Riordan
Manufacturing
Process Design
LINDA NICHOLS, STACEY KAISER, TONI TOVAR, URMIL SALVI, AND VICTOR MORALES
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Current Process Design Flowchart
Forecast of electric fan
sales
Raw materials ordered and
shipped to plant
Manufacturing
process Inventory
Sales transactio
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Figure 1: Riordan Manufacturing Process Design
Custom Made
Shipped to customer Schedule
Six Sigma New Design Process
Bottlenecks
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Electric motors
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Plastic Polymers
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Injection Molding Machines
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Fan blades
Bottlenecks, cont’d
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FedEx
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Safety Stock of polymers materials
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Product Duty Classification Codes
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United States Bureau of Export
An implementation plan
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Research & Development
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Prototype
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Plastic Mold Template
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Raw Materials
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Plastic Molding
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Assembly
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Packaging
References:
• Six Rules For An Effective Kanban System. (2014). Retrieved from
http://www.processexcellencenetwork.com/lean-six-sigma-
business-transformation/articles/what-is-kanban/)
•University of Phoenix. (2013). Riordan Manufacturing. Retrieved from