Process Design for Riordan Manufacturing Joshua Kas-Osoka OPS571 July 6, 2010 Introduction Riordan Manufacturing’s owns three plants: Albany, GA where plastic bottles are produced; Pontiac, MI where it handles the company’s custom plastic fabrication, and Hangzhou, China that currently operates a decentralized unit of the organization producing electric fans. When creating a process design for Riordan’s fan production operation, it is important to create a holistic production system that addresses
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managers to carry out or execute the strategic plan. The steps in implementation that Riordan Manufacturing needs to follow is: * Developing a program- such a program could be a Lean Six Sigma to identify unnecessary cost within the organization by improving or eliminating poorly performing processes. * Developing a budget- strategic plans cost money. Prior to implementing any plan Riordan Manufacturing has to access and evaluate the cost of implementing the proposed strategy and
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cultural and structural leadership considerations that should be used in implementing business strategy for Riordan is readiness of employees in terms of supporting the new strategic initiatives. Employees should not only be committed towards the implementation of the plan, but should possess extensive knowledge and training and new strategic initiatives. Hence, it is extremely important that Riordan should ensure extensive training for the employees to understand the importance, benefits and know-how
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New System Proposal Part 4 MRP Proposal – Overview and Scope of Work Riordan has 500 employees with a projected annual earnings of $46 million and a fortune of 1000 enterprises with revenues of $1 billion. Riordan Manufacturing has 4 worldwide locations Albany Georgia, Pontiac Michigan, Hangzhou China, and the company headquarters in San Jose. Riordan is seeking a solution to improve the tracking and management of its raw materials and finished product inventory across all its plants. The receiving
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Riordan Manufacturing Bottlenecks Summary Team Operation Overload Sherry Davis Gualandi, Telechia Miller, Tejas Shah, Kara McRae OPS571-Organziational Management James Ziegler July 25, 2011 Riordan Manufacturing Bottlenecks Summary Through the learning team discussion, potential bottlenecks are identified and organized by department. This will provide insight for operations to focus efforts where the largest constraints can be minimized for the greatest return. Bottlenecks or constraints
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Manufacturing Strategy Intro Summary of Concepts TOPIC I: SAM Enter Text Metrics and Supplier Relationship Periodical review of supply chain performance is essential to developing efficient processes to meet the demand for products manufactured by Riordan. Performance evaluations enable managers to benchmark goals, organize workload and analyze cost efficient processes within each phase of the supply process. Metrics establish standards of efficiency and an adequate median to accommodate for the product
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Strategic Plan Katie Hanson, Raquel Martinez, Kirk Carlson, Nicholas Votaw MGT 498 Strategic Plan Riordan Manufacturing is a mid-size American company that was founded in 1991, employs 550 people and has projected annual earnings of $46 million. Riordan has three manufacturing locations, two in the United States and one in China. Riordan understands the importance of strategic planning and will lay out their reasoning in this paper. Competitive advantages, sustainability, innovation and ethical
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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
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University of Phoenix Material Team Strategy Plan 1. Complete the following table to address the creation of teams at Riordan Manufacturing. |Strategy |Strengths |Weaknesses | | |Managers control who is put in what team |Efficiency of team member’s performance is | |Capability and personality of team members |Set limits on what members
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Running head: PROBLEM SOLUTION: RIORDAN MANUFACTURING Problem Solution: Riordan Manufacturing University of Phoenix MMPBL/530 November 14, 2011 Donnetta Webb Problem Solution: Riordan Manufacturing The Riordan scenario shows the issue with the company personnel and organizational leadership. Riordan Manufacturing is a global plastics producer employing 550 people with projected annual earnings of $46 million. The company is owned by Riordan Industries, a Fortune 1000 enterprise
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