BARILLO CASE In 1987 Brando Vitali‚ then Barilla’s director of logistics‚ had expressed strong feelings about finding an alternative approach to order fulfillment. At that time‚ he noted‚ "Both manufacturers and retailers are suffering from thinning margins; we must find a way to take costs out of our distribution channel without compromising service." Vitali was seen as a visionary whose ideas stretched beyond the day-today details of a logistics organization. He envisioned an approach that would
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Continuing Case CH 1 1. She graduated from college two month ago. She is living with her parents to save money and begin to pay off her student loan. She is working at a local company. She currently has a $15‚000 student loan and $2‚000 of credit card debt. In my opinion‚ her short term goal is purchase used car‚ pay off credit card debt‚ and establish saving plan. Her long term goal is pay off $15‚000 of student loan and invest for retirement savings. She planning to move out within one year
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NewGrade Energy Case Study Summary of the company: The case study of NewGrade Energy is based on data analysis from 2009. A privately owned company located in Regina‚ Saskatchewan that operates heavy oil upgrader‚ The Company’s ownership structure consists of the Government of Saskatchewan and Federated Co-Operatives Limited each owning 100% of the company and Crown Investment Corporation (CIC) and Consumer’s Co-Operative Refineries Limited (CCRL) both owning 50% (Ivey‚ 2009). At the time
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auto-producing customers ➢ Rising automible production in asia and other emerging markets presents an opportunitu fo the larger multinational supplier to increase sales and profits ➢ China‚ for example‚ is important both as a source of low-cost parts to ship abroad‚ as well as for local market vehicle demand Defining a strategy: o She announced a dramatic restructuring o TAP manufactured two core product lines—electronics and interiors—in four customer-centered divisions: luxury‚ economy‚ midpriced
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ADDITIONAL CASES CASE 8.4 CONTINUATION OF THE TEXAGO CASE STUDY Reconsider the case study presented in the supplement to Chap. 8 (on the CD-ROM) involving the Texago Corp. site selection problem. Texago management has tentatively chosen St. Louis as the site of the new refinery. However‚ management now is addressing the question of whether the capacity of the new refinery should be made somewhat larger than originally planned. While analyzing the site selection problem‚ the task force had
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the business and the customer to pin-point where the package is located prior to its final destination. • Provides a history for the business. • Keeps the network between distribution centers alive and integrates trucking‚ airplane‚ and ship-based data. 2. What and where does information need to be collected and where does it go as part of the process to support the tracking of UPS shipments? [table] UPS Information for shipment process Required info Where info is collected How it’s
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wait for 2 weeks in order to get their products Specialty products: - manufacturing is the problem that leads to high inventory - customers are unsatisfied at the customer service representatives’ for not having any steel in the warehouse to ship - specialty attempted to manufacture its products in a single plant - division wants to exploit EOS in production and to rely on the logistic network to distribute the product nationwide (3 plants that produce 6 different production line) *
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Bibliography: * DePamphilis D. (2007)‚ ‘‘Mergers‚ Acquisitions‚ and Other Restructuring Activities: An Integrated Approach to Process‚ Tools‚ Cases‚ and Solutions’’‚ fourth edition‚ Elsevier/Academic Press: San Diego. * Damodaran A. (2005)‚ ‘‘The Value of Synergy’’‚ available at: http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~adamodar/pdfiles/papers/synergy.pdf‚ accessed on April 02‚2011 * Giddy I * ‘‘Value/EBITDA
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De La Salle Professional Schools Inc. Peachtree Securities‚ Inc. (B) A Case Analysis Submitted to: Prof. Benel Lagua In Partial Fulfillment of the Course Requirement In Financial Management Submitted by: Cheng‚ Cindie Domo-ong‚ Kathleen Mendoza‚ Elissa Santos‚ Ana Liza Group 4 August 28‚ 2010 After a successful lecture on risk and return‚ Laura Donahue‚ a recently hired utility analyst for Peachtree Securities‚ Inc.‚ was tasked by its president‚ Jack Taylor‚ to determine the value
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Table of Contents Case- 01 2 Liz Claiborne Upgrades Its Information Systems 2 Case- 02 4 Farmers Insurance Finds Higher Revenue and Lower Claims in Information 4 Case- 3 6 Fedex applies Telecommunications in package delivery 6 Case- 04 8 Gerber Develops System to Manage Customers’ Inventory 8 Case- 05 10 Flow chart identification 10 Case- 06 11 Developing a Wireless Net to Improve Customer Service 11 Case- 07 12 eBay a leading E-Commerce 12 Case- 08 14 Success of Amazon
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