PLANNING AND OPERATING A RESORT BASED SPA: Introduction: The purpose of this research is to provide information for owners‚ operators and developers of resorts who are thinking about adding a spa to their property or project. The definition of a resort‚ in the context of this research is a place where guests visit for recreation‚ health and pleasure. The location is very important and resorts can be found in places such as beaches‚ mountains‚ lakes‚ tropical settings or in areas
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Barilla Spa We need to regroup now and decide where to go with JITD. Is this type of program feasible in our environment? If so‚ what kind of customers should we target? And how do we convince them to sign up? Against Vitali’s proposal‚ “Just-in-Time Di stribution‚” met with significant resistance within Barilla. The sales and marketing organizations were particularly vocal in their opposition to the plan. A number of sales representatives felt that their responsibilities would be diminished if
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Barilla SpA was founded in 1875 by Pietro Barilla and has evolved into a large‚ vertically integrated corporation with flour mills; pasta and bakery factories located throughout Italy and is a global leader in producing and selling a multitude of these goods. Review of this case study shows a core problem of weekly demand fluctuations in the distribution order patterns which impacted manufacturing and other chains in the system. The fluctuations brought increasing operational inefficiency and cost
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A.NAME OF THE BUSINESS The new business to be established shall be named Ocean Fish Spa. It will be the only spa that will be established here in the cordillera that will be using a natured way –without using any chemicals or drugs –of cleaning and relaxing a body. This spa will be using a fish specifically termed as Garra Rufa. The Garra rufa fish‚ or "doctor fish"‚ originates in the river basins of the Northern and Central Middle East‚ mainly in Turkey‚ Syria‚ Iraq and Iran. This fish is famous
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González Gómez Organizational Theory External factors When mentioning external factors that conspire to affect an organization we can take into account environmental uncertainty‚ organizational size and structure‚ government‚ raw materials‚ human resources‚ markets‚ economic conditions of the country‚ financial resources‚ technology‚ and a few more that truly create a challenging and complex operating environment. And the real impact is that all of them affect organizational performance as well because
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Barilla Spa (A) Case Questions 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? 2. What conflicts or barriers internal to Barilla doe the JITD program create? What causes these conflicts? As Giorgio Maggiali‚ how would you deal with these? 3. Why are Barilla’s customers so resistant to the JITD idea? How might Maggiali be more successful in persuading customer to at least try
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Barilla SpA is suffering from a problem of their own making - their distribution system is overly complex. That complexity is causing them to be unable to respond to their widely varying customer demand. Their customers‚ distributors‚ are forced to hold high inventories while simultaneously enduring stockouts on average of 7%‚ all because Barilla can’t rationalize their own processes to handle variability in demand. Barilla’s manufacturing process is long and inflexible. Given the high variability
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attitudes. Academic performance is affected by different factors. We cannot deny the fact that these factors could really affect the student’s academic performance. Some students who are influences by peer groups or barkadas tends to cutting class which may results their low academic performance. The peer factors like smoking may cause disease that would become hindrance to their success and this differs from other insight about those factors and their purpose and existence. Beginning at birth‚ the
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students to learn there are several factors that must be considered. Most of these factors are external; they deal with social or cultural values. Also‚ it may be determined by the school’s environment as well as the teachers and administrators that teach them. Still‚ another important factor falls upon the student’s ability and willingness to learn. Here are several factors that can affect the way a student learns during these formidable years. SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS Students come from various backgrounds
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come to one place to seek help‚ the spa. Today’s spa is a center for healing and nourishing mind‚ body‚ and spirit. People go to spas for fitness‚ stress management‚ peace of mind‚ pampering and pleasure‚ and health and wellness. Spas are everywhere. According to the International Spa Association (ISPA)‚ the number of spas in the United States grew at an annual rate of 21% from 1995-1999 and continues to show strong growth. The size of the U.S. spa industry in 2001 was estimated at 9‚632 locations;
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