Barilla SPA Operations & supply chain management Case study 2012 1 Is there any evidence that Barilla faces the bullwhip effect? If so‚ what causes of the bullwhip effect are present? Barilla has two products lines‚ “dry products representing 75% of sales” and “fresh products representing 25% of sales”. Products are shipped from plants to one of the two central distribution centers (CDCs). Each CDC held about a month’s worth of dry product inventory. There are three types
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before he was promoted to head one of our company’s new divisions overseas. In order to address the issue which will be a direct result of introduction of JIT Distribution system‚ I would like to present the issues and my recommendations to you before our meeting with Marconi’s executives to discuss JITD proposal. As the meeting is scheduled for the of November I would like to hear your thoughts on JITD before the end of this month so I can make appropriate changes to address any issues you might foresee
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incentives; and a lack of information on which to forecast demand. In addition‚ the increasing variability of Barilla’s dry pasta product (about 800 SKUs) intensifies all the problems mentioned-above. The growing pain caused by bullwhip–effect in Barilla’s dry pasta supply chain can not be ignored. High inventory levels in Barilla’s Central Distribution Centers (CDCs) and in its distributors’ distribution centers represent increasing financial burdens on both Barilla and its distribution partners. The
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Barilla SpA (A) Case Analysis Teona Omiadze‚ Nino Tskhvariashvili‚ Mari Zaridze School of Economics‚ Business and Administration of the University of Georgia Instructor: Natia Zedgenidze Tbilisi 2011 Table of Contents Executive Summary……………………………………………………………….3 Introduction………………………………………………………………………..4 Problem Description……………………………………………………………….5 External and Internal Resistances to JITD program……………………………….9 Solution…………………………………………………………………………....11 Recommendations to the
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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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Barilla was first founded in 1875 by Pietro Barilla in Parma‚ Italy. Pietro’s son led Barilla through momentous period of growth and in 1940s‚ he passed Barilla to his own sons namely Pietro and Gianni. As time passed by‚ Barilla evolved from its modest beginnings into a large‚ vertically integrated corporation with factories spread throughout Italy. The expansion of existing businesses both in Italy and other European countries as well as the acquisition of new and related businesses had enabled
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BARILLA SPA (A) BUSINESS CASE AS PRESENTED BY GIORGIO MAGGIALI TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary P2 Issue Identification P3 Root Cause Analysis P4-6 Alternatives and Options P7-9 Recommendations P10-11 Implementation P12-13 Monitor and Control P14 Exhibit P15 Executive Summary Barilla SpA (A) continues to be a market leader in pasta production. We are currently experiencing a growing burden of demand fluctuations for our dry pasta products putting extreme demand
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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 relationships. Ford didn’t had systematic plans for the supply of parts rather it has purchase cheaper parts on occasion of demands‚ resulting in complicated and diverse supply chains. Managing both suppliers and customers in a single efficient supply chain had always been a challenge for Ford. 2
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1. What are the causes of fluctuation? (20 points) Fluctuation of Raw Materials Pasta is produced with various types of raw material‚ including wheat and egg. If the supply of raw materials has high level of fluctuation‚ (which may be caused by weather condition or cost of raising chicken) then the production and supply of pasta will be influenced. Diverse Product Category Barilla’s products are divided into Fresh products and Dry products. The demand for these two distinct
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abdi DSCI 434 3/24/2011 Barilla SpA Case Study 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? One of the underlying causes of the difficulties that the JITD program was created to solve was the effects of inconsistent demand that came from Barilla’s distributors. The extreme demand variation strained Barillas manufacturing and logistics‚ and made very hard for Barilla to meet that demand. For
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