...Strategic Management Process Effective management practices by Riordan Manufacturing (Hangzhou, China) operations will reward the organization's owners with additional value and sound management practices will result in the manufacture and sale of high quality products. Both attributes contribute to Riordan’s ability to enlarge market share, and expand into the Indian market. However, prior to any expansion, Riordan Manufacturing must be "able to deliver the same benefits as Riordan’s competitors but at a lower cost (cost advantage), or deliver benefits that exceed those of competing products (differentiation advantage)" (Wang, Lin & Chu, 2011, p. 100). The delivery of cost and differentiation advantages, coupled with a strong core strategic management process will support Riordan’s business model regardless of where the company operates. Riordan's management will go through the entire strategic management process for the proposed Indian operations by the incorporating ethics and corporate responsibility (taken into account during the strategic management process). The different phases of the strategic management process include the following: 1. Formulation 2. Implementation 3. Evaluation and Control The purpose of the strategic management process is to look at Riordan's competitive advantage specifically as regards it products' competitive placement in India which it plans to expand into, and formulate proper strategic plans for the company to take exploit the advantage...
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...Strategic Plan Paper MGT/498 Strategic Plan Paper Since its inception 1991 Riordan has been an industry leader in the injection mold industry. Dr. Riordan had a vision when he opened the first plant in Michigan, and his vision was growth, innovation, and to always meet his customers needs. His vision was the driving force for Riordan’s strategic plan in the 90s and early millennia just as it is today, but the scope of his vision has grown into new marketing arenas and will need refining if it is to keep Riordan growth rate and financial success at its current level (Riordan, 2013). With the expansion of Riordan into China as well as the retooling of existing plants for custom plastic injecting has changed the internal dynamic of Riordan and both internal and external strategies will need to be adjusted to maximize production and marketing potentials. Riordan’s Strategic Plan The Future Strategic Planning is a widespread development for shaping a business into what it will become and how to achieve the goals in a systematic way. Riordan manufacturing needs a strategic plan to become the top industry globally to manufacture plastic in injection molding. Strategic management process is strategies, decisions, and actions define by a company to determine the performance of the organization. The components Riordan needs to succeed in business are (Wheelen & Hunger 2010). The use of Environmental Scanning, Strategy Formulation, Strategy implementation, Evaluation, and Control...
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...Strategic Plan Paper Strategic Plan Paper Riordan Manufacturing recognizes the fact that they are an industry leader in plastic injection molding and supplier of plastic medical devices. Riordan also recognizes that they are not progressing in the industry as they would like. Recognizing the need to create better value products which will increase sales is the first step in this plan for sustainability. Riordan needs to obtain new customers. In order to do this, they must predict customer needs, become familiar with global changes, create better relationships, and secure sustainability. Gaining a competitive edge by utilizing newer technology will help reduce costs. After a closer look at the structure of Riordan, it is believed that several shortfalls exist between the relationship of goals and reality. Riordan is urged to consider the following strategic plan which outlines structure, plan goals, implementation, and evaluation. Riordan Manufacturing is a state-of-the-art plastic industrial company that specializes in plastic injection molding and innovative designs of plastic products and packaging. Because of their progressive thinking and innovative products, Riordan’s has now established a reputation as one of the world’s leading plastic manufacturers as this global enterprise now employs over 500 employees worldwide (University of Phoenix, 2012). In 2000, Riordan’s manufacturing undertook major expansion efforts and because of those efforts, you can now find Riordan’s...
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...devises put in place to confirm the future success of the entity. In a simple form, a strategic plan determines where an organization is going during the year to two years, how it will get there, and if it can reach the objective desired. There is a variety of approaches in a strategic plan but what need the most consideration is the leadership in an organization, organizational culture, and the organizational environment. One manner of ensuring the continuity and attainment of a company is by way of a comprehensive strategic plan in which a business “lays out its future direction, performance targets, and strategy” (Gamble, Strickland III, & Thompson, Jr., p 30, 2006). When crafting a strategic plan the roles of ethical and social responsibility, competitive advantages, sustainability in foreign and domestic markets, measurement guidelines, internal dynamics, cultural and structural leadership concerns, and assessment and feedback controls need consideration to move the company in a direction that promotes longevity of the business. Riordan, a manufacturer and supplier of high-grade plastic products will incorporate each of the individual requirements outlined as well as employing the specific strategies and tactics essential to remain competitive and successful in an ever-shrinking market. Why Riordan Needs a Strategic Plan Riordan, like other companies, needs to have a specific strategic plan laid out for every employee as well as stockholders to see. It sets a guideline for...
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...Manufacturer Strategic Plan MGT/498 University of Phoenix Professor James Powell October 29, 2012 Mike Mohler, Kanosha Mitchell, DeUndra Askew, Skye Richey, Joseph Okakpu Executive Summary Riordan’s Plan A fortified company is not known for its success in the short run or best time during a booming economy, but in actuality a fortified company is known for setting different plans in place during the hardest economic periods and still manages to remain profitable during this time. The plan that a company follows throughout with plenty room for upgrades or change is strategic planning. Riordan is company that has benefited from a strategic plan to keep the company goals at the forefront and maintain company values as the company matures and adapts to the ever changing competitive market. As a group, we will focus on explaining different aspects of strategic planning while explaining the need for a strategic plan, and defining the role of ethical and social responsibility for the company. The team will list the competitive advantages of Riordan Company and how constant innovation and sustainability affect domestic and international markets. The team will discuss the measurement guidelines to follow and determine strategy effectiveness, setting internal dynamics with consideration to cultural and structural leadership, influencing business continuity, and finally setting up a strong resolution team to deal with assessments and feedback to improve on the strategic plan of Riordan Company...
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...Competitive Advantages - Riordan Riordan is a plastic manufacturing company, which was started in 1991 (University of Phoenix [UOP], 2013). The company has locations in California, Michigan, Georgia, and China. The company’s business units are plastic parts manufacturing, plastic beverage containers, and the plastic fan facility. Riordan’s customers consist of beverage makers, medical supply firms, electronic supply firms, and pharmaceutical companies (UOP, 2013). A competitive advantage allows companies to increase sales, resources, and market share. Team B’s analysis will provide insight on Riordan’s competitive advantages by identifying competitive strategies, competitive sustainability, and the effect of the global market changes to the company’s business strategy. Riordan’s Competitive Advantages Every organization must establish some type of competitive advantage. The recent research of FedEx, Southwest, and McCain Foods’ competitive advantages assists in identifying Riordan’s competitive advantage. The first step in competitive advantage is creating a mission statement and developing a strategic plan. Firms that operate with a strategic plan develop focus and alignment. Introducing unique products or services leads to the establishment of a competitive advantage. In the case of FedEx, the core service is transporting products. McCain Foods core service is processing potatoes. Both organizations provide services in a unique manner that differentiates them from the competition...
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...Riordan Manufacturing Supply Chain Evaluation ISCOM/476 Riordan Supply Chain Evaluation The management team at Riordan has completed a high-level strategic business initiative to improve its supply chain as a competitive advantage to ensure customer satisfaction. After extensive market and financial analysis a decision to create a new line of plastic perfume bottles has been proposed. The following executive summary outlines the business model implementation plan needed to introduce the new product line. Customer Value Supply Chain Management is about the delivery of a product to a customer in a timely manner regardless of its location of the globe. Providing the right component, the correct quantity ordered, and at the right price is what customers value the most. To enhance customer value and satisfaction a customer relationship integration team should exist and bring together each facility, its services, and its employees into the CRM process. Integrating the available information of an organization allows employees to have immediate access that may be crucial to a customer’s delivery. Customers value the open visibility of their supplier to track any material that has been shipped. Strategic Goals, Core Competencies, and Competitive Advantage Riordan’s strategic goals and objectives are to leverage its successful supply chain to integrate easily the production and distribution of the new bottle line. Riordan has the relevant experience and the...
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...Riordan Manufacturing Strategic Plan Executive Summary Riordan Manufacturing Incorporated has seen success over the last few years. At Riordan, staying profitable has not been an issue. To stay competitive within their industry the organization wants to promote growth, but because of a performance gap, which is preventing Riordan from achieving more revenue and accomplishing specific monetary goals by 2013, this new strategic plan in developed. Team B recognizes the dilemma, found an objective, explored options, and recognizes the ideal solutions. The issue is how to bridge the performance gap with a purpose to increase revenue from $40 million to $50 million by 2013 (Apollo Group, Inc., 2006). Through a SWOT analysis and further research, Team B realizes that there are options available to overcome and take advantage of this area of opportunity. To reach the long and short-term goals of Riordan, a differentiation focus is the most beneficial competitive strategy to manage threats, trends, and opportunities. The differentiation focus will make sure to dial in on specific endeavors on total quality improvement and expediential growth in the markets of the United States and China. The company strengths are a synergistic team and ground-breaking research and development. Riordan also needs to take advantage of the booming health care field and provide plastic products that meet the needs of clients in the health care industry. By focusing on the improvement of quality...
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...Riordan. Simply defined, business continuity planning is the action of creating and implementing a plan to ensure the survival and success of an organization. The concept of business continuity has progressed in response to the changing environment. Internal dynamics influence business continuity in the sense that it will form a strong foundation for Riordan to implement long-term strategic initiatives relating to high quality standards, consumer approval, and product improvement. The focus on organizational internal dynamics and cultural considerations will help Riordan in maintaining competitiveness and risk factors in a more efficient manner and consequently, help the organization continue to succeed and thrive. To ensure a successful business continuity plan, Riordan should remain focused on continual improvement by providing innovative products. The key aspect of ensuring Riordan’s comprehensive business continuity plan is to incorporate a continuity plan that embodies the mission, vision, and goals of the organization. Internal dynamics can provide the necessary direction needed toward objectives, organizational operations, and daily functioning factors involved in the strategic planning process. Riordan’s business continuity plan will allow several processes, tools, and steps that will aid in the organizations long-term and short-term strategic plans. A business continuity plan can also help Riordan develop internal feedback controls that can assess information gathered...
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... Executive Summary During the past twelve months, Riordan’s customer’s relations department has reported negative findings from customer satisfaction surveys and statistics relating to the company’s organizational web page usage. The findings have clearly indicated to Riordan’s management there is a lack of effective and efficient communication on the part of both internal and external organizations and stakeholders who’s expected Return on Investment (ROI) is not being meet. In recognizing this lack of effective communication, Riordan’s management has decided to make significant changes regarding how it will communicate and what type of communication platform the company will use in an effort to sustain customer satisfaction and positive ROI. Following are Riordan’s plans that will provide for more effective communication to take place between both internal and external stakeholders: • Implement an integrated worldwide office automation software and group collaboration software package that is user friendly for both internal and external users. • Implement an integrated worldwide database utilizing Microsoft Access. • Ensure all employees understand the value of the added system. • Collect feedback and respond to feedback. • Ensure security of newly acquired software is appropriate. The integration of the above processes of software and database programs supports Riordan’s overall strategic plan of remaining the industry leader as a global plastics manufacturer...
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...to be the global industry leader in plastics production. Situation Analysis Issue and Opportunity Identification Several challenges Riordan Manufacturing must be overcome in order to accomplish the company's organizational goals. One challenge is overcoming employee job dissatisfaction, which declined as part of Riordan's restructuring process. Another challenge is increasing employee retention, which declined due to less than optimal working conditions and minimal personal opportunities to develop and advance. Finally, Riordan Manufacturing needs to overhaul the current flawed reward system into an effective rewards system that aligns the organization's strategy with compensation and incentive packages. Moreover is employee development and training. Riordan has done a small amount of promoting or developing their employees in past years and a key strategic advantage for organizations is to make available the means for employee growth and development. Hence, training and development not only helps to attract top performers but will also provide incentive for retention (Dreher & Dougherty, 2001). Therefore, in efforts for Riordan to realize and gain strategic advantage in the area of human capital, a superior human resource management system must be in...
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...Riordan Manufacturing Strategic Plan MGT/498 Riordan Manufacturing Strategic Plan Strategic managers have responsibility to both the employees and stakeholders of the organization. Engaging in strategic management decisions should include ethics and social responsibilities. The expectation of such responsibilities from stakeholders is to fulfill legal and ethical economic decisions. Satisfying the purpose of the strategic planning process for Riordan Manufacturing, the management team has taken into consideration the economic, legal, ethical and discretionary responsibilities. According to Wheelen and Hunger (2010), the ethical and discretionary responsibilities are also known as social responsibilities. Ethical responsibilities require decision-makers to follow expected behaviors of society and the community. Riordan may take substantial risk by upsetting customers by failing to meet existing ethical values. Understanding the existing ethical values and standards of Riordan, the management team will assist senior leaders in planning and committing to social responsibilities. Why a Strategic Plan? A strategic management plan will focus Riordan’s objectives, goals, and efforts on long-term performance and sustainability. Managing short-term goals and successes is relatively uncomplicated and easily attainable, yet longevity is much more difficult to accomplish. Strategic management lays the framework for lasting success. Corporations can no longer sustain...
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...Introduction This paper will examine how quality is linked to Riordan’s strategic plan and its strategic objectives. The analysis has been made of a process improvement plan in which the organization currently uses. Listed below are some tools and techniques that are used to measure quality and customer satisfaction within Riordan. Discussion will also include what party is ultimately responsible for quality assurance. Finally, a look at how Riordan’s process improvement plan is related to their strategic plan. Quality in the Strategic Plan and Objectives Quality is a key objective to any successful organization; this is true with the Riordan manufacturing group as well. The strategic plan is simply to develop and deliver a quality product on time. Building the brand through delivery is an excellent design and a key to the “Time to market” approach. With some improvements, the time to market will improve the quality of the products. Collaborating on the design of the Riordan product will assist in the over all quality as well. Identifying future needs within the organization will aid with sales and give the customers a brand to identify with for years to come. To accomplish this, Riordan is using its customers to help in the development of plans that address the needs of quality they seek. With this quality, the customer relationship will be strengthened and this is a strategic objective identified as a need. To achieve this in minimal time the company will use a sales...
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...explains the Supply Chain Management strategy to the new hires in Hangzhou, China. Supply chain management theory can help Riordan Manufacturing as to how each function in the supply chain connects to meet efficiency. By using a competitive strategy Riordan Manufacturing plans to “go green”. Riordan’s mission relating to customer fulfillment is “strive to be a solution provider for our customers and not be a part of our customer’s challenges” (Apollo Group Inc., (2005, 2006, and 2012)). As a new hire use process thinging to look for how to improve business practices within Riordan Manufacturing, and to enhance, or improve, the way tasks are done. Supply Chain Management Theory Riordan Industries supply chain management theory starts from the top and flows down to each employee working for the company. Supply chain theory has garnered recognition as an important “integration to increased value across the whole of the supply chain” (Janvier & Assey, 2012). As an employee the company values the employees input on every level. Riordan believes that in today’s global market each firm is linked in a networked supply chain. Hangzhou China is Riordan’s first offshore venture. Adapting supply chain technology and strategic planning on a global scale will test each employee’s willingness to learn new processes in supply chain efficiency. Riordan Industries incorporates multiple disciplines in supply chain management from using technology to building relationships with external and internal...
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...of $46 million. The company is wholly owned by Riordan Industries, a Fortune 1000 enterprise with revenues in excess of $1 billion. Production is divided among three plants: plastic beverage containers in Albany, Georgia; custom plastic parts in Pontiac, Michigan; and plastic fan parts in Hangzhou, China. Research and Development is conducted at corporate headquarters in San Jose, California. Riordan's major customers are automotive parts manufacturers, aircraft manufacturers, the Department of Defense, beverage makers and bottlers, and appliance manufacturers. This research paper will discuss the issues being faced by Riordan Manufacturing and provides solution based on various motivation, rewards and performance concepts Situation Analysis Issue and Opportunity Identification – Total reward system The current reward system is barely based on performance, instead recognizing cost-of-living increases, seniority and position. Faced with declining morale and work ethic, Riordan managers have been pressuring the CEO to "do something" about the rewards system. Riordan’s employees comprise three major demographic groups. Baby boomers make up the bulk of the managerial and about half of the manufacturing staff; GenXers make up the majority of the professional staff, as well as some of the manufacturing staff; and the GenY contingent are the newest hires, found primarily in manufacturing, engineering and IT. These three groups have radically different perspectives...
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