Riordan Manufacturing Executive Summary Ryan Schnabel The University of Phoenix CIS 319 Computer & Information Processing Dave Karpinsky March 24‚ 2005 Executive Summary: As a Fortune 1000 enterprise‚ and an industry leader in the field of plastic injection molding‚ Riordan Manufacturing‚ offers state-of-the art plastics design capabilities through its facilities in San Jose‚ California; Albany‚ Georgia; Pontiac‚ Michigan; and Hang Zhou‚ China. Currently‚ Riordan’s COO‚ Hugh McCauley‚ and
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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 | Clear Expectations Of Goals | Measurement of performance‚ increased efficiency | Lack of communication and relationships. | Channels of Communication | Developing relationships | Performance struggle‚ because of time to develop relationships. | Conflict Resolution | Team learns how to handle conflict
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Operations Officer of Riordan manufacturing sent out two memos with regards their China relocation and the IT Special Project. The persons contacted were Charles Williamson‚ VP of International Operations; Dale Edgel‚ Chief Financial Officer; Lowell Bradford‚ Chief Legal Counsel; Clyde Cousins‚ VP of Transportation; Maria Trinh‚ Chief Information Officer; Robert Lord‚ Director of Plant Operations who lives in China; and the company’s namesake‚ President‚ and CEO Michael Riordan. Persons in all levels
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goal is over the next 18 months to develop a system that will allow for the production of both our generic electric fans and personalized fans offered at our China location to become a more stream line process and adopt more of a just-in-time manufacturing approach. In order to make this process a reality the IT department will sent a request to develop an automated ordering system that will allow for quick and accurate tracking of inventory level and ordering of new inventory. The IT department
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Service Request SR-rm-022‚ Part 1 Hugh McCauley the COO of Riordan Manufacturing is requesting help with taking advantage of the more sophisticated state-of-the-art information technology systems that are already implemented in the Human Resources department. Mr. McCauley would like to combine these existing Human Resource tools into one integrated application. Riordan Manufacturing spans multiple locations including San Jose CA‚ Albany GA‚ Pontiac MI‚ Hangzhou China and all locations are accessing
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Student BSA/375 Instructor Date Service Request SR-rm-022 Riordan Manufacturing Riordan Manufacturing’s COO‚ Hugh McCauley wants to integrate the existing variety of HR tools into a single integrated application in all of Riordan Manufacturing plant locations. He states‚ “We would like to take advantage of a more sophisticated‚ state-of-the-art‚ information systems technology in our Human Resources department” (Riordan Manufacturing‚ 2006) It states on the service request that the project should
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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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Gap Analysis: Riordan Manufacturing Employee motivation is an issue that organizations face on a day to day basis. It can cause job dissatisfaction and turnovers for an organization. Organizations should develop strategies that would increase innovation‚ recognize the value of teamwork‚ and equally reward and motivate employees. How well an organization handles issues that may arise from employees can mean the difference between an energized‚ productive workforce and a languid non-productive
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Change Management and Communication Plan Abstract Riordan Manufacturing has decided to make a change to company’s customer management system. The company does not currently have any formal system for managing their customer information and has traditionally left this up to individual employees. This new system will require all employees to use one customer management system. Your team is now working to help Riordan implement this planned change. The team must come up with the best solution to
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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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