Case Barilla SpA (A) Discussion Question 1. Answer these questions about the Barilla case study; a. Diagnose the underlying causes of the difficulties that the JITD program was created to solve. What are the benefits of this program? The main underlying cause of the difficulties that the JITD program was created to solve is the effect of fluctuating demand which can be divided the root causes as per below. * Transportation Discounts * Volume Discounts * Promotional Activities
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Barilla SPA Operations & supply chain management Case study 2012 1 Is there any evidence that Barilla faces the bullwhip effect? If so‚ what causes of the bullwhip effect are present? Barilla has two products lines‚ “dry products representing 75% of sales” and “fresh products representing 25% of sales”. Products are shipped from plants to one of the two central distribution centers (CDCs). Each CDC held about a month’s worth of dry product inventory. There are three types
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Med Spa Frisco : Laser Skin Resurfacing Treatments for a Smoother Complexion Several procedures available at a med spa Frisco improve an uneven complexion. Blotches‚ scars‚ lines and wrinkles age you and prevent you from putting your best face forward. People can renew their complexions with safe laser skin surfacing treatments‚ including Fraxel ™ and Fractora™. These procedures are usually performed in a matter of minutes in a medical aesthetic facility‚ and patients resume their normal routine
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dividends account is closed to the Income Summary account in order to properly determine net income (or loss) for the period. 10. After closing entries have been journalized and posted‚ all temporary accounts in the ledger should have zero balances. 11. Closing revenue and expense accounts to the Income Summary account is an optional bookkeeping procedure. 12. Closing the dividends account to Retained Earnings is not necessary if net income is greater than dividends during
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4-1 4 Income Statement Usefulness Predicting future performance. 4-2 Evaluate past performance. Help assess the risk or uncertainty of achieving future cash flows. Income Statement Limitations Companies omit items that cannot be measured reliably. 4-3 Income is affected by the accounting methods employed. Income measurement involves judgment. Income Statement Quality of Earnings Companies have incentives to manage income to meet or
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Depreciation Expense |Accumulated Depreciation | |Year 1 |$30‚000 |$30‚000 | |Year 2 | 30‚000 | 60‚000 | |Year 3 | 30‚000 | 90‚000 | Double Declining | |Annual Depreciation Expense
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│A Spa Proposal for The T Hotel│ Introduction: This assignment provides an opportunity for students to learn how to write a proposal for an established hotel spa that caters to the needs of senior hotel guests specifically. Through this proposal students will have an opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge in spa operations and management. Targeted Outcomes: This assessment is designed to assess students’ achievement of the following Module Intended Learning Outcomes: 1. Trace the origin of spa
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Maintain Order at Their Expense There are a vast number of different cultures in our world‚ but one thing stays the same among them all: each culture defines a certain set of rules‚ or “norms.” Society shapes the way people who belong to a particular group or area live and interact. Those who act differently and violate these imposed set of rules ultimately deviate from this norm and are therefore shunned away. Because these people are condemned or looked down upon‚ they act as bad examples to
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Barilla SpA is an Italian pasta manufacturer comprised of 7 divisions: 3 pasta‚ bakery‚ bread‚ catering‚ and international. By 1990‚ Barilla had become the largest pasta manufacturer in the world. The company ships its pasta to one of two central distribution centers (CDC) where it is bought by individual supermarket distributors called "grande distribuzione" (GD for larger supermarkets) and "distribuzione organizzata" (DO for smaller‚ independent supermarkets). During the late 1980s‚ the distributors
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Balance Sheet and Income Statement Commentary Michael Turner BSA 500 – Business Systems I July 24‚ 2013 Simon Chen Balance Sheet and Income Statement Commentary Balance Sheets and Income Statements is an approach to review the overall financial status of the company. We will be reviewing four companies in different industries’ balance sheet and income statements. With a technique to combine the statements we will be able to evaluate the companies’ income‚ expense and stockholder’s equity in the
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