Though Barilla products are heavily advertised but Sales and Marketing strategies are pushing more product down the supply chain. Trade promotions‚ sales incentive system‚ lack of input information of demand forecasting‚ long lead time (10- 14 days) to full fill the order etc. made the distributor’s order pattern so volatile. Our logistics department is trying to implement JITD‚ encountered by huge resistance from internal and external sources. As per our business model‚ to solve this problem
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What would be your dream destination if you do not need to worry about the budget and time? Sun‚ sand and sea‚ a thousand ‘Robinson Crusoe’ islands‚ massive lagoons with different depths and infinite shades of blue and turquoise‚ dazzling underwater coral gardens; a perfect natural combination for the ideal tropical holiday destination. However there is more to the Maldives than just that. Mal Dives comprises 1‚190 coral islands‚ forming an archipelago of 26 major atolls on Southwest
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2013 To: Brendan Smith President‚ Spa Works From: Vice President‚ IS Subject: Advisory committee members – Integrated IS system for Spa Works As per our discussion‚ I have compiled the list of people to be part of the advisory committee responsible for the new IS system to be implemented at Spa Works. These people will be the link between business and development needs of the new system. This project is being undertaken to streamline Spa Works reporting structure for better internal
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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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[Type the company name] | Barilla Sp(A) Case Study | | | | | Barilla JITD Case Study Just in time distribution (JITD) was designed to address the fluctuating demand of products that created additional costs in production‚ scheduling‚ and transportation. Barilla was to blame for several of these underlying problems. For example‚ Barilla offered transportation discounts‚ volume discounts‚ 10-12 promotions throughout the year‚ as well as no maximum or minimum constraints on orders
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ACE WATER SPA Case Background Ace Water Spa is a resort-type spa that offers traditional massage services through the use of hydrotherapy systems that utilize water jets in order to provide water therapy to its guests. It first opened in Del Monte Ave.‚ Quezon City in 2005. It prides itself as the Philippines’ first ever European therapeutic spa concept. It is a spacious spa that has 20 unique and fully automated Ultrasonic Massage System equipped with therapeutic aquatic jets that helps customers
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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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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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Introduction Iloilo city is the gateway to Guimaras Island. An island province of the Philippines located in the Western Visayas region. Among the smallest provinces‚ its capital is Jordan. The island is located in the Panay Gulf‚ between the islands of Panay and Negros. To the northwest is the province of Iloilo and to the southeast is Negros Occidental. Guimaras was a sub-province of Iloilo until it was made an independent province on May 22‚ 1992. The people of Guimaras are considered as Guimarasnon
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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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