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    Barilla Case Report

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    SUMMARY Barilla SpA‚ an Italian manufacturer and world’s largest pasta producer that sells to its retailers largely through third-party distributors‚ experienced widely fluctuating demand patterns from its distributors during the late 1980s and Barilla suffered increasing operational inefficiencies and cost penalties. Brando Vitali‚ Barilla’s ex-Director of Logistics‚ proposed a Just-In-Time Distribution (JITD) system to counter this demand variation. This system required the distributors to share

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    patterns. In order to reduce the Bullwhip effect being experienced by Barilla‚ their supply chain would have to be Centralized. This solution allows Barilla to see end customer demand and eliminate costs involved with inventory‚ manufacturing‚ and transportation. JITD would allow Barilla to work directly with its distributors and create a flexible manufacturing process. By following the suggestions made in the plan of action‚ Barilla will succeed in influencing its distributors and Sales personnel to

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    Barilla Spa We need to regroup now and decide where to go with JITD. Is this type of program feasible in our environment? If so‚ what kind of customers should we target? And how do we convince them to sign up? Against Vitali’s proposal‚ “Just-in-Time Di stribution‚” met with significant resistance within Barilla. The sales and marketing organizations were particularly vocal in their opposition to the plan. A number of sales representatives felt that their responsibilities would be diminished if

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    Global Supply Chain Management Barilla SpA Case Discussion Questions 1-a The underlying causes of difficulty that the JITD program was created to solve were stock outs and high levels of inventory. These were both caused by demand uncertainty. There were several inefficiencies due to demand uncertainty; there were long lead times and it was costly for Barilla to try and quickly produce their products. They had poor forecasts due a poor flow of information which led to a bullwhip effect

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    statement How best to manage Academia to fit into Barilla’s long-term strategy and need for growth. Situation analysis 3C Company  Barilla Largest Italian food company in the world. Best-selling pasta brand in the United States Strongest brand name in Italy. Dry pasta and several bakery categories in Italy. While also pasta sauces for the U.S. market.  Academia Barilla Feeling the limitation of growing the business with only pasta and sauce. Launched in 2004 to preserve‚ develop‚ and promote authentic

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    Barilla Spa (a)

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    BARILLA SpA (A) Table of Contents Part One: Executive Summary 3 Part Two: Immediate Issue 4 Part Three: Systemic Issues 4 Part Four: Qualitative Analysis 5 Part Five: Alternatives 6 Part Six: Recommendation 8 Part Seven: Recommendations Implementation Plan 9 Part Eight: Monitor and Control 10 Part One: Executive Summary In order to respond to extreme demand variability and incidents of high stock out rates Barilla is currently applying pressure to both its’ manufacturing and logistics

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    ASSIGNMENT 2: BARILLA SPA INTRODUCTION Barilla SpA (Barilla)‚ is an Italian manufacturer that sells pasta to retailers largely through third-party distributors. Barilla has been experiencing widely fluctuating demand patterns from these distributors. Such unpredictable patterns are problematic because a specific sequence of pasta production is used that minimizes the incremental changes in kiln temperature in order to keep the changeover costs low and the product quality high. This process makes

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    Barilla SpA I think the main causes for large fluctuations in orders observed at the Pedrignano CDC are too frequent trade promotions‚ volume discounts‚ and distributors’ use of periodic review inventory systems. Collectively‚ Barilla experienced the bullwhip effect in its distribution network. With the use of trade promotions to push product into the grocery distribution network‚ Barilla distributors could buy as much product as desired to meet current and future needs. Without a ceiling in order

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    Homework 2 Barilla Case Reading 1.Is there any evidence that Barilla faces the bullwhip effect? If so‚ what causes of the bullwhip effect are present? Yes‚ there are some evidences that Barilla is facing the bullwhip effect. The following causes are presented as below. 1) Demanding forecast. Since safety stock‚ as well as the base-stock level‚ strongly depends on these estimates‚ the user is forced to change order quantities‚ thus increasing variability. Lead-time. It is easy to see

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    Barilla SpA (A) Case Study: Just-in-Time for Delays The Barilla SpA (Society of Stockholders) was established in 1875. Barilla is considered the largest pasta producer in the world. The company was successful through the years but debt would overwhelm the company and require it to be sold in 1971; however‚ in eight short years the company would be sold back. Giorgio Maggiali‚ the director of logistics‚ struggled to make a change that he considered would take the company to the next level. The Just-in-time-distribution

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