Barilla SpA (A) Christel Bou Farhat Notre Dame University 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? In your answers‚ consider the Barilla and distributors points of view (400-500 words). * Barilla’s Supply Chain suffered from the bullwhip effect that was mostly caused by the demand fluctuations and damaging the company’s manufacturing and distribution system. This fluctuating
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Management Barilla SpA‚ the multinational pasta maker‚ has a long-standing tradition – founded in 1877 by Pietro Barilla in Parma‚ Italy‚ it remains privately held by the fourth generation of Barilla family. The company’s portfolio includes Barilla‚ Mulino Bianco‚ Pavesi‚ Voiello‚ Alixir in Italy‚ as well as the Wasabröd (Sweden)‚ Misko (Greece)‚ Filiz (Turkey)‚ Yemina and Vesta (Mexico) trademarks abroad. The consolidated revenue of the Barilla Group – which includes Barilla and Lieken – increased
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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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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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ASSIGNMENT 2: BARILLA SPA INTRODUCTION Barilla SpA (Barilla)‚ is an Italian manufacturer that sells pasta to retailers largely through third-party distributors. Barilla has been experiencing widely fluctuating demand patterns from these distributors. Such unpredictable patterns are problematic because a specific sequence of pasta production is used that minimizes the incremental changes in kiln temperature in order to keep the changeover costs low and the product quality high. This process makes
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Background In 1875‚ Barilla was founded in Parma‚ Italy by Pietro Barilla. In the 1940’s the company was passed on two his two sons who led the company through a really strong period of growth. During this time the company transformed into a vertically integrated corporation and chose to distinguish itself through robust branding. Expansion of the company drove the Barilla brothers into debt‚ where they were decided to sell the company to an American firm. However‚ years later the Barilla brothers were
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What are the reasons for the increase in variability in Barilla’s supply chain? Barilla gave volume reductions for the merchants ordering capacity fully loaded quantities‚ in turn causing merchants to place more supply orders than necessary leaving their inventory levels high. This meant that the retailers did not have to order as often due to high inventory rates on hand. There is also a weekly change in customer demand for the pasta produce. The lack of information to customer demand data in
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see in this exhibit? Your analysis should consider full range of implications to the entire channel‚ and not just Barilla. Per exhibit 12 the impact of order fluctuations are as follows: - Creates a bullwhip effect at Barilla. - Resource and material planning becomes cumbersome and inefficient. - Might increase the lead time because of the bullwhip effect. - Reduces overall operational efficiency. - Reduces the overall profitability due to reduction
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Barilla SpA Case Table of Contents Executive Summary 2 Issues Identification 3 Environmental and Root Cause Analysis 3 Alternatives or Options 4 Recommendation and Implementation 5 Monitor and Control 6 Conclusion 6 Executive Summary Barilla’s high stock out rates along with large average inventory numbers are the main reasons why Maggiali is looking to continue on with Vitali’s dream of implementing the Just In Time Distribution system. However‚ faced with great external resistance
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The Art of War Sun Tzu (Translator: Lionel Giles) Published: -514 Categorie(s): Non-Fiction‚ Philosophy‚ History‚ Military Source: http://www.paxlibrorum.com/ 1 About Sun Tzu: Sun Tzu was a Chinese author of The Art of War‚ an immensely influential ancient Chinese book on military strategy. He is also one of the earliest realists in international relations theory. The name Sun Tzu ("Master Sun") is an honorific title bestowed upon Sun Wu‚ the author’s name. The character wu‚ meaning
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