at www.myomlab.com. ❯ ● Operations management is the activity of managing the resources which are devoted to the creation and delivery of services and products. It is one of the core functions of any business‚ although it may not be called operations management in some industries. ● Operations management is concerned with managing processes. And all processes have internal customers and suppliers. But all management functions also have processes. Therefore‚ operations management has relevance
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Management Barilla Spa (A) Case Study Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Issues Identification 4 Environmental and Root Cause Analysis 4 Fluctuating Demand: 4 Resistance to Changes: 5 Alternative and/or Options 5 Alternative #1 – Continue to promote the Just-in-time Distribution (JITD) initiative 5 Alternative #2 – Eliminate product focus sales strategies 5 Recommendations and Implementation 6 Monitor and Control 6 Executive Summary Sales representatives at the Barilla SpA
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What is operations management? Operations management is an area of management concerned with overseeing‚ designing‚ and controlling the process of production and redesigning business operations in the production of goods and/or services. It involves the responsibility of ensuring that business operations are efficient in terms of using as few resources as needed‚ and effective in terms of meeting customer requirements. It is concerned with managing the process that converts inputs (in the forms
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Macroeconomic Impact on � PAGE * MERGEFORMAT �9� Running head: MACROECONOMIC IMPACT ON BUSINESS OPERATIONS Macroeconomic Impact on Business Operations University of Phoenix� This paper will address the how the monetary policy has an impact on the factors of macroeconomics‚ such as gross domestic product (GDP)‚ interest rates‚ inflation‚ and unemployment. According to the Federal Reserve‚ the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Open Market Committee shall maintain
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Barilla SpA Case Study Barilla SpA‚ the world’s biggest pasta manufacturer‚ has continuously experienced problems with increased costs and inefficiencies in their operation. The fluctuations in demand have caused Barilla SpA’s manufacturing costs‚ inventory costs‚ and distribution costs to go up. Issues that influenced the demand fluctuations are the discounts Barilla SpA offers on both price and transportation‚ the compensations for sales representatives that is based on the volume of goods they
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Barilla SpA‚ world’s largest manufacturer of pasta based in Italy is experiencing extreme demand variability resulting to operational inefficiency and increased cost. To combat the key issues stated my decision is to implement the Just In Time Distribution (JITD). This new system‚ contrary to current system Barilla has will eliminate Bullwhip effect and stock outs by having centralized information‚ there will be data transparency between Barilla and distributors. Distributors will
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[Type the company name] | Barilla Sp(A) Case Study | | | | | Barilla JITD Case Study Just in time distribution (JITD) was designed to address the fluctuating demand of products that created additional costs in production‚ scheduling‚ and transportation. Barilla was to blame for several of these underlying problems. For example‚ Barilla offered transportation discounts‚ volume discounts‚ 10-12 promotions throughout the year‚ as well as no maximum or minimum constraints on orders
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Barilla SpA Case Table of Contents Executive Summary 2 Issues Identification 3 Environmental and Root Cause Analysis 3 Alternatives or Options 4 Recommendation and Implementation 5 Monitor and Control 6 Conclusion 6 Executive Summary Barilla’s high stock out rates along with large average inventory numbers are the main reasons why Maggiali is looking to continue on with Vitali’s dream of implementing the Just In Time Distribution system. However‚ faced with great external resistance
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CASE STUDY BARILLA SpA (A) Report on Supply Chain Inventory Management TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary 3 Issue Identification 4 Issue Identification & Root Cause Analysis 5 Alternatives and options 7 Recommendations 9 Implementation 10 Monitor And Control 11 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Barilla SpA (Barilla)‚ is an Italian largest pasta manufacturer in the world manufacturer that
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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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