Problem Definition: RIORDAN MANUFACTURING Problem Definition: Riordan Manufacturing University of Phoenix Human Capital Development MBA 530 Dr. Alvin H. Steward III January 23‚ 2008 Problem Definition: Riordan Manufacturing Introduction Riordan Manufacturing is faced with an interesting but not uncommon occurrence among larger businesses. Riordan is faced with a motivation and production problem in a growing‚ global organization. Employee motivation is an issue that does not discriminate
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Human Resources for Riordan Manufacturing Being a fortune 1000 enterprise and leader in the area of plastic injection molding‚ Riordan Manufacturing‚ Inc. has gained international praise on producing new and improved plastic designs with their “state of the art design capabilities.” (Virtual Organization) Riordan Manufacturing’s facilities are located in San Jose‚ CA; Albany‚ GA; Pontiac‚ MI; and Hangzhou‚ China. Some of their products include: plastic drink containers (GA)‚ tailor-made plastic parts
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Riordan Manufacturing Production Plan Savita Boutot‚ Ken Eakin‚ David Hill‚ Nicole Hugley‚ Julie Hunt‚ Candice McDonald OPS/571 January 10‚ 2011 Ziad Simon Kassis Riordan Manufacturing Production Plan Riordan Manufacturing is a company that uses plastic injection molding to manufacture plastic bottles‚ fans of all sizes‚ heart valves‚ medical stents‚ and custom plastic parts. It has state-of-the art design capabilities to produce plastic product that have earned the company international
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Competitive Advantages: How the Global Market would affect Riordan ’s Business Strategy Carl Wise MGT/498 02/22/2015 John Waltbillig Competitive Advantages: How the Global Market would affect Riordan ’s Business Strategy Based in San Jose‚ California with a variety of plastic manufacturing operations across the United States (New York‚ Michigan‚ Georgia)‚ Riordan Manufacturing also produces fan parts in Hang Zhou‚ China and customer base in China‚ United Kingdom‚ Russia‚ Thailand‚ India‚ Canada
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Riordan Manufacturing Incorporated � PAGE * MERGEFORMAT �1� Running head: RIORDAN MANUFACTURING INCORPORATED Riordan Manufacturing Incorporated University of Phoenix Jerry Swindle‚ Jr. Brad Calkins Oluseyi Onajobi Shawn Gover � Riordan Manufacturing Incorporation Riordan Manufacturing Incorporation is the transformation of Riordan Plastics‚ Inc which was founded in 1991 by Dr. Riordan in response to the commercial application of Research and Development in processing polymers. Riordan
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Riordan Manufacturing (Riordan) is an industry leader in using polymer materials to produce plastic products with projected annual earnings of $46 millions. Riordan has plastic manufacturing plants in Albany‚ Georgia‚ and a custom plastic plant in Pontiac‚ Michigan. Also‚ there is a plastic fan manufacturing plant in Hangzhou‚ China. Riordan also conducts research and development at the headquarters in San Jose‚ California‚ (Apollo‚ 2006). The high demand for materials used in producing plastic
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recommended for Riordan in QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions and Fishbowl Inventory (Manufacturing / Hosted Services).With these three programs Riordan can track all customer relations in real-time‚ make orders‚ track all orders and inventory‚ and keep accounting records. These packages are completely compatible with each other and work in unison to make Riordan more efficient and profitable. Riordan Manufacturing Riordan Manufacturing is a global manufacturer of plastics. Riordan has locations in
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OPS/571 September 29‚ 2014 Aaron Manley Manufacturing Strategy Riordan Manufacturing uses a stable workforce with variable work hours as the production strategy. “Riordan Manufacturing ’s China plant operates as a decentralized unit of Riordan Manufacturing. It prepares its own forecast of electric fan sales throughout the world‚ which includes the United States. ”Riordan schedules production of these fans to meet the forecasted sales” (Riordan‚ 2014‚ Operations‚ p. 1). The benefits of using
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Production Plan for Riordan Manufacturing Riordan Manufacturing strives to be the leader in using polymer materials to provide solutions to customer’s challenges. The main focus is to achieve and maintain reasonable profitability to assure that the financial and human capital is available for sustained growth. In order to obtain these goals Riordan Manufacturing will need to have a strong production plan. Strategic Capacity Planning Riordan Manufacturing has Chinese business partners with facilities
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Currently at Riordan Manufacturing there type of formal power structure is reward power. This means employees are motivated to perform on the basis of reward at the yearly performance evaluation. Other types of incentives offered for performance for being an outstanding employee‚ length of service and an employee suggestion program. (“Riordan Manufacturing”‚ 2013) Because of the reward system‚ the informal power structure is related to referent and expert power structure. The direct effect of power
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