Riordan Manufacturing and Effective Approaches for Implementation

Riordan Manufacturing and Effective Approaches for Implementation

Introduction

Riordan Manufacturing is one of the leading manufacturers of plastics. Its main operating functions involve the ordering of raw material, storing it, and shipping the finished product to customers. The manufacture fans of Riordan are based on customer demand, at China location. Its current goal is to increase its sales to existing as well as potential customers. Further, its manufacturing plant of electric fans in China is majorly based on the forecast of the production of previous year and also depends on the quantity of demand by customers who also prefer customized products (University of Phoenix, 2010).

Considering all these challenges and the anticipated joint venture of Riordan with its business partners in China, requires the company to implement strategies or systems that can support them to meet these requirements. The new proposals for improved manufacturing designs of the electric fans and the new systems like ERP or MRP should be considered for implementing in order to achieve the goal of successful joint venture and increasing the sales for current as well as potential customers.

Discussion

Riordan Manufacturing needs to consider implementation of different systems and programs in order to achieve its goal like anticipated joint venture with Chinese business partners, sales increase, or the efficient manufacturing of electric fans. In order to achieve this goal the company can implement effective systems and programs like ERP, MRP, or TQM.

The Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system can help the company Riordan to link and coordinate all of its business operations, enhance processes, and eliminate bottlenecks. This can be done by controlling all of its business functions like sales, logistics, human resources, financial reporting, and others. As the business operations will be integrated, this platform can also make it easier to manage ...