Riordan Manufacturing Inc.

Management Review1

By: B. Dresen, J. Jimenez, J. Gracia, D. Kirkland

Contents

• Overview• Human Resources

– Human Resources Information Systems– Recommendations

• Legal– Employee– Production– Non Production– Suggestions

• Operations and Logistics– Systems– Recommendations

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Overview

• Plastic Injection molding Industry leader.• Employs 550 people globally.• Locations in USA (GA, MI, CA) and China

(Hangzhou).• Projected annual sales of $46 million.

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Human Resources Information Systems (Current)

• Excel based, only one person can access file at a time.

• Information manually input.• Data changes are submitted by writing.• Different people keep the system up to

date.• No data backup system and no security.• No central location for information

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Human Resources Information Systems (Recommendation)

• Implement PeopleSoft– Positive ROI due to efficiency.– Can integrate with Financials, CRM, HR.– Allows organized and traceable information.– Secured: Multi level access and roles– Implement globally integrating whole

organization.– Centralized data location.– Digital information.

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Legal

• Business requires strategic risk assessment management tactics.– Laws affecting company’s

• Assets• People• Money

– Monitor and react to changing laws.• Production• Non-production• Employee

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Legal: Employee

• U.S. and China laws are different.• Laws

– Wages– Work safety– Equal opportunity

• Authorities– Department of Labor (DOL)– Occupational Safety and Health

Administrations (OSHA)7

Legal: Production

• U.S. Customs Law regulate– Import / Export– Procedures– Penalties– Tariff statutes

• Product litigation– Defects– Personal injury

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Legal: Non-production

• Monopoly laws regulate– Trade and commerce– Quality goods at reasonable prices

• Environmental protection laws– Vary from country to country.

• Consumer laws• Intellectual property• Other: Criminal, tort, contract, tax.

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Legal: Suggestion

• Current law and regulation awareness– Local and from the countries they do business

• Employee rights• Product laws• International laws

• Review current systems to comply with legislations

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Operations and Logistics

• Formed by:– Product Development

• Detail engineering• Market analysis• New products

– Quality• Comply to standards• Quality assurance

– Logistics• Product schedule• Shipping and receiving• Freights

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Operations and Logistics: Systems

• Inventory System– Material reception and usage– New inventory (sub-assembly and final product)

• Customer shipping and billing system– Customer order information– Shipment information and tracking

• Both systems are maintained manually– Information is captured on paper– Clerk enters information into system

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Operations and Logistics: Recommendations

• Implement system to store all inventory, order and shipment information.– Data gathering through hand held devices

• Scan– Arriving and used material– Sub assemblies and final products while fulfilling orders

• Implement RFIDs or Barcode to track– Inventory levels and location

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References

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Apollo Group, Inc. (2007). Riordan Manufacturing Retrieved May 22, 2009, from:https://ecampus.phoenix.edu/secure/aapd/cist/vop/Business/Riordan/Finance/RioFandA001.htm

Department of Labor (2009) March 11, 2009, Retrieved June 6, 2009 http://www.bls.gov/cps/minwage2008.pdf

Free Online Research Papers Copyright (© 2005-2009) Retrieved June 6th 2009 from http://www.freeonlineresearchpapers.com/riordan-international-marketing-plan

Import and Export Laws Transportation (Copyright © 1996-2001) LAWDOG.COM Publishing, Inc. Retrieved June 6th 2009 from http://www.lawdog.com/transport/export/export1.htm

IMR TestLabs Litigation (2009) Litigation Retrieved June 6th 2009 From http://www.imrtest.com/industries_we_serve/litigation/index.html

References

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PeopleSoft Planet © 2008 Nnigma, Inc. Retrieved May 23, 2009 From: http://www.peoplesoft-planet.com/whatispeoplesoft.html

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West’s Encyclopedia of American Law (Copyright 1997) West Group. Retrieved June 6th 2009from http://iris.nyit.edu/~shartman/mba0101/trust.htm