Executive Summary Giorgio Maggiali is the director of Logistics for Barilla and was appointed to this position when his predecessor Brando Vitati was promoted. Vitati had proposed a Just in Time Delivery (JITD) model for Barilla. Vitati has commented on the “thinning margins” the industry was experiencing and the need to “take costs out of our distribution channel without compromising service”. He felt operations could be improved if Barilla was responsible for determining the quantities and delivery
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Med Spa Frisco : Laser Skin Resurfacing Treatments for a Smoother Complexion Several procedures available at a med spa Frisco improve an uneven complexion. Blotches‚ scars‚ lines and wrinkles age you and prevent you from putting your best face forward. People can renew their complexions with safe laser skin surfacing treatments‚ including Fraxel ™ and Fractora™. These procedures are usually performed in a matter of minutes in a medical aesthetic facility‚ and patients resume their normal routine
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March 26‚ 2012 Strictly Private and Confidential Gregory Dalle Director‚ EMEA Mergers & Aquistitions Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited One Cabot Square London E14 4QJ Paul Klepetko Director‚ US Mergers & Aquistitions Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC Eleven Madison Avenue New York 10010 3629 NY Final offer for the acquisition of 100% stake in Ansaldo Sistemi Industriali S.p.A. (“ASI” or the “Company”) Dear Mr. Dalle and Mr. Klepetko Thank you for your letter dated
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Barilla –Supply Chain Inventory Management Barilla TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 ISSUES IDENTIFICATION 3 ENVIRONMENTAL AND ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS 3 ALTERNATIVES AND/OR OPTIONS 3 RECOMMENDATION AND IMPLEMENTATION: 3-4 Executive Summary: In an attempt to control inventory swings‚ reduce costs‚ and improve sales we have introduced the JITD initiative. This initiative has been a failure
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Positioning • High end spas in the cruise line industry catering to individual customers are concern of using natural organic products. Product Strategy • As the product is 100% organic‚ it creates a niche branding image which actually will speak for the brand of the product itself. Pricing • Price of each product will be more expensive because they are not doing mass production due to retain the freshness of each batch of product. • Low advertising cost where 60% of what customer paid
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and Barilla’s Sales and Marketing Department. Barilla Spa‚ an Italian pasta manufacturer‚ is experiencing amplified levels of inefficiencies and rising costs due to variability in demand from its distributors. In order to bring things back and to improve its margins. I have studied the reasons for this opposition by several facts and have suggested recommendations. I suggest that in order to condense the Bullwhip effect being experienced by Barilla‚ their supply chain would have to be centralized
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In the spa industry‚ there are different types of customers to do treatment‚ such as the teenager‚ adult and the senior‚ they have different reasons to use the spa service‚ such as want to do stretching‚ relax‚ reduce pressure‚ etc. And choose them base on their age. For the treatment that is provided‚ it has divided into 6 groups‚ they are hot therapies‚ cold therapies‚ water therapies‚ touch therapies‚ relaxation therapies and exercises. First‚ for the hot therapies‚ its include sauna‚ steam
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ARISE: A Destination-for-a-Day Spa OVERVIEW The ARISE: A Destination-for-a-Day Spa case describes how a spa going through the business development stage is struggling with employee turnover as well as has been operating at a loss for the past two years. ARISE‚ the spa in question‚ was built on the business strategy of differentiation which emphasizes employee-customer relationships. Within these relationships‚ ARISE employees act as Personal Wellness Coaches (PWC) helping clients create “integrated
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children being enticed to feel young and pampered from spas that have specialized in creating specific spas and programs for young children to partake in. At this current time‚ the society should be against child spas because they distracts children from what a youth should really be preparing for and the cost could go towards better options‚ such as‚ education and future college planning. In addition‚ this idea is being expressed in the article “Child Spa” by Paul Rudnick which is stating the public’s obsession
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I. Background The spa market is one of the fastest growing leisure sectors‚ where societal trends and aspirations find instant reflection in the developments on both the demand and supply side. The market is very fragmented‚ each segment catering for different customer needs‚ which continuously change in line with social and lifestyle changes. It is becoming increasingly clear that although the spa industry is growing dramatically‚ there is an increasingly wide divide between the niche‚ specialist
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