Current affirmative action programs rest on fundamentally incompatible principles that frustrate‚ rather than facilitate‚ the attainment of true educational diversity. The core problem is that universities have largely disregarded the only permissible goal of affirmative action programs—educational diversity —in favor of remedying past discrimination. In doing so‚ race and other immutable characteristics have become proxies for a diverse student body at the expense of the many factors that more
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Benefit Programs and Compensation Administration By: Janelle Bartlett Professor Rhonda Hess October 28th‚ 2012 Benefits and Compensation Introduction Employee benefits are one of the most driving measures for obtaining qualified employees. It is important for organizations to provide employees with not only hourly or salary wage but also other benefits that can make them more desirable to well qualified individuals. Organizations must be able to communicate all of the benefits to current
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Harvard Business School 9-694-046 Rev.JuneU‚ 1994 Barilla SpA (A) Giorgio Maggiali was becoming increasingly frustrated. As director of Logistics for the world’s largest pasta producer‚ Barilla SpA1‚ he was acutely aware of the growing burden that demand fluctuations imposed on the cornpany’s manufacturing and distribution system. Since his appointment in 1988 as Director of Logistics‚ he had been trying to make headway on an innovative idea proposed by Brando Vitali‚ who had served as Barilla’s
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The Advantages and Drawbacks of Recycling （Synthesis） Nowadays‚ recycling has become an indispensable part of people’s lives. It is necessary for the industry‚ the society‚ and the environment today. However‚ recycling is not a fad‚ and it has a long history when it can be recorded. Before the days of mass production‚ households recycled their material possessions as a need of economic. Recycling has been one of the growth industries of the 1970s‚ 1980s‚ and 1990s‚ and become one of the best
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Executive Summary Barilla SpA‚ an Italian pasta manufacturer‚ is experiencing amplified levels of inefficiencies and rising costs due to variability in demand from its distributors. In order to bring things back in order and to improve margins‚ Giorgio Magialli‚ the Director of Logistics at Barilla wants to implement a Just-In-Time Distribution (JITD) system that was proposed by his predecessor Brando Vitali. This system is entirely different from the existing setup and is being opposed by both
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culinary arts program or school‚ either because they want to pursue a culinary career or because they just want to learn to cook for their own enjoyment. Sometimes‚ though‚ people can be skeptical about whether a specialized culinary education‚ or even a few cooking classes‚ is really necessary. If you are in the latter group or considering which path to take for your culinary education‚ here are some important things one will learn when attending a culinary school. Culinary programs begin with the
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domestically over 2000 pasta manufacturers in Italy. Declining margins. * Pasta market is extremely price sensitive. * Barilla is the market leader in Italy and is the industry’s largest manufacturer. * Supply chain represents approximately 55-58 calendar DOH of dry goods (30 in the CDC‚ 14 at the Distributor‚ 11-14 at the Supermarket or Independent Shops) Competitive Strategy * Barilla is the largest pasta manufacturer in the world (35% of market in Italy and 22% of market in Europe) * Also 29% of
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Executive Summary Barilla SpA‚ an Italian pasta manufacturer‚ is experiencing greater levels of inefficiencies and rising costs due to variability in demand from its distributors. In order to restore things to order and to improve margins‚ Giorgio Magialli‚ the Director of Logistics at Barilla wants to implement a Just-In-Time Distribution (JITD) system that was proposed by his predecessor Brando Vitali. This system is completely different from the existing setup and is being opposed by both the
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Barilla spA case analysis Barilla SpA‚ an Italian pasta manufacturer‚ is experiencing amplified levels of inefficiencies and rising costs due to variability in demand from its distributors. The main problem addressed in this case is how to effectively implement JITD system suggested by Giorgio Magialli‚ the Director of Logistics by resolving the issue of gaining control over the fluctuating demand. Barilla has a very complex distribution network including independent third party distributors and
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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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