Systems Development Analysis Riordan Mfr
...of Phoenix
James Kape
March 9, 2005
Systems Development Analysis
Riordan Manufacturing is a plastics company. They have several markets and two factories. Riordan has requested that Team B complete an analysis and evaluation for the development of a Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP) system to track and manage raw materials and finished products. The goal is to reduce cost for raw materials and finished goods.
To do a complete evaluation Team B will identify the current process being used by Riordan and do an analysis on it. They will be looking for areas in which steps can be removed or changed. They will be looking for areas of duplication or possible missed steps. They will focus on eliminating unnecessary purchases at too high of prices. They will build purchase processes in which partnering with vendors may create deep cost cuts based on volume purchases. Team B will also focus on the movement of completed products and evaluate the time to market. Recognizing that until the products are delivered Riordan cannot bill their customers. Team B will assess the current mode of moving the items from the factory to the customer sites.
The final measurement of the completed project will be the percentage of savings quantifiable over a year as well a projected savings over a three-year period. Was money saved on raw materials as well as was the time to market for finished goods minimized? Will Riordan be able cut the time in their current purchase to billing interval? Those items will be used to determine a measurable success.
Given there is no way to interview the company staff due to time constraints and logistics, Team B gathered the companies existing systems documentation. They also requested the company's financials, network drawings, and historical documents. The following briefly outlines the findings.
In 1991 Dr. Riordan founded Riordan...
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