Executive Summary Giorgio Maggiali is the director of Logistics for Barilla and was appointed to this position when his predecessor Brando Vitati was promoted. Vitati had proposed a Just in Time Delivery (JITD) model for Barilla. Vitati has commented on the “thinning margins” the industry was experiencing and the need to “take costs out of our distribution channel without compromising service”. He felt operations could be improved if Barilla was responsible for determining the quantities and delivery
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Case Memo – Barilla SpA Student #: 68979111 Giorgio Maggiali‚ as director of Logistics for Barilla SpA‚ was acutely aware of the growing burden that demand fluctuations imposed on the company’s manufacturing and distribution system. In order to address this issue‚ he proposed the innovative idea of Just-‐in-‐Time
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Barilla spA case analysis Barilla SpA‚ an Italian pasta manufacturer‚ is experiencing amplified levels of inefficiencies and rising costs due to variability in demand from its distributors. The main problem addressed in this case is how to effectively implement JITD system suggested by Giorgio Magialli‚ the Director of Logistics by resolving the issue of gaining control over the fluctuating demand. Barilla has a very complex distribution network including independent third party distributors and
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Biological diagnoses are the product of technological‚ political‚ and cultural contexts that makes up sociocultural products. Furthermore‚ biological diagnoses creates new realities and ways of being for the patient who has been diagnosed with said disease/illness. An example of a biological diagnoses that demonstrates that it is a sociocultural product and that it shapes new realities would be celiac disease. Celiac disease is an immune reaction to eating gluten‚ a protein found in wheat‚ barley
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Case Analysis—Identifying the underlying issue or cause of the problem (not just the symptom of the problem) and avoid repeating case details. 1) What is the book “Harry Potter” about? NO: Harry Potter was walking along the street one day and walked into the train station…. (Don’t describe the story point by point. Don’t repeat the case details in the case analysis.) YES: “Harry Potter” is a magical story that pits good against evil… (sum up the issue) 2) I have an aching foot
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the key strengths and difficulties for individuals with Autism? Strengths Individuals with Autism have attention to detail which can help them learn things or perform other tasks effectively. Individuals with Autism like routines and this can help them organise their life and plan tasks needed to be done each day. Individuals with Autism have a have a special interest and people in their lives can interact with individuals with Autism through their interests. Difficulties People with autism cannot
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What were the Underlying Causes of World War I "War...is as much a punishment to the punisher as to the sufferer." Thomas Jefferson. World War I was no different. All throughout Europe‚ World War I severely punished both powerful and small countries alike. Ten million lives were lost from four long years of World War 1. This devastating war provoked people to examine the underlying causes of World War I. With all the European countries’
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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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The Underlying Causes of WWI WWI--the battle of the world: Bulgaria‚ Ottoman Empire‚ Austria-Hungary‚ Germany‚ Russia‚ Belgium‚ Great Britain‚ Japan‚ Romania‚ China‚ and the United States. The nations were categorized as either Central Powers or Allies--the Central Powers included Bulgaria‚ the Ottoman Empire‚ Austria-Hungary‚ and Germany‚ while the Allies involved the other stated regions above. The war was caused by numerous underlying reasons: the fight for more land and security over each other
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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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