IntroductionRiordan Manufacturing is a global plastics injection molding company‚ employing 550 people with estimated annual earnings of $46 million. Dr. Riordan‚ a professor of chemistry‚ who had obtained several patents relative to processing polymers into high tensile strength plastic substrates‚ was also the founder of Riordan Manufacturing. Sensing the commercial applications for his patents‚ Dr. Riordan started Riordan Plastics‚ Inc. in 1991. Owned by Riordan Industries‚ which is a fortune
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3 SR-rm-003 Development of an ERP System BSA/400 SR-rm-003 Development of an ERP System Riordan Manufacturing Inc. is a global plastics manufacturer that was founded in 1991 and employs 550 people. They have since expanded to three locations in the U.S. and one in China. Due to these expansions the company is now experiencing communication and processing issues. Each system needs to be connected to the others in order to improve the tracking and productivity as well as communication between
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Riordan Manufacturing Management and Communication Plan Riordan Manufacturing’s main focus is to find solutions for their customer’s challenges and not be the challenge. In order to do this and maintain these long-standing relationships there will need to be changes to the company’s management and communication plans. These changes will provide more employee satisfaction and efficiency throughout the company. Unfortunately change always comes with some resistance from employees but Riordan Industries
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The next Stage of Riordan Manufacturing’s project to upgrade their HRIS is to develop the application architecture and process design. The application architecture is built upon the business requirements that are gathered from the stakeholders‚ this pertains to building a relationship between application packages‚ databases‚ and middleware systems‚ in regards of coverage and abilities. Mapping out the architecture will show problems and gaps in the coverage‚ from these discoveries it will give the
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Implement Quality Improvement at Riordan Manufacturing Continual improvements are essential for businesses to attain a competitive advantage in their industry and remain profitable. Riordan Manufacturing must apply Total Quality Management (TQM) to their organizational processes to eliminate waste‚ reduce costs‚ increase productivity‚ and focus on customer satisfaction. This paper identifies an improvement plan by outlining the steps of Riordan Manufacturing’s developed quality management process
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The differentiation strategy will focus on selling custom products to specialty markets to increase revenues through the use of new product innovations. Riordan will set specific production and revenue goals for this differentiation. To measure the effectiveness of this guideline Riordan will use return on investment (ROI). The ROI will measure profitability of all special orders and determine the effectiveness to increase organizational revenues
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Riordan IT Business System The following is a description of the IT business system of Riordan Manufacturing. It identifies the inter-relationship of IT with other Riordan business systems as well as existing and needed IT systems and/or sub-systems. Overview The purpose of this report is to provide a more comprehensive view of the existing and needed IT systems at Riordan Manufacturing and how the IT Division interrelates to other business divisions within the company. When
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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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RIORDAN MANUFACTURING VIRTUAL ORGANIZATION RELOCATION MEMO PM 571 August 5‚ 2013 RIORDAN MANUFACTURING VIRTUAL ORGANIZATION RELOCATION MEMO Project Scope Statement: Riordan Manufacturing’s relocation from Hangzhou to Shanghai. Effectively planning the relocation of Riordan’s plant from Hanzhou to Shanghai is the key to a successful relocation. The relocation will entail moving staff‚ housing‚ office‚ and machinery to a new location. During the planning and execution of this relocation
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Team B Review of Riordan Manufacturing Business Systems Greg Guntz‚ Jerad Kays‚ Armando Figueroa‚ Lanone Mayfield‚ Rich Roberts‚ Bill White University of Phoenix BSA/310 Business Systems Mission/Description Riordan Manufacturing is an industry leader in the field of plastic injection molding that has earned them international acclaim. (Apollo Group‚ Inc.‚ 2004‚). The mission that Riordan Manufacturing has embarked on will lead the company into the 21st century with a sound footing in the
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