Riordan Human Resource Request
Riordan Manufacturing is a Fortune 1000 company based out of San Jose California. They are an industry leader in plastic molding and specialize in manufacturing plastic bottles, producing custom plastic parts, heart valves, plastic medical tools, and fans. Riordan went global in the year 2000 moving its fan manufacturing plant to China, here they produce fans for appliances, aircraft and automobiles. They operate three stateside factories, and each factory is specialized in what they produce for Riordan's customers. The plant in Albany Georgia manufactures plastic bottles for beverage companies, Detroit Michigan has been tooled to produce custom plastic products such as heart valves and stints, and San Jose is the home of Riordan's research and development team as well as Cooperate Headquarters.
Due to recent expansion and an aging computer business system Hugh McCauley, the chief operating officer has put in a request for the IT department to analyze the HR system and integrate the existing variety of tools in use today into a single integrated application. With the widespread use of computers to mange manpower, "Management of HR is especially important in a knowledge-based economy, where ideas and expertise are greatly valued and a creative and innovative workforce is necessary to meet the challenges of this new economy It is thus necessary for firms to have highly skilled human capital to provide them with a competitive edge" (Teo, Soon, Fedrick, 2001, para.2). In order for Riordan's HR department to successful mange their people they will be required to make improvements to their HRIS business system. The contents of this proposal will define the business requirements for the development of an HR system ...