Financial Systems Offshore Outsourcing Project Plan for Riordan Manufacturing, Inc.
Financial Systems Offshore Outsourcing Project Plan for Riordan Manufacturing, Inc.
Table of Contents
Executive Summary 3
Project Objective 4
Mission Justification 4
Project Description and Task Management 5
Resource Requirements 6
Project Communication Plan 6
Change Management Plan 7
Risk Management 8
Project Measurement 10
Best Practices 11
Project Closure Process 12
Project Audit Process 13
Project Summary 13
References 15
Financial Systems Offshore Outsourcing Project Plan for Riordan Manufacturing, Inc.
Executive Summary
Riordan Manufacturing, Inc., with corporate headquarters in San Jose, California, acquired three production facilities: located in (a) Pontiac, Michigan, (b) Albany, Georgia, and (c) a joint venture in Hangzhou, China. Currently, none of the offices use the same financial and accounting software. Although this situation remains transparent to customers because each office maintains its own invoice, billing, and payments system; Riordan needs to achieve seamless compatibility among all offices to comply with new government reporting requirements and to streamline labor intensive general ledger and income statement and balance sheet consolidated closure each month. To achieve these business objectives Riordan plans to outsource its financial and accounting processes to an offshore location. Technology offshore outsourcing can be ...