be a socially responsible company to stay competitive in today ’s market Riordan Manufacturing Inc. is a part of the Fortune 1000 enterprises and exceeds ISO 9000 standards giving them the ability to stay a competitor within the plastic manufacturing industry. Currently‚ Riordan employs 550 employees throughout their four plants in Michigan‚ California‚ Georgia and one in China making them a global company. Riordan supports key customers in the automotive parts industry and aircraft manufacturers
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Potential Bottlenecks that Face Riordan Manufacturing: China plant operates as a decentralized unit of Riordan Manufacturing. Parts are purchased by buyers in the China Plant’s purchasing department 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 deliveries over the past year have averaged only 93%. Part of the China’s plant’s business is a make-to-stock operation in which the
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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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System Overview Several processes within Riordan’s Human Resource Information System (HRIS) have been identified as disjointed and Riordan wants to integrate those processes into the HRIS to create a more seamless‚ secure and efficient system. Manual processes as well as partially automated processes‚ both internal and external third party‚ will need to be integrated into the HRIS system to accomplish this integration goal. HRIS Updates Changes to information in the HRIS database are currently
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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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Service Request SR-rm-022‚ Part 1 Hugh McCauley the COO of Riordan Manufacturing is requesting help with taking advantage of the more sophisticated state-of-the-art information technology systems that are already implemented in the Human Resources department. Mr. McCauley would like to combine these existing Human Resource tools into one integrated application. Riordan Manufacturing spans multiple locations including San Jose CA‚ Albany GA‚ Pontiac MI‚ Hangzhou China and all locations are accessing
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fit for Riordan Manufacturing. The Riordan mission focuses on leading and exceeding industry standards for quality‚ including those set by the ISO 9000. Riordan’s competitive strategy includes leading industry research and development which gives the organization opportunity to adapt to external factors ahead of competitors. Developing new and innovative materials and ones that are environmentally sustainable satisfies Riordan’s desire to be "a solution provider for our customers" (Riordan Manufacturing
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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 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 company manufactures plastic bottles‚ fans in all sizes‚ medical devices‚ and custom plastic parts. The market for plastic bottles‚ fans‚ and custom plastic parts is affected by economic conditions (University of Phoenix‚ 2010). Understanding
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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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