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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| | | | | | | | | | Good and poor examples of executive summariesThis is a GOOD example from an Accounting & Finance assignment. Footnote Executive Summary This report provides an analysis and evaluation of the current and prospective profitability‚ liquidity and financial stability of Outdoor Equipment Ltd. Methods of analysis include trend‚ horizontal and vertical analyses as well as ratios such as Debt‚ Current and Quick ratios. Other calculations include rates of return
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Barilla SpA is suffering from a problem of their own making - their distribution system is overly complex. That complexity is causing them to be unable to respond to their widely varying customer demand. Their customers‚ distributors‚ are forced to hold high inventories while simultaneously enduring stockouts on average of 7%‚ all because Barilla can’t rationalize their own processes to handle variability in demand. Barilla’s manufacturing process is long and inflexible. Given the high variability
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What historical factors affect Ford’s ability to move to a built to order (BTO) model? Few of the historical factors affecting Ford’s ability to move to BTO are as follows: 1. Large number of suppliers: The fundamental issue for Ford is the management and control of their large database of their business partners‚ particularly suppliers and sub-suppliers. Unlike Dell‚ which has only about 50 suppliers‚ Ford has several thousand suppliers and operates in a more complex network of business
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to implement at Barilla. It was in response to the significant fluctuations in sales demand that Barilla was experiencing from their distribution centers. Exhibit 12 in the case shows how volatile the ordering could be. It looks very unpredictable using their current method of distribution‚ which is causing excess inventory and stockouts. By nature‚ their pasta products experience waves of high and low demand. Seasonal and promotional fluctuation was making it hard for Barilla to correctly forecast
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patterns. In order to reduce the Bullwhip effect being experienced by Barilla‚ their supply chain would have to be Centralized. This solution allows Barilla to see end customer demand and eliminate costs involved with inventory‚ manufacturing‚ and transportation. JITD would allow Barilla to work directly with its distributors and create a flexible manufacturing process. By following the suggestions made in the plan of action‚ Barilla will succeed in influencing its distributors and Sales personnel to
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The below is the case study report of Nestle company. In order to present this report‚ the above table of contents will be followed one after the other starting with the introduction to Nestle. 1.Introduction to Nestle. Nestle is the biggest food and beverage company established in 1866 by Mr Henri Nestle. It has its headquarters in Vevy‚ Switzerland but operates in Europe‚ America‚ Asia and Africa with 281‚000 employees. Nestle is known for its milk based products‚ Ice cream‚ prepared dishes
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NIGHTINGALE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FOR CURRENT COMPLIANCE STATUS FOR INFECTION CONTROL STANDARDS UNDER JAHCO. May 07‚ 2011 Nightingale Community Hospital Mission Nightingale Community Hospital provides professional care that ensures total security and satisfaction to those who wish to benefit from our care. Out of concern
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In addition‚ Executive Management should promise to study and then modify the sales-force management practices to more closely match the current size of the company. These changes will actively encourage the sales-force to continue providing the “industry leading” customer service they have provided‚ monitor very closely that none of the sales-force works any uncompensated hours‚ and implement both sales and non-sales time for clocking-in. Furthermore‚ Executive Management will provide
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Executive Summary (Revamped) This consultant report relates to CanGo’s attempt to explorer new business outcomes to increase the capacity of the organization throughout the electronic gaming industry which is rapidly growing much larger. According to‚ market research and analysis firm DFC Intelligence expects global games industry revenues to rise from $60.4 billion in 2009 to $70.1 billion in 2015. The importance’s of our consultant firm are to analysis and make recommendation to increase revenues
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