development of a strategic plan is essential to the success or that endeavor, as it helps to deliver the best possible results for both business decisions and practices and determines the long-run performance of a corporation. Strategic management is designed to focus management’s attention on internal, external, and overall policy implementation of their management systems and includes four phases; financial planning, forecast based planning, externally oriented strategic planning, and strategic management
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Strategic Plan: Riordan Manufacturing MGT/498 October 2013 Riordan Manufacturing Strategic Plan Why is strategic management necessary? Strategic management, and business policies are essential for organizations to gain competitive advantage within their respective markets. Organizations like Riordan Manufacturing implement policies, and procedures to provide structure, and standardize operations in efforts to maintain proper control of production, inventory, and logistics. Developing a strategic
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Riordan Manufacturing [pic][pic] [pic] Strategic Plan 2013 - 2016 MGT 498 January 14, 2013 Contents Introduction 3 Background 3 Internal Structure 4 Background to the Vision, Mission Statement, and Strategic Objectives 6 Environmental Scan 7 Vision, Mission Statement, and Values 8 Vision 8 Values 8 Mission Statement 9 Our Focus 9 Our Customer Relationships 9 Our Employees 9 Our Future 9 SWOT Analysis 10 Key Success Factors 11
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Competitive Strategies of Riordan The decision to begin, enter, or continue with a business venture has a specific amount of risk associated with the undertaking and once begun specific goals and objectives need outlining and measurement 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
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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
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Gap Analysis: Riordan Manufacturing Riordan Manufacturing is faced with some issues, challenges and opportunities to increase their sales and profitability, improve employee satisfaction, and improve their customer relationships in an effort to help them remain competitive in the marketplace. In this research an analysis will be conducted to evaluate the situations that face Riordan Manufacturing. This analysis will identify the issues and opportunities, explore the stakeholders’ perspectives
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Riordan’s Strategic Plan Team C: MGT/498 May 29, 2014 Riordan’s Strategic Plan Riordan Manufacturing is a Fortune 1000 company that that leads the world in the manufacturing of plastics and plastic injection molding. With more then a billion dollars in revenue, Riordan has decided to shore up their global business by developing a strategic plan that will take the company into the next five years. With global and domestic operations based in Michigan, California
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Riordan Strategic Plan MGT/498 University of Phoenix Dr. Sam Espiritu, DBA Riordan Strategic Plan Strategic Plan Riordan Manufacturing Inc. is a corporation that makes plastic custom fitted products for the government aircrafts, automobile industries and currently expanding into the medical fields its need to develop and execute a strategic plan to ensure long term performance and stability in the plastics manufacturing market. Riordan is a successful company and as of 2000 has expanded
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Strategic Plan for Riordan Manufacturing Team B MGT/498 November 20, 2013 Strategic Plan for Riordan Manufacturing Riordan Manufacturing is an industry leading organization in plastic injection molding. The organization products includes beverage containers, customer plastic parts, from computer fans to room fans to medical devices such as heart values and stents, to custom designs for the customer needs. Riordan services leading industries such as hospitals, aircrafts manufactures
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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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