ASP (Application Service Providers) URGENT

Cancelled Posted Dec 19, 2013 Paid on delivery
Cancelled Paid on delivery

Write and Submit an ORIGINAL 1,050-1,750 word paper.

Read the following company background:

For the past eight months, Riordan’s executive management team has struggled to establish new business goals that involve the IS and IT departments. Specifically, they have been unable to link attributes aside from costs with IS and IT activities, and have found it difficult to find value in general IS and IT activities. In addition, the recently hired CIO has been so consumed with work that she has not addressed this critical issue.

Also, executives have struggled to find sufficient IS and IT support for various pieces of the business. The executive team at Riordan feels that—since the new CIO came on board—IS and IT costs have increased without concomitant value to the bottom line. The executive team wants support of various enterprise resources, customers, and general business functions, such as accounting and human resources; however, they also want to see how IS and IT systems bring tangible value to these aspects of the organization.

Finally, Riordan executives have heard that some competitors have used ASPs (Application Service Providers) to outsource IS and IT functions, some to India or the Dominican Republic, and they want to see whether there are efficiencies or savings by doing so.

[ASP is an organization that provides a contractual service to deploy, host and manage applications for customers remotely from a centralized location].

Include sections that address the following issues:

• Analyze the ASP model and other outsourcing models as they apply to Riordan, to understand outsourcing as an option. Provide the potential success or downfall of each, including partial outsourcing, single-application ASP support, or network systems outsourcing.

• Compare a centralized-versus-distributed-server model as an in-house implementation to cut costs. Determine the viability of both as they apply to Riordan—to understand keeping IS/IT functions in-house. Provide the pros and cons of each as they pertain to various business support systems.

• Identify the value each implementation provides, and make a recommendation about which support systems should be operated in-house, which should be outsourced, and which methods of outsourcing should be used.

• Identify how the organization will measure value of each implementation on an ongoing basis. Describe the process or method the IS and IT departments will use to provide continuing value to the organization.

o Include a synopsis of your conclusions and recommendations to the Riordan executives.

References required.

Riordan Manufacturing is a "virtual" company. If you have questions, or need more information - ASK!

Additional information on what they do, and provide:

Riordan Manufacturing is a global plastics manufacturer employing 550 people with projected annual earnings of $46 million. The company is wholly owned by Riordan Industries, a Fortune 1000 enterprise with revenues in excess of $1 billion.

Its products include plastic beverage containers produced at its plant in Albany, Georgia, custom plastic parts produced at its plant in Pontiac, Michigan, and plastic fan parts produced at its facilities in Hangzhou, China. The company's research and development is done at the corporate headquarters in San Jose. Riordan's major customers are automotive parts manufacturers, aircraft manufacturers, the Department of Defense, beverage makers and bottlers, and appliance manufacturers.

History

The company was founded by Dr. Riordan, a professor of chemistry, who had obtained several patents relative to processing polymers into high tensile strength plastic substrates. Sensing the commercial applications for his patents, Dr. Riordan started Riordan Plastics, Inc. in 1991.

Initially, the company's focus was on research and development and the licensing of its existing patents, but in 1992 Dr. Riordan obtained venture capital which he used to purchase a fan manufacturing plant in Pontiac, MI. At that time, the company's name was changed to "Riordan Manufacturing, Inc." In 1993, the company expanded into the production of plastic beverage containers when it acquired a manufacturing plant in Albany, GA.

The company's most recent expansion took place in 2000 when it opened its operations in China. At that time, the entire fan manufacturing operation was moved from Michigan to China and the Pontiac, MI facility was retooled for the manufacture of custom plastic parts.

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