Journal of Vacation Marketing http://jvm.sagepub.com/ Staying in the spa marketing game: Trends‚ challenges‚ strategies and techniques Kimberly R. McNeil and Edna J. Ragins Journal of Vacation Marketing 2005 11: 31 DOI: 10.1177/1356766705050841 The online version of this article can be found at: http://jvm.sagepub.com/content/11/1/31 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com Additional services and information for Journal of Vacation Marketing can be found at: Email Alerts: http://jvm
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Executive Summary Barilla SpA‚ an Italian pasta manufacturer‚ is experiencing greater levels of inefficiencies and rising costs due to variability in demand from its distributors. In order to restore things to order and to improve margins‚ Giorgio Magialli‚ the Director of Logistics at Barilla wants to implement a Just-In-Time Distribution (JITD) system that was proposed by his predecessor Brando Vitali. This system is completely different from the existing setup and is being opposed by both the
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Barilla SpA Case Study Define the Problem: Describe the type of case and what problem(s) or issue(s) should be the focus for your analysis. Type: Supply Chain Problems/Issues: - Extreme demand fluctuations – week-to-week variation in distributors order pattern‚ strained Barilla’s manufacturing and logistics operations: high inventory‚ stock out‚ low fill rate to customers. - Pressures to manufacturing in terms of production lead-time and availability of the product - High inventory cost
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domestically over 2000 pasta manufacturers in Italy. Declining margins. * Pasta market is extremely price sensitive. * Barilla is the market leader in Italy and is the industry’s largest manufacturer. * Supply chain represents approximately 55-58 calendar DOH of dry goods (30 in the CDC‚ 14 at the Distributor‚ 11-14 at the Supermarket or Independent Shops) Competitive Strategy * Barilla is the largest pasta manufacturer in the world (35% of market in Italy and 22% of market in Europe) * Also 29% of
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Barilla SpA (A) Case Study Analysis 2 Diagnose the underlying causes of the difficulties that the JITD program was created to solve. What are the benefits and drawback of this program? Brando Vitali‚ Barilla’s director of logistics‚ proposed the idea of Just-In-Time Distribution (JITD) in the 1980’s as an alternative to Barilla’s traditional practice of delivering products to their distributors (Hammond‚ 1). Instead of distributing Barilla’s products based on the orders the distributors
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Barilla SpA currently must decide the logistic planning of its future production and distribution systems. The company is suffering from issues dealing with fluctuating demand from distributors‚ and the lack of end user sales and demand information. Brando Vitali‚ the former director of logistics for Barilla‚ suggested the use of a Just-In-Time Distribution (JITD) system in order to fix these issues. After much resistance from distributors and Barilla employees itself‚ a decision as to whether
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Here is the report on “A new business plan” That you assigned us to prepare. This report will provide you with information regarding our business that is on “spa” We have collected and studied the relevant information for preparing this report. we have enjoyed a lot during our report writing‚ as it required studying details about spa industries in Bangladesh. We hope that this report will meet your requirement. We would be glad to furnish any further clarification in this regard‚ if needed
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The Relaxing Touch Day Spa Relaxing Touch Lane Maui‚ Hawaii 96720 800-555-2121 realxingtouchds.com relaxtouch@thebestspaever.com Table Of Contents Owners statement................................................2 Executive summary...............................................3 Purpose‚ Priorities and goals..............................4 Business Description............................................5 Marketing......................................................
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adding spa into their lifestyle preferences. The spa industry in Singapore is booming since 2003 ( Verikios‚ 2007). Competition can be either direct or indirect that will affect the overall potential for success of your business. Competitors within the spa industry include the following: Direct competition would be companies offering similar products and services. Direct competitors for Banyan Tree spa include (not limited): Spa Elements at The Cathay Ikeda Spa Aramsa
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In today’s hectic life and busy routines‚ beauty spa treatments for your skin and body are very important to keep you going. Unfortunately despite knowing the wonders these beauty spas‚ we hardly pull out enough time for them amid our nick-of-time schedules. Due to the busy schedules‚ home spa is considered as the wonderful relaxing idea where you can enjoy with your friends in a pampering and soothing environment. The importance of beauty spa treatments is simply undeniable to increase the beauty
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