Supply Chain Design Paper QNT/571 February 25‚ 2015 For this week’s assignment‚ Learning Team A was assigned the task of reviewing Riordan Manufacturing‚ Inc.‚ a virtual organization wholly owned by Riordan Industries. This company produces plastics for customers all over the world. Our team will cover the manufacturing strategy‚ performance methods‚ supplier relationship‚ and lean production. Lastly‚ our team has developed a future sales forecasting plan for Riordan as well as an aggregate
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Riordan Manufacturing Riordan Manufacturing is a fortune 1000 company that manufactures plastic fan parts‚ and other products in relations to plastics. The company had an expansion in 2000‚ when operations were opened in China. At that time‚ the entire fan manufacturing operation was in China. The following paper will discuss Riordan’s supply chain design applicable to manufacturing its electric fans Riordan’s Manufacturing Strategy Riordan manufacturing strategy is a combination of both chase
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Cynthia Smith University of Phoenix Process Design Matrix August 16‚ 2010 OPS/ 571 Christina Behling America is a place that is all about eating healthy and maintaining a certain size‚ as it portrays a better image. Everyone has become so obsessed with being model sized but being able to eat at the same time. The approach has come with offering consumers a health/whole foods store that has a similar feel of a farmers market with a larger variety. Allowing consumers the chance to self-serve
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Flowchart for a Process Paper Operations Management 571 August 28‚ 2010 Flowchart Process There are multiple processes that we do in our daily lives that we would like to take a short amount of time to complete it. "A process is any part of an organization that takes inputs and transforms them into outputs that‚ it is hoped‚ are of greater value to the organization than the original inputs" (Chase‚ Jacobs‚ Aquilano‚ 2006‚ p. 154). Flowcharts are easy-to-understand by demonstrating step-by-step
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Process Design for Riordan Manufacturing‚ China Blo Jo University of Phoenix-Houston Campus Operations Management OPS/571 Dr. Alex Kadrie February 18‚ 2010 Process Design for Riordan Manufacturing‚ China The Riordan Manufacturing Plant in Hangzhou‚ China as part of their relocation effort‚ have undertaken an intense operation to modernize and upgrade the manufacturing process for the electric fans. An analysis of the manufacturing processes indicated roadblocks and loopholes in the system
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Process Design Matrix Summary J OPS/571 December Rob Process Design Matrix Summary This summary entails three process design approaches for a service providing organization (Chaparral Suits Hotel & Resort) and for a small manufacturing organization (Something Sweet Bakery). Although process design varies for service and manufacturing organizations‚ “process design is a critical function in any operation” (Service versus Manufacturing Process Design Video). The three process design approaches that
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Strategic Plan: Riordan Manufacturing Inc. What role should ethical and social responsibility considerations have in Riordan’s strategic management plan? Ethical and social responsibility should be strongly considered in Riordan’s strategic management plan. Companies that support strategic corporate social responsibility focus on factors such as identifying opportunities and threats facing stakeholders‚ managing relationships with stakeholders‚ creating sustainable business practices‚ and most important
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Summary Riordan Manufacturing “is a plastics manufacturer employing 550 people with projected annual earnings of $46 million.” (Riordan‚ 2004) The company headquarters is located in San Jose‚ California and production sites within Pontiac‚ Michigan and Albany‚ Georgia. The Michigan location is responsible for the injection molding process‚ creating of dies‚ custom fabrication‚ design and coloring of plastics. The Georgia site creates unique plastic bottles as specified by the customer. Riordan expanded
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University of Phoenix Material Process Design Matrix Complete the process design matrix. Write an executive summary identifying appropriate design approaches for a selected product and service. Pick one service with which you are familiar. Complete three to five line items such as production line‚ self-service‚ or personal attention approach‚ on the Process Design Matrix. Pick one product with which you are familiar. Complete three to five line items such as Job shop‚ batch‚
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Executive SummaryOctober 1‚ 2014Executive SummaryThe purpose of an executive summary is to summarize a report. Executive summaries are written for executives who most likely do not have time to read a complete document. Therefore‚ the executives summary must cover the major points and be detailed enough to mirror the content yet concise enough for an executive to understand the substance without reading the entire report. An executive summary differs from an abstract. Readers use an abstract
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