Running head: RIORDAN MANUFACTURING PRODUCTION PLAN Riordan Manufacturing Production Plan Linda Head‚ Jamie Ingram‚ Charles Johnson and Carmelita Luhrsen University of Phoenix OPS/571 – Operations Management September 6‚ 2011 Riordan Manufacturing Production Plan Riordan Manufacturing is a global industry leader in plastic manufacturing. It is headquartered in San Jose‚ California. The company produces plastic beverage containers‚ custom plastic parts‚ and plastic fan parts. Each
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Part 1 Riordan Manufacturing has put in a service request SR-rm-022 for the HR system to be analyzed. Hugh McCauley‚ who is Riordan Manufacturing’s COO (Chief Operating Officer)‚ submitted the service request for all plant locations to integrate existing variety of HR tools into a single integrated application. Riordan wants to take advantage of a more sophisticated‚ state-of-the art‚ information systems technology in our Human Resources department. The expected results of this service request
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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 Current Financial State James Steven Austin‚ Henry Berger‚ Brian Lee Conway‚ Floretta LeFlore‚ Dedrick Shelmire BSA/500 November 8‚ 2010 Anthony L. Fields Riordan Manufacturing Current Financial State Riordan’s current financial state will be explained the by following accounting ratios. The current ratio is 1.17 which means the company is not in a very good financial state for lenders most lenders will look for a 2.00 or higher. The acid-test ratio is 5.07 which
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Riordan Production Plan Riordan Production Plan Understanding the various components of a production plan is essential to a balanced operations strategy. Unexpected variations in the plan can result in bottlenecks and costly inventory excesses (Aquilano‚ Chase & Jacobs‚ 2006). This essay will discuss two production plan components‚ strategic capacity planning and lean production‚ for the new process design and supply chain process for the electric fans at Riordan Manufacturing. Production
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A Production Plan For Riordan Manufacturing OPS/571 Operations Management A Production Plan For Riordan Riordan Manufacturing has a reputation for precision and innovation. As a Fortune 1000 enterprise‚ Riordan cannot afford to have the issues of bottlenecking affecting their production. As a result‚ a detailed analysis of the bottlenecks‚ the effects‚ and appropriate strategic planning were examined. Lean production planning was examined as was new processes. The details of the new processes
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Defining Marketing Bill Parker University of Phoenix January 26‚ 2010 Defining Marketing Riordan Manufacturing has developed into a powerhouse multinational plastics manufacturer over a brief span of 14 years. Riordan’s rapid growth has benefited multiple manufacturing and distributions sites‚ including sites in North America and China. Riordan Manufacturing’s major customer bases are automotive parts manufacturers‚ aircraft manufacturers‚ appliance manufacturers‚ beverage makers
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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 Executive Summary Ryan Schnabel The University of Phoenix CIS 319 Computer & Information Processing Dave Karpinsky March 24‚ 2005 Executive Summary: As a Fortune 1000 enterprise‚ and an industry leader in the field of plastic injection molding‚ Riordan Manufacturing‚ offers state-of-the art plastics design capabilities through its facilities in San Jose‚ California; Albany‚ Georgia; Pontiac‚ Michigan; and Hang Zhou‚ China. Currently‚ Riordan’s COO‚ Hugh McCauley‚ and
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goal is over the next 18 months to develop a system that will allow for the production of both our generic electric fans and personalized fans offered at our China location to become a more stream line process and adopt more of a just-in-time manufacturing approach. In order to make this process a reality the IT department will sent a request to develop an automated ordering system that will allow for quick and accurate tracking of inventory level and ordering of new inventory. The IT department
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