Global Supply Chain Advantages Paper Lisa Agnew, Heidi Lankford, Renae Pace, Courtney Ray Strategic Supply Chain Management ISCOM 370 Adrian Crystal Martin January 31, 2010 University of Phoenix Online Riordan Manufacturing Supply Chain Riordan Manufacturing is a worldwide manufacturer of plastics. The organization employs 550 people and has projected annual earnings of $46 million. The company’s products include plastic fans and fan parts produced at its facilities in Hangzhou, China
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Approaches to Global Strategy Riordan Manufacturing is a global plastics producer employing 550 people with projected annual earnings 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
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Running head: RIORDAN BENCHMARKING Riordan Benchmarking Research University of Phoenix MMPBL 560 Managing in a Cross-Cultural Environment November 9, 2009 Managing across cultures is no easy task for any organization regardless of its economies of scale or long standing reputation in the market; the challenges are many, including coping with the flux of change, managing diverse groups of employees, communicating, and negotiating agreements with host countries. This paper illustrates
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Running head: RIORDAN GENERIC BENCHMARKING Riordan Generic Benchmarking Introduction Riordan Manufacturing is a global plastics producer. The company wants to develop a team compensation plan around its new customer-relationship management system. Riordan wishes to choose the best option to support this plan. Based on the generic benchmarking for issues facing Riordan the following companies have been identified as having some of the same issues: Graybar for
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Riordan Manufacturing is facing a decline in morale and work ethics. Declining sales and uneven profits over the years not only forced the company to change its sales processes, but also prompted them to adopt a customer-relationship system. Riordan’s HR reward and compensation policy program needs to be revised to deal with the existing problem. HR professionals over the world know that their toughest job is recruiting and retaining top-notch employees for their companies. With unemployment at its
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Introduction In this paper Team A is responsible for developing teams for Riordan Manufacturing’s newly designed CardiCare Valve heart valves. The location of these teams is in Pontiac, Michigan, which produces plastic parts for the organization. Team A will develop a Team Strategy Plan of which we will identify several strategies in building viable teams, identify challenges or barriers that may occur, determine the best approach, and measure the teams efficiency. While developing these teams
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Riordan Business Systems Christina Cruel, Steven Keller, Mick Robey, James Simkins BSA/310 November 4, 2013 Paula Billups Table of Contents Abstract……………………………………………………………………………………………3 Company Background…………………………………………………………………………….4 Business Systems Overview...…………………………………………………………………….4 Riordan Business Systems……………………………………..………………………………….5 Accounting and Finance……………………………………………………………….….5 Sales and Marketing…………………………………………………………….…………8 HR……..………………………………………………………………………….………
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PLAN DE PRODUCCION Orlando Avilés University of Phoenix Operation Management – OPS/571 22 March 2011 José Rodrigo Pons, P.E., MBA, DBA Doctoral Learner Plan de Producción Riordan Manufacturing es un Compañía que se dedica a la fabricación de plásticos a nivel global. Ellos se especializan en "Recipientes de plástico para todo tipo de bebidas, piezas especiales de plástico y piezas de plástico para abanico. El objetivo de la compañía es mantenerse
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Running Head: Riordan Manufacturing SR-rm-004 Riordan Manufacturing Human Resources Information System By: Adrian O. University of Phoenix February 22, 2010 Abstract To identify, analyze and propose Riordan Manufacturing Human Resources (HR) Systems. In order for Riordan Manufacturing to be competitive in today’s market, it is necessary for the system to be updated. Utilizing a system development life-cycle (SDLC) methodology to analyze and create a project plan to update Riordan’s HR
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Supply Chain Design Paper – Learning Team D OPS/571 Riordan Manufacturing is one of the largest plastics manufacturers in the world. Riordan’s mission statement states that it’s focus is to “Six Sigma, leading edge R&D and exceeding ISO standards” (Riordan Mfg. Internet, home page, 2014). Riordan’s fan manufacturing operation is located in Hangzhou, China. Team D will evaluate the Riordan’s fan manufacturing supply chain design and perform a comprehensive evaluation of the operational effectiveness
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