Production Plan for Riordan Manufacturing

Paper Summary:

The paper examines the Riordan virtual organization's supply chain process and analyzes the material plan requirements as well as the supply chain process for the China location. The paper identifies bottlenecks in the supply chain process that are inefficient and shows how using lean processes and just-in-time inventory for custom orders will improve the company's efficiency.

Outline:
Introduction
Strategic Capacity Planning
Lean Production
Supply Chain Process
Bottleneck
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"The Hangzhou, China location for Riordan is a decentralized unit that manufacturers electronic fans for sale to purchasers around the globe. Its unique role is the ability to offer special custom fans and equipment to its buyers. Using strategic capacity planning, several bottlenecks in the process are apparent.
""Capacity planning is a process to predict the types, quantities, and timing of critical resource capacities that are needed within an infrastructure to meet accurately forecasted workloads." (Schiesser, 2004). Capacity planning involves the inputs of a company compared to the outputs. Riordan's manufacturing process overview outlines the inputs and outputs of different departments. Raw materials go to the receiving department and are then processed and sent to the molding department or become byproducts. The molded parts are then turned into inputs for the trimming department or discarded as by products. The trimming components go to the assembly department; the assembled pieces go to packaging, packaged pieces then finally go to shipping."

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