Riordan Manufacturing Process Design

Riordan
Manufacturing
Process Design
LINDA NICHOLS, STACEY KAISER, TONI TOVAR, URMIL SALVI, AND VICTOR
MORALES
OPS/571
RYAN DERRICKSON
SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Current Process Design Flowchart
Forecast of
electric fan
sales

Schedule
production
Raw
materials
ordered and
shipped to
plant

Manufacturing
process

Inventory

Sales
transactio
n
Custom
Made
Figure 1: Riordan Manufacturing Process Design

Shipped
to
customer

Six Sigma New Design Process
INVENTORY

DESIGN

PROCESS

Bottlenecks
• Electric motors
• Plastic Polymers
• Injection Molding Machines
• Fan blades
• Fan housings

Bottlenecks, cont’d
• FedEx
• Safety Stock of polymers materials
• Product Duty Classification Codes
• United States Bureau of Export
Administration (BXA)

An implementation plan
• Research & Development

• Prototype
• Plastic Mold Template
• Raw Materials
• Plastic Molding
• Assembly
• Packaging
• Shipping

Gantt Chart

References:
• Six Rules For An Effective Kanban System. (2014). Retrieved from
http://www.processexcellencenetwork.com/lean-six-sigma- businesstransformation/articles/what-is-kanban/)
•University of Phoenix. (2013). Riordan Manufacturing. Retrieved from
University of Phoenix, OPS571 - Operations Management website.