Business-Level and Corporate-Level Strategies Tammie Bennett Professor Melissa Ekberg BUS499 Business Administration Capstone May 15‚ 2013 In this paper I will discuss Macy’s Incorporated by analyzing their business level strategies to determine which I think is the most important to their long term success and if I think it is a good choice. I will analyze their corporate level strategies to determine which I think is the most important and whether or not I believe it is a good choice.
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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 of the
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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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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 - Service Request RM002 Rough Draft Riordan Manufacturing‚ Inc. is a global leader in the field of plastic injection molding with state-of-the art design capabilities that has earned them international acclaim. Unfortunately‚ their dynamic research and development has failed to carry over to their IT infrastructure causing a great need for a complete redesign. With facilities in San Jose‚ California‚ Albany‚ Georgia‚ Pontiac‚ Michigan‚ and Hang Zhou‚ China‚ the changes to
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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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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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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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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 Project Riordan Manufacturing‚ Inc. has earned international recognition as a leader in the field of plastic injection molding with its pioneering plastic designs. Products include plastic beverage containers manufactured at its plant in Albany‚ Georgia‚ modified plastic parts produced at its plant in Pontiac‚ Michigan‚ and plastic fan parts manufactured at its facilities in Hangzhou‚ China. Research and development for the company is carried out at its corporate headquarters
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