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 of Phoenix‚ 2012). Local suppliers are also used to purchase the plastic
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consumers‚ supplier relationship management is now receiving much attention in business strategy. “Competitive forces are putting firms under pressure to improve quality‚ delivery performance‚ and responsiveness while simultaneously reducing costs. In response‚ firms are increasingly exploring ways to leverage their supply chains‚ and in particular‚ to systematically evaluating the role of suppliers in their activities” (Vijay and Keah‚ 2006‚ p.755). The way to create the competitive supply chain is to
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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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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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analysts polled 6 Figure 4 - Kraljic ’s Matrix of Unilever ’s Supply Positioning 7 Figure 5 - Market Segmentation Matrix 8 Figure 6 - Swot Analysis Table 10 Summary This report’s aim is to study and understand how Unilever builds its relationships with suppliers and partners in order to achieve a worldwide reference supply chain. After that‚ a link between relationships and Unilever’s objective to achieve a sustainable supply chain will be drawn. Subsequently a SWOT analysis regarding the aforementioned
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Riordan Fan Manufacturing Supply Chain: Team A John Longley‚ Nakia Judd‚ Arin Angell‚ Stanley Nelson OPS/571 University of Phoenix April 8‚ 2015 Dr. Peter Wilms Riordan Fan Manufacturing Supply Chain: Team A Riordan Manufacturing is the industry leader in the field of plastic injection molding. They are a massive organization that currently operates out of three plants. One plant is in Albany‚ GA‚ this is where the plastic bottles are produced. Then they do their custom plastic fabrication
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In most organizations‚ supply chain collaboration between the organization and suppliers can reduce inventory costs with the use of information technology (IT). Laudon and Laudon (2007) suggest that IT consists of all hardware and software that a firm needs to use in order to achieve its business objectives. Computers‚ printers‚ and handheld personal digital assistants are considered hardware components. Software includes operating systems such as Linux or Windows‚ the Microsoft Office desktop productivity
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Supplier and Partnering Processes For many businesses‚ goods and services provided by suppliers or partners account for a significant portion of the cost and value of the final product. Suppliers include not only companies that provide materials and components‚ but also distributors‚ transportation companies‚ and information‚ healthcare‚ and education providers. Key suppliers might provide unique design‚ technology‚ integration‚ or marketing capabilities that are not available within the business
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Supply Chain Class Module 2‚ Lesson 3 Question #1 Develop a small group consensus on the impact (increases‚ decreases‚ no effect) of the Bullwhip Effect on two of the following six supply chain performance measures: manufacturing cost‚ inventory cost‚ replenishment lead time‚ transportation cost‚ shipping and receiving cost‚ level of product availability profitability. One of the two measures that your team chooses must be inventory cost. For inventory costs‚ be certain to be specific
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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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