Riordan Manufacturing Inc. can expand operations through a merger with an already existing company. Some of the benefits of a merger include increased cost efficiency‚ market shares‚ and value generation. Mergers also present the possibility of tax gains‚ capital cost reduction‚ and an increase in revenues. Even though there are many benefits to a merger‚ there are also issues that would be considered negative. To evaluate the option of a merger as a means to expand operations‚ it is necessary to
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Riordan Manufacturing HR System Upgrade | By: Tiffany Young | Professor: Karen Knox | May 9‚ 2011 | Table of contents: Introduction and background – Page 2 Information Gathering Techniques and Design Methods – Page 3 Scope and Feasibility – Page 4 Application Architecture and Process Design – Page 6 Data Flow and Protection – Page 7 Implementation Process – Page 9 References – Page 14 Riordan Manufacturing is a global plastics manufacturer employing 550 people with
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Riordan Manufacturing‚ Inc. Business Analysis Learning Team B BSA 500 University of Phoenix Instructor: Charlotte Bonner October 6‚ 2008 * Riordan Manufacturing‚ Inc. Business Analysis * ****INTRO GOES HERE – DANA WILL WRITE IT AS WE NEAR COMPLETION History of Riordan Riordan Manufacturing Inc. is a leading global manufacturer of plastic injection molding components. Some of the components that it manufactures include: plastic bottles
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affect accounting cycles. Riordan Manufacturing is working on changes to the Revenue Cycle of Accounting. This will improve customer communication‚ production‚ and reporting. Required hardware and software upgrades and changes will be needed to make this move to the new Zoho Books. The system development life cycle will allow the implementation to be completed easily. Employees will see changes but the participation will be detailed and more efficient. Riordan will review all controls and
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Riordan Manufacturing Virtual Organization Strategic Plan Strategic planning considered one of the important factors to be considered by organizations seeking to improve business and process within the current organization scope. Riordan Manufacturing Inc. has become a global leader in the area of plastic injection molding with state-of-the-art design capabilities. Currently Riordan Manufacturing Inc. is looking to develop and implement a strategic plan for the organization to improve process‚
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Executive Summary Riordan Manufacturing has requested assistance to provide specific recommendations for improving their inventory system. The objective for this service request is to analyze the current processes in inventory and define business requirements for system upgrades and improvements. Business requirements were established using a set of metrics to evaluate three options for improving inventory practices at Riordan. The three options evaluated are Enterprise Resource Planning
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Riordan Manufacturing: WAN and Legacy transition problems University of Phoenix NCT520- Networking Management Riordan Manufacturing: WAN and Legacy transition problems Riordan Manufacturing’s network configuration consists of infrastructure within four locations. The headquarters is in San Jose‚ CA and the other three are in remote in Albany GA‚ Pontiac MI‚ and Hangzhou‚ China. The investigation and detail required to demonstrate transition of WAN from Legacy to current design shows sources
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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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Operations Officer of Riordan manufacturing sent out two memos with regards their China relocation and the IT Special Project. The persons contacted were Charles Williamson‚ VP of International Operations; Dale Edgel‚ Chief Financial Officer; Lowell Bradford‚ Chief Legal Counsel; Clyde Cousins‚ VP of Transportation; Maria Trinh‚ Chief Information Officer; Robert Lord‚ Director of Plant Operations who lives in China; and the company’s namesake‚ President‚ and CEO Michael Riordan. Persons in all levels
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Student BSA/375 Instructor Date Service Request SR-rm-022 Riordan Manufacturing Riordan Manufacturing’s COO‚ Hugh McCauley wants to integrate the existing variety of HR tools into a single integrated application in all of Riordan Manufacturing plant locations. He states‚ “We would like to take advantage of a more sophisticated‚ state-of-the-art‚ information systems technology in our Human Resources department” (Riordan Manufacturing‚ 2006) It states on the service request that the project should
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