Riordan Manufacturing: Supply Chain Design Paper Riordan Manufacturing‚ a leading global manufacturer of plastic containers‚ parts‚ and fan parts‚ is wholly owned by Riordan Industries‚ Inc. Riordan’s fan manufacturing plant was purchased in 1992 when it was located in Michigan. In 2000‚ the company moved its fan manufacturing operation to China where it now resides. Riordan schedules manufacturing of fan parts based on forecasted production needs using an averaged three year sales history.
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Supply Chain Process for the Electric Fans Riordan’s China plant operates as a decentralized unit of Riordan. It prepares its own forecast of electric fan sales throughout the world. It schedules production of these fans to meet the forecasted sales. The electric motors used in the fans are completely assembled units purchased from a local Chinese company. While this company attempts to maintain adequate quantities of electric motors in stock to meet all its order requirements‚ its on-time
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As a part of Riordan’s new total systems process design‚ it is imperative that we examine our present stable supply chain process for the manufacturing of electric fans at our plant located in Hangzhou‚ China. The current supplies available for retail and wholesale purchase in the China plant consist of electric fan motors‚ fan parts made from plastic polymers‚ and assembled fan units. The motors are purchased from a local Chinese company as completely assemble unit and are stoked for purchase (University
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Riordan Manufacturing Production Plan Pedro A Rios Jr.‚ Nelson Christensen‚ Teresa Swander‚ Chrystal Marcum and Kapricia Crosby University of Phoenix Operations Management OPS 571 Ashley Carr January 10‚ 2011 Riordan Production Plan Riordan Manufacturing is a global plastics manufacturer employing 550 people with projected annual earnings of $46 million. Riordan’s main customers range from automotive parts manufacturers to the Department of Defense. One of Riordan’s main productions
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following: • Determine Riordan’s manufacturing strategy (chase‚ level‚ or combination) and explain its benefits. • Create a process flow diagram for the electric fan supply chain. • Select two metrics to evaluate performance of the electric fan supply chain. • Describe the supplier relationship and the effects on the supply chain. As part of this consider the following: o Type of relationship o Supplier location‚ size of company‚ and financial stability. o Metrics used to measure supplier performance
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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 and Supply Chain Arielle Koutsoukos OPS/571 3/09/2015 Eileen Broyles Supply Chain Raw Materials Manufacturing Plant Walmart Distribution Center Customer Walmart Retail Center Customer Merchandise Replenishment • • • • • • • Walmart retail location is out of an item Customer places an order for the item Real time data transferred to warehouse Data is captured by Walmart’s point of sales system Item is manufactured using make-to-stock process Warehouse analyzes orders from
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Riordan Manufacturing Supply Chain Design Shante Moore University of Phoenix/OPS 571 Introduction Riordan Manufacturing is a global plastics manufacturer and industry leader in the field of plastic injection molding with locations in Georgia‚ Michigan‚ California‚ and their most current expansion in 2000 to Hangzhou‚ China. The plant located in China manufactures fans using a make-to-stock operation that uses a forecasting method to determine future demand. A review of their strategic capacity
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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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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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