the profit. This is the situation at Riordan Manufacturing where the price it paid to do business was less than what it made, defining a clear value in what Riordan provides. Riordan’s Sales and Marketing department has a clear value; $50 million is sales to show of it. But how do we show the value for other departments within the organization such as Information Systems (IS) and Information Technology (IT) solutions? While the IS and IT costs and what Riordan pays for it are clear from looking at
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New System Proposal Team B CIS/207 January 16, 2013 New System Proposal Riordan Manufacturing Company is leader in industry, and the company uses polymer materials to create solutions to customers. Dr. Riordan, a professor of chemistry founded Riordan Plastics Inc. by 1993 the company went to Riordan Plastics Inc. to Riordan Manufacturing Company and expanded the company into China. In 1991 the company supported commercial applications for his patent and the customers
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Riordan Manufacturing Enterprise Resource Plan BSA 400 June 18, 2012 John Shrewsbury Riordan Manufacturing Enterprise Resource Plan Riordan products are manufactured to the highest quality standard that have satisfied customers since 1991, and was founded by a chemist name Dr Riordan. Currently Riordan Manufactures headquarters are located in San Jose, California with three plants that are located in Albany, Ga., Pontiac, MI., and Hangzhouz, China. Each plant is responsible for different production
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Riordan Manufacturing is an organizations that operating with incompatible accounting program. Each facility may operate on its own well, the financial data supplied to the corporate office comes in many different forms from hard copies to spreadsheets. This has led to countless man hours that being lost while data is input at one operation and then manually transferred to another system, when it arrives at its destination. Corporate Accounting must then assemble its financial statements and budgets
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Riordan Business Systems Verne Weikle BSA/310 August 12, 2012 Michele Petrone Executive Summary Riordan Manufacturing’s (Riordan) Chief Executive Officer has requested a review of all Riordan’s business systems issued on Service Request SR-rm-012 (University of Phoenix, 2013). The comprehensive review will provide management the information needed to determine any improvements to Riordan’s business systems. First, the review will assess Riordan’s existing business systems by department
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Technology Offshore Outsourcing Plan for Riordan Harry Alston, Jason Breedlove, Habeeb Rahman CIS/568 July 29, 2012 James Linn Riordan manufacturing has placed a service request for all manufacturing locations to gain an overview about all existing software applications in finance and accounting, sales and marketing, human resources, operations, legal and information technology
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and IS Proposal Introduction Riordan Manufacturing is an international company that manufactures plastic. In 1991, Dr. Riordan, a chemistry professor, focused on processing polymers into strong plastic substrates. A year later he acquired a fan manufacturing plant in Pontiac, MI. After growth of the production of plastic containers, Riordan changed the company name to “Riordan Manufacturing, Inc. The company has four locations but research for Riordan Manufacturing Inc. takes place in San Jose
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Riordan Manufacturing System Kao Yang, Tiara Smith, Greg Scott, Thomas Adams BSA 310 December 5, 2013 Oswald Angst Riordan Manufacturing System Riordan Manufacturing was founded with the intention to provide patents for processing different types of plastic. The founder, Dr. Riordan, already had several of these patents ready for licensing. While in possession of these patents, the company would be able to provide a unique product to its consumers. Alternatively, the company could charge
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Introduction Riordan Manufacturing has placed a service request for all manufacturing locations to gain an overview about all existing software applications in Finance & Accounting, Sales & Marketing, Human Resources, Operations, Legal and Information Technology. All the listed areas within the organization are using various business systems of which each of them represents challenges. The organization is in an urgent need to identify what is needed to improve effectiveness in those areas. This summary
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Riordian Manufacturing Accounting Riordan Manufacturing, Inc., the global leader in the field of plastic injection molding. The company produces plastic bottles, fans of all sizes, heart valves, medical stents and custom plastic parts. Riordan Manufacturing is fully owned by Riordan Industries and has 550 employees and generates an excess of $1 billion in revenue with a projected $46 million of annual earnings. Riordan has facilities in San Jose, California, Albany, Georgia, Pontiac, Michigan
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