Riordan Business Systems

Riordan Manufacturing is an international plastics manufacturer that currently employs 550 people with projected annual earnings totaling approximately $46 million. The company is completely owned by Riordan Industries which is a Fortune 1000 enterprise with revenues of up to $1 billion. The company’s merchandises consists of plastic beverage containers that are produced at its plant in Albany, Georgia; custom plastic parts are manufactured at its plant in Pontiac, Michigan; and plastic fan parts are created at its facilities in Hangzhou, China ("Riordan Manufacturing", 2013).

Riordan manufacturing is a very large company with facilities in many locations around the World. With any company with this size Riordan must have a system in place that is able to keep track of significant amounts of information. Such as Employee names, time sheets and a variety of other important information. This system should be able to have a central location so that stores all of this information and can be accessed not only by the corporate office but at each location as well. There are many functions that a new and improved system should provide. Such as inventory control, tracking of shipments into and out of the warehouses, and the receiving of such items to our costumers. These requirements are essential to the growth of Riordan Manufacturing.

Riordan Manufacturing is a global plastics manufacturer with facilities located in: Albany Georgia, Pontiac Michigan, Hangzhou China, with a research and development department located in San Jose California. This establishment has produced an annual earning of forty-six million dollars. Riordan Industries, which is the sole owner of Riordan Manufacturing, is a Fortune 1000 enterprise with revenues in excess of one-billion dollars.

In order to create a successful business plan, we first conducted a needs analysis and put together a list of recommendations that could be used to help the company. Riordan Manufacturing would like to reduce costs and materials across all plants. The introduction phase involves the evaluation of the current

Riordan manufacturing has requested its information technology areas of telecommunication and network s he focus is on security and efficiency that Riordan manufacturing has encountered. The System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) method includes analysis needs and availability of

• Review the intranet site for Riordan Manufacturing including Human Resources – Organizational Charts, Employee Files, etc., and Sales & Marketing –

Riordan Manufacturing should switch to using Microsoft Dynamics CRM. Microsoft Dynamics CRM is a Customer Relationship Management program that focuses on customer records, sales, marketing, help desk, inventory and customer order management, make financial data available for planning and regulatory compliance, automate routine functions so employees can focus on critical tasks, help minimize the costs and complexities of administering salaries, benefits recruiting and performance management, provides greater visibility into aspects of performance factors such as profitability and potential issues, and meet industry-specific needs with functionality for upward business processes (Microsoft, 2013). Specific parts of the software, such as human resources (for payroll, etc.) can be added on an as-needed basis.

Riordan currently operates four manufacturing plants; three located in the United States (San Jose, California; Pontiac, Michigan; and Albany, Georgia) and one overseas (Hang Zhou, China). Each plant contains the same basic departments, to include Sales and Marketing, Operations, Finance and Accounting, Information Technology (IT), Legal, and Human Resources. There are a few things we

Riordan Manufacturing Industries is a worldwide manufacturer of plastics who employs 550 employees and they are a Fortune 1000 enterprise. Presently, there are three sites that they manufacture from in Hangzhou China they manufacture fan parts made out of plastic. In Pontiac, Michigan they create plastic parts for customer and in Albany, Georgia they produce plastic beverage container. On the other hand

Goals associated with the achievement of the scope include•Having a database that contains human resource data from each of Riordan's Manufacturing plants•Create a unified HRIS located at Riordan's headquarters in San Jose, California in which all plants have access.

Riordan Manufacturing has three manufacturing plants located in Georgia, California, and Michigan plus a joint venture in the People’s Republic of China. Currently, each has a separate finance and accounting system. Their information is sent to the Corporate Office in San Jose where is combined. Basic components of each finance and accounting system include:

Riordan Manufacturing and its parent company Riordan industries are both performing strongly and though there are some definite flaws apparent in human resources management at Rordan Manufacturing the company is still poised to take advantage of many different competitive strategies depending on a larger environmental assessment. Internally, a very health profit margin and growing sales numbers are generating substantial returns for the company, and the current ratio as well as the total asset to liabilities ratio are enormously high. This in and of itself suggests some possible strategic moves for the company in the coming months and years. The new technologies that are being adopted and the new equipment purchases that are estimated to generate long-term savings and performance improvements also demonstrate part of the strategic course that Riordan might already be taking in order to position itself as a more competitive player in the market.

Riordan would be able to manage data, text, and document management as a communication simplicity tool. As in any company, data is an informational asset that brings in earnings, investing in data management. Simply spoken, it helps to raise customer relationship management (CRM), while cutting expenses. This type of database will enable increased speeds for locating the products the customers want. It will reduce, considerably, the unauthorized purchases, and improve the efficiency in the operation, helping to also reduce errors in customer purchases. Part of the restructuring, would involve a need for Riordan implement consolidating software applications for all of the branches.

* Businesses can access, understand, and respond to information quickly and effectively (“Advantages and Disadvantages of Information Systems,” 1999).

Following the progressive changes and in achieving high quality operations in my organization, the management has considered upgrading its IT equipment, especially the computers. Several methods of upgrading have been proposed such as leasing the old equipment of purchasing whole new sets of equipment.