Najib abdi DSCI 434 3/24/2011 Barilla SpA Case Study 1. Diagnose the underlying causes of the difficulties that the JITD program was created to solve. What are the benefits and drawbacks of this program? One of the underlying causes of the difficulties that the JITD program was created to solve was the effects of inconsistent demand that came from Barilla’s distributors. The extreme demand variation strained Barillas manufacturing and logistics‚ and made very hard for Barilla to meet that demand
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logistics at Barilla who has been working on the concept started Brando Vitali who was his predecessor. This was the Just-In-Time-Distribution (JITD) concept as an extension of the Just-In-Time Manufacturing concept developed at Toyota. This basically toyed with the idea of delivering its products to its distributors as per Barilla’s customer demand projections and workload on its manufacturing and logistics systems. The core problem addressed in this case is – “How to effectively implement JITD by resolving
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last week I would like to revisit the idea originally brought to life by Brando Vitali before he was promoted to head one of our company’s new divisions overseas. In order to address the issue which will be a direct result of introduction of JIT Distribution system‚ I would like to present the issues and my recommendations to you before our meeting with Marconi’s executives to discuss JITD proposal. As the meeting is scheduled for the of November I would like to hear your thoughts on JITD before the
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Law is a term which does not have a universally accepted definition‚ but one simple definition to sum it up is that law is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior. The law affects politics‚ economics and society in various ways and serves as a social arbitrator or intermediates of relations between people. Ethics according to Miriam Webster’s dictionary on the other hand can be defined as a system of moral principles. Our key word being
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1. What are the causes of fluctuation? (20 points) Fluctuation of Raw Materials Pasta is produced with various types of raw material‚ including wheat and egg. If the supply of raw materials has high level of fluctuation‚ (which may be caused by weather condition or cost of raising chicken) then the production and supply of pasta will be influenced. Diverse Product Category Barilla’s products are divided into Fresh products and Dry products. The demand for these two distinct
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Barilla SpA (A) Case Analysis Teona Omiadze‚ Nino Tskhvariashvili‚ Mari Zaridze School of Economics‚ Business and Administration of the University of Georgia Instructor: Natia Zedgenidze Tbilisi 2011 Table of Contents Executive Summary……………………………………………………………….3 Introduction………………………………………………………………………..4 Problem Description……………………………………………………………….5 External and Internal Resistances to JITD program……………………………….9 Solution…………………………………………………………………………....11 Recommendations to the
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KNOW YOUR CUSTOMER (KYC) NORMS / ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING (AML) STANDARDS (RECENT UPDATES) Shell Bank: Shell Bank is a bank which is incorporated in a country where it has no physical presence and is unaffiliated to any regulated financial group. Shell banks are not permitted to operate in India. Banks should refuse to enter into a correspondent relationship with a ’shell bank’ Money mules: “Money mules” can be used to launder the
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Barilla was first founded in 1875 by Pietro Barilla in Parma‚ Italy. Pietro’s son led Barilla through momentous period of growth and in 1940s‚ he passed Barilla to his own sons namely Pietro and Gianni. As time passed by‚ Barilla evolved from its modest beginnings into a large‚ vertically integrated corporation with factories spread throughout Italy. The expansion of existing businesses both in Italy and other European countries as well as the acquisition of new and related businesses had enabled
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