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 has a reputation for preciseness and conception. It necessary for Riordan to develop a forecasting process that streamlines production and minimizes unsold inventory. Forecasts are vital to every business organization and for every significant management decision‚ (Chase‚ Jacobs‚ & Aquilano‚ 2006). The process of forecasting is necessary not only for inventory and production‚ but also for budgetary and financial purposes as well. Without sufficient information to allow for
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Riordan Manufacturing Process Design Proposal Package Description Riordan Manufacturing is in need of a new process for its manufacturing of electric fans. With potential bottlenecks from the current process‚ both time management and expenses have been suffering. Many factors have been taken into consideration with the new innovative process. With the utilization of the new process it is not only going to be time saving but also will illustrate overall revenue growth. The proposal will
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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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Riordan Manufacturing BSA/500 IT Business Systems I August xx‚ 2013 Riordan Manufacturing was founded in 1991 by Dr. Michael Riordan‚ a professor of chemistry. After sensing the commercial application of several of his patented Polymer processes‚ Dr. Riordan started Riordan Plastics‚ Inc.‚ which initially focused on research and development. In 1992
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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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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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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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Running head: PROBLEM SOLUTION: RIORDAN MANUFACTURING Problem Solution: Riordan Manufacturing Gina Lembeck MMPBL 530 University of Phoenix Problem Solution: Riordan Manufacturing The Problem Solution: Riordan Manufacturing is created because Riordan Manufacturing is afflicted with the inability to arrive at a solution to the decline in employee morale and work ethic. Many members of the Executive Team have come forth with the concept of merely restructuring the pay and benefits to
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Strategic Plan Paper Strategic Plan Paper Introduction Riordan Manufacturing is a plastic manufacturing company founded in 1991‚ employing 550 people and has projected annual earnings of $46 million. They are a global company with three total manufacturing locations‚ two being in the United States and one in China. Riordan Manufacturing recognizes the importance of strategic planning as part of long term success of the business‚ which will be outlined in this paper. In order for a company to
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