Just-in-Time is an inventory management philosophy that aims to reduce inventories by implementing systems and processes to supply a product or service exactly when it is needed‚ and how it is needed in the production process. The concept of JIT is widely accepted today by many American manufacturing companies‚ and it is a means of controlling costs through striving to maintain lean inventories—in fact‚ the concept of JIT was introduced in the early 1980’s to the U.S. as a concept know as “zero
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Just in Time Production at Hewlett-Packard‚ Personal Office Computer Division Question 1: Should it be easier to run JIT effectively on the 150 than on the 120? Explain. It would be easier to run JIT effectively on HP-150 referring to the information given in the beginning of the case. HP-150 needs less number of parts and in the end it will be need less inventory. There are 20000 active part numbers for HP-120 and its options vs 450 part numbers for HP-150. HP-150 also needs less suppliers (200
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Background In 1875‚ Barilla was founded in Parma‚ Italy by Pietro Barilla. In the 1940’s the company was passed on two his two sons who led the company through a really strong period of growth. During this time the company transformed into a vertically integrated corporation and chose to distinguish itself through robust branding. Expansion of the company drove the Barilla brothers into debt‚ where they were decided to sell the company to an American firm. However‚ years later the Barilla brothers were
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Barilla Case ____________________________________________________________ ______________ Overview of Barilla Barilla appears to be in a commodity industry‚ suggesting flat demand. Barilla positions themselves as the branded‚ premium‚ dry pasta. Their order qualifiers are consistency and quality‚ and their order winners are brand recognition and variety in shapes. In fact their product line is extensive – 800 products. However‚ Barilla faces demand fluctuations that strain their
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What are the reasons for the increase in variability in Barilla’s supply chain? Barilla gave volume reductions for the merchants ordering capacity fully loaded quantities‚ in turn causing merchants to place more supply orders than necessary leaving their inventory levels high. This meant that the retailers did not have to order as often due to high inventory rates on hand. There is also a weekly change in customer demand for the pasta produce. The lack of information to customer demand data in
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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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A.NAME OF THE BUSINESS The new business to be established shall be named Ocean Fish Spa. It will be the only spa that will be established here in the cordillera that will be using a natured way –without using any chemicals or drugs –of cleaning and relaxing a body. This spa will be using a fish specifically termed as Garra Rufa. The Garra rufa fish‚ or "doctor fish"‚ originates in the river basins of the Northern and Central Middle East‚ mainly in Turkey‚ Syria‚ Iraq and Iran. This fish is famous
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aims to be the premier health spa in alapuzha city‚ Kerala. Through a unique combination of offered services and products‚ we will quickly gain market share. Our spa will provide customers with a relaxing‚ rejuvenating atmosphere where all of our mind and body needs can be met.. Products and Services our spa is devoted and focuses in accelerating health through our wide variety of mind and body healing services and products. The health spa business is devoted to providing holistic methods of
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Barilla SpA (A) Case Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Issue Identification and Root Case Analysis 4 Alternatives and Options 7 Recommendations and Implementation 8 Monitor and Control
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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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