Potential Bottlenecks that Face Riordan Manufacturing: China plant operates as a decentralized unit of Riordan Manufacturing. Parts are purchased by buyers in the China Plant’s purchasing department from a local Chinese company. While this company attempts to maintain adequate quantities of electric motors in stock to meet all its order requirements‚ its on-time deliveries over the past year have averaged only 93%. Part of the China’s plant’s business is a make-to-stock operation in which the
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Running head: Process Design for Riordan Manufacturing Process Design for Riordan Manufacturing University of Phoenix Operations Management – OPS/571 Abstract This paper focuses on a process design‚ production forecast‚ and implementation of said design for Riordan Manufacturing. . Table of Contents Abstract 2 Title of Paper 4 Introduction 4 MRP 4-5 Process Design 5-6 Supply Chain 6 Production Forecast 7 Implementation Plan
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Riordan Production Plan Riordan Production Plan Understanding the various components of a production plan is essential to a balanced operations strategy. Unexpected variations in the plan can result in bottlenecks and costly inventory excesses (Aquilano‚ Chase & Jacobs‚ 2006). This essay will discuss two production plan components‚ strategic capacity planning and lean production‚ for the new process design and supply chain process for the electric fans at Riordan Manufacturing. Production
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Running Head: PROCESS DESIGN FOR RIORDAN MANUFACTURING Process Design for Riordan Manufacturing STUDENT NAME University of Phoenix Online INSTRUCTOR NAME OPS/571 DATE Process Design for Riordan Manufacturing The Riordan Manufacturing plant in Hangzhou‚ China operates its manufacturing unit to prepare the electric fan to provide the worldwide supply based on the production forecast sales extrapolated using the theory of moving averages for last three years. This paper includes
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Bottlenecks in a Process Bottlenecks In A Process Bottleneck can slow down production and diminish efficiency. According to Li‚ Chang‚ & Ni‚ (2009) “quick and correct identification of the bottleneck locations can lead to an improvement in the operation management of utilizing finite manufacturing resources‚ increasing the system throughput‚ and minimizing the total cost of production” (p.1). The operation of preparing dinner will be analysis to find where the process has a bottleneck
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Strategic Plan: Riordan Manufacturing Inc. What role should ethical and social responsibility considerations have in Riordan’s strategic management plan? Ethical and social responsibility should be strongly considered in Riordan’s strategic management plan. Companies that support strategic corporate social responsibility focus on factors such as identifying opportunities and threats facing stakeholders‚ managing relationships with stakeholders‚ creating sustainable business practices‚ and most important
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Bottlenecks in a Process The central purpose is to expand on the data collected in the Week one assignment and build on it correctly to identify the bottlenecks in that process. The process examined was that of daily routines and the bottlenecks present in the process will be uncovered and eliminated . There will be much efforts aimed at breaking down existing bottlenecks that can lead to process improvement and enhanced efficiency. The bottleneck in a process is to define the daily routine of
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Bottlenecks in a Process OPS/571 November 17‚ 2012 Professor Brooks Bottlenecks in a Process Week Three’s assignment reflects the data collected in week one on customer service. Several factors affecting the process design determined a defect in the system. In this week’s assignment a brief discussion on the process from week one along with a discussion of the “main bottleneck in process is the topic” (University of Phoenix‚ 2012‚ p. 4). “Goldratt’s theory of constraints will also
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Management The company was founded by Dr. Riordan‚ a professor of chemistry he started Riordan plastics‚ Inc in 1991. Riordan Manufacturing is a global plastics‚ medical supplies‚ stents‚ automotive parts‚ appliance manufacture ’s parts‚ airplane parts‚ and beverage containers manufacturer. 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
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Solutions Riordan Manufacturing Abstract The following paper will provide a brief background explanation detailing some of the issues found in the Manufacture. There will a series of three possible solutions identified for Riordan where one will be officially chosen. A brief description of the chosen strategy and solutions will then be detailed to provide a better understanding as to why the solution was the best fit for the company. The paper will proceed with an elaboration of each Riordan department
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