. It prepares its own forecast of electric fan sales throughout the world‚ which includes the United States. ”Riordan schedules production of these fans to meet the forecasted sales” (Riordan‚ 2014‚ Operations‚ p. 1). The benefits of using
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Team B Review of Riordan Manufacturing Business Systems Greg Guntz‚ Jerad Kays‚ Armando Figueroa‚ Lanone Mayfield‚ Rich Roberts‚ Bill White University of Phoenix BSA/310 Business Systems Mission/Description Riordan Manufacturing is an industry leader in the field of plastic injection molding that has earned them international acclaim. (Apollo Group‚ Inc.‚ 2004‚). The mission that Riordan Manufacturing has embarked on will lead the company into the 21st century with a sound footing in the
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Riordan Manufacturing HR Upgrade Jason StJude BSA 375 May 8 2012 Brenda Holland Application Architecture and Process Design Riordan’s HR information is comprised of eight separate systems with system having separate processes to access and manage the data. The proposed HR system will be a single integrated application (Apollo‚ 2006). In order to achieve this‚ a completely new HR system is needed in order to meet the required. A specific software platform has not been chosen yet‚ as there
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Riordan Manufacturing Change Management and Communication Plan Riordan Manufacturing has been in business for over a decade and has been named an industry leader as a global plastics manufacturer because of their materials and identifying trends (Apollo Group‚ Inc.‚ 2013). Because this organization is known for their contemporary mode of conducting business‚ a new formal system is being implemented for managing customer information that all employees will be required to adopt. Change Management
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Running head: PRODUCTION PLAN FOR RIORDAN MANUFACTURING Production Plan for Riordan Manufacturing University of Phoenix Online OPS 571: Operations Management December 21‚ 2009 Production Plan for Riordan Manufacturing Introduction Riordan Manufacturing‚ Inc. is a global leader in the field of plastic injection molding with state of the art design capabilities that has made the company competitive in the global market. Riordan has three operating entities in Georgia‚ Michigan
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Riordan Manufacturing Customer Management System Andrea McLelland‚ Kelly Feuerhak‚ Melissa Robinson Slaton‚ and Marco Elizaldi MGT/311 February 23‚ 2015 Michael Ventrone Riordan Manufacturing Customer Management System Change Management Plan Identify Power Structures Organizational Structures Potential Effects Riordan Manufacturing maintains a focus on growing its’ employees through providing a stable‚ team-oriented environment. The type of culture Riordan’s provide will continue to build the
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Riordan Manufacturing Security Policy Smith Systems Consulting has been hired to evaluate and consult on the creation of a new information technology security policy to span the complete enterprise infrastructure. This document will serve as a recommendation for Riordan Manufacturing as it pertains to the enterprise wide information security strategy. Riordan Manufacturing currently has three locations within the United States and one location in Hangzhou‚ China. All of these locations have been
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Hardware and Software � PAGE * MERGEFORMAT �3� Riordan Manufacturing current troubles in the Finance and Accounting systems can no longer be accepted. The company ’s turmoil has become evident to vendors and customers. The decision to invest in a system that will integrate their financial and accounting systems from their four locations has become a top priority. The CFO of the company has found a state of the art systems; Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP II). The estimated cost of the new
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Riordan Manufacturing is a global plastics manufacturer. Their products include plastic beverage containers produced in Albany‚ Georgia‚ custom plastic parts produced in Pontiac‚ Michigan‚ and plastic fan parts produced in Hang Zhou‚ China (UOPX‚ 2013‚ p. 1). Riordan’s research and development is in San Jose‚ California (Corporate Headquarters). Riordan ’s main customers are automotive parts manufacturers‚ aircraft manufacturers‚ the Department of Defense‚ beverage makers and bottlers‚ and appliance
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Strategic Capacity Planning Several factors are taken into consideration for strategic capacity planning. Because Riordan Manufacturing produces plastic injection molding to create innovative plastic designs capacity planning is viewed in three time durations. First is long range‚ which means greater than one year and include buildings‚ equipment or facilities. Second‚ is intermediate range‚ which involves monthly or quarterly plans for the next 6 to 18 months. On this level capacity can vary
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