ACADEMIA BARILLA- HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL CASE STUDIES Parma‚ Italy - January 31‚ 2007 - Harvard Business School has selected Academia Barilla for an in-depth look into its business in the prestigious annals of Harvard Business School’s business case studies. Less than three years after its founding‚ Academia Barilla is one of the few Italian companies to ever get chronicled by Harvard. The Harvard Business School business case study for Academia Barilla recounts the last 10 years of the development
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Q1. Based on the data in case Exhibit I‚ what inferences can be drawn from the survey responses regarding the herbal shampoo category? As per Exhibit 1 the following inferences can be drawn from the survey regarding herbal shampoo category: * The respondents felt that herbal shampoos need to be used in large quantity for lather and that the protein content is important for making hair strong‚ shiny and soft. * Respondents chose their shampoo based on their hair type and texture. * They feel that
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Aloha products Aloha Products is a United States-based coffee-processor company that has been providing non-specialty and low-priced coffee for over a hundred years. It purchases the raw materials or what buyers and sellers refer to as “green coffee” from brokers and trade firms then processes the coffee and sells the final product to customers. Large companies such as Nestle and P&G directly import the unprocessed or green coffee beans from coffee plantations in tropical countries such as Brazil
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Barilla Business Case Group 6 Principal challenges and opportunities for Barilla In the 90s the focus of big food companies was on aggressively conquering supermarkets’ shelf space with the aim of increasing the depth and breadth of consumers’ spending. The 21st century food purchasers‚ however‚ seem to possess profound nutrition knowledge. They consider the quantity of fats‚ sugars and preservatives. This situation creates a unique opportunity for Barilla to become the worldwide Ambassador
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Problems Q.1 Consider a five-year coupon bond with a face value of $1000 paying an annual coupon of 15%. (i) If the current market yield is 8%‚ what is the bond’s price? (ii) If the current market yield increases by 1% what is the bond’s new price? (iii) Using your answers to part (i) and (ii) ‚ what is percentage change in the bond’s price as a result of 1% increase in interest rates. Q.2 Consider the following FI balance sheet: M. Match Ltd Assets | Liabilities | 2 –year Treasury bond
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Problem/Situation Merloni Elettrodomestici SpA (Merloni) is a major Italian manufacturer of built-in and freestanding Home appliances. Merloni’s distribution network consists of five manufacturing plants‚ a centralized warehouse‚ and seventeen regional warehouses. During the past few years‚ Merloni has been successful in implementing programs that have significantly reduced production-planning lead times and decreased inventory levels. Particularly‚ with the implementation of an A-B-C inventory classification
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perspective of Barilla and an independent distributor. What kind of products might such a program is best suited for? The pasta supply chain suffered high inventory levels at each segment of the supply chain; stock-outs at the distributor’s level and the customer’s demand variability magnified the problem. Availability of demand information at store levels is hard to get. A JITD system utilizes a vendor-controlled inventory scheme to combat a distribution problem of Barilla SpA. It eliminates
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BARILLA CASE REPORT Table of Contents Executive Summary Part 1 Executive Summary Issue Identification Part 2 Fundamental Issues Part 3 Systematic Issues Environmental & Root Cause Analysis Part 4 Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis Alternatives and or Options Part 5 Alternatives Recommendations Part 6 Recommendations Implementation Part 7 Recommendations and Implementation
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