Overview• Introduction• About Riordan• Environmental Scanning, Strategy Formulation, Strategy Implementation, and

Evaluation & Control• Strategic plan for Riordan. Why it’s important?• Role of ethical and social responsibility in Riordan’s strategic management

plan.• Competitive advantages & strategies used to improve innovation and

sustainability.– Domestic and International applications.

• Measurement guidelines to verify strategy effectiveness.• Internal dynamics along with cultural and structural leadership.

– Influence on business continuity• Assessment and Feedback Controls• Altering the strategic plan: when and how?• Conclusion

– Explain and Justify the teams decisions for the strategic plan chosen, using research and understanding!

Ethics & Social Responsibility

• Make the products a donation item (% of sale donation)

• Use recycled material to make products and use excesses trimming

• Use environmentally friendly disposal methods

• Bio-degradable plastics products

• Improve international – working conditions, benefits, and wages

Competitive Advantages

Domestic operations• Innovators of the plastic industry with use of polymer• Very cheap plastic raw material to make the plastic

products• Taking over a suppliers operation (backward integration)• Recycle excess materials International operations• Build international manufacturing conditions

– work conditions, benefits, and wages – Quality products, operational efficiencies, and profitability

Strategies

• Vertical growth strategy- backward integration (Polymer Supplier)

• Differentiation- add a unique feature of a product or service that set apart from the competition (Polymer)

• Low-cost leadership- The over operation of the product at a low cost throughout the manufacturing processes.

• About

• History

• Founder

Conclusion

• Explain & Justify the decision made by the team for the strategic plan chosen using research and understanding!!

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