Just-in-Time Delivery system. JITD will resolve the increasing operational inefficiencies and cost penalties that have resulted from large week-to-week variations in Barilla’s distributors order 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
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Barilla Case Study There are some issues currently faced by Barilla. One is that demand fluctuates extremely because distributors order weekly and it is hard to predict the demand on a weekly basis. Another is that there is a significant pressure to manufacture because lead-time and perishability of product vary so much. It’s very hard to speed up the process because each type of pasta requires specific heat and humidity level to dry them properly. In addition‚ Barilla has to make both dry
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Upon analysis of Barilla’s proposed implementation of the Just-In-Time Distribution (JITD) model‚ it appears that the JITD proposal is attempting to minimize the bullwhip effect phenomenon on the pasta manufacturer’s supply chain. The bullwhip effect is seen as one moves upstream in the supply chain from the retailer to the distributor to Barilla’s central distribution centers (CDC) to Barilla’s plants – the farther one moves upstream‚ the greater the volatility in demand. This demand fluctuation
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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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Name: ABDELRAHIM Abdelrahim Barilla’s Key Success Factors Barilla was founded in 1870. Barilla sells Pasta‚ Sauce and biscuits all over the world Barilla started with a small bakery Barilla made pasta with eggs Retain good management: - Since Barilla was created it is governed by a family. - Barilla left the artisanal zone and entered the industrial domain in 1910. - In terms of quality‚ Barilla’s pasta is with eggs - The family leaves a marge of liberty for the managers but main
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Barilla SpA * The spaghetti incident - Maastricht University School of Business and Economics International Executive Master of Finance and Control 20 April 2012 Course – Logistics Prof. Dr. Allard van Riel Pauline Henselmans Jetse van de Kamp Ze Zhu Thiago Barros de Oliveira Rene Lorrier Contents 1. Reasons for the increase in variability in demand in Barilla’s supply chain 3 1.1 Distributed inventories‚ local optimization 3 1.2 Lack of inventory information and
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SUMMARY Barilla SpA‚ an Italian manufacturer and world’s largest pasta producer that sells to its retailers largely through third-party distributors‚ experienced widely fluctuating demand patterns from its distributors during the late 1980s and Barilla suffered increasing operational inefficiencies and cost penalties. Brando Vitali‚ Barilla’s ex-Director of Logistics‚ proposed a Just-In-Time Distribution (JITD) system to counter this demand variation. This system required the distributors to share
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Barilla SpA (A) Christel Bou Farhat Notre Dame University 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? In your answers‚ consider the Barilla and distributors points of view (400-500 words). * Barilla’s Supply Chain suffered from the bullwhip effect that was mostly caused by the demand fluctuations and damaging the company’s manufacturing and distribution system. This fluctuating
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Barilla SpA (A) Case Study: Just-in-Time for Delays The Barilla SpA (Society of Stockholders) was established in 1875. Barilla is considered the largest pasta producer in the world. The company was successful through the years but debt would overwhelm the company and require it to be sold in 1971; however‚ in eight short years the company would be sold back. Giorgio Maggiali‚ the director of logistics‚ struggled to make a change that he considered would take the company to the next level. The Just-in-time-distribution
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