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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sophisticated analytical tools for determining order quantities. As a result‚ it is difficult to forecast the accurate demand. 2. What are the costs of fluctuation? (10 points) When there is fluctuation on the demand‚ it is very difficult to Barilla‚ as the manufacturer of many different products with different
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BARILLA SpA CASE ANAYLSIS XUELAI (ANDY) HU Contents Executive Summary 2 Issue Identification 3 Environmental and Root Cause Analysis 4 Alternatives or Options 6 Recommendations and Implementation 6 Monitor and Control 8 Executive Summary Barilla SpA‚ a large vertical integrated corporation that makes pasta and bread products is experiencing rising costs due to extreme variability in demand from its distributors. In order to improve company’s sale margins‚ Giorgio Magialli
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Inc. o In 1979 Grace sold the company back to the original owner (Pietro Barilla) - Barilla had a successful return - ANNUAL GROWTH RATE OVER 21% - In 1990 Barilla made up o 35% of pasta sold in Italy 32% Barilla brand 3% market share Voiello & Braibanti brand o 22% in Europe o Barilla held 29% share of Italian bakery-products market - In 1990 Barilla organized into 7 divisions o 3 pasta divisions Barilla Voiello Braibanti o Bakery Products Division Manufacturing medium
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Case Memo – Barilla SpA Student #: 68979111 Giorgio Maggiali‚ as director of Logistics for Barilla SpA‚ was acutely aware of the growing burden that demand fluctuations imposed on the company’s manufacturing and distribution system. In order to address this issue‚ he proposed the innovative idea of Just-‐in-‐Time
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ACADEMIA BARILLA- HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL CASE STUDIES Parma‚ Italy - January 31‚ 2007 - Harvard Business School has selected Academia Barilla for an in-depth look into its business in the prestigious annals of Harvard Business School’s business case studies. Less than three years after its founding‚ Academia Barilla is one of the few Italian companies to ever get chronicled by Harvard. The Harvard Business School business case study for Academia Barilla recounts the last 10 years of the development
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Barilla SpA Case Study Barilla SpA‚ the world’s biggest pasta manufacturer‚ has continuously experienced problems with increased costs and inefficiencies in their operation. The fluctuations in demand have caused Barilla SpA’s manufacturing costs‚ inventory costs‚ and distribution costs to go up. Issues that influenced the demand fluctuations are the discounts Barilla SpA offers on both price and transportation‚ the compensations for sales representatives that is based on the volume of goods they
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Executive Summary As per our conversation 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
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CASE ANALYSIS OF BARILLA SPA Problem seen in Barilla SpA by Giorgio Maggiali-Director of logistics is the demand fluctuations imposed on the company manufacturing & distribution system. Brando Vitali which was an earlier Director of logistics in Barilla SpA proposed an idea of Just- in- time distribution (JITD) for this problem. Instead of Distributors giving orders according to them‚ company should deliver its products on time by its own logistics system on the basis of end consumer needs. By
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Case Presentation Barilla SpA Introduction Company & Industry background • World’s largest pasta producer in 1990 • Pasta Share - 35% in Italy and 22% in Europe Channels of Distribution • Products divided in 2 categories – “Fresh” and “Dry” • Fresh Products had 21 day Shelf Lives • Dry Products had Long ( 18 to 24 Months) or Medium(10 to 12 weeks) Shelf Lives • Retail Outlets – Small independent The Issue • During the late 1980s‚ Barilla suffered increasing operational inefficiencies and
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