Andy Stefanik Ben Olson Nicole Sporrer Hongyang Shao Fonderia di Torino S.p.A. Fonderia di Torino was founded in the 1920’s and focuses on making precision metal castings for OEM parts for many of the major car manufacturers. They are known for their excellent quality parts. They are especially known for making safety parts (parts that if it fails the operator loses control). Fonderia di Torino has just recently considered purchasing the Vulcan Mold Maker. This mold maker would replace
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Fonderia Di Torino 1. Please assess the economic benefits of acquiring the Vulcan Mold-Maker machine. 1.What is the initial outlay? -The initial outlay is the Net Investment of $813‚296. 2. What are the benefits over time? - The benefits over time include higher quality products‚ lower scrap rates‚ which will save raw material costs. The company will employ twenty-five less workers which equates to lower costs in terms of managing‚ training‚ and insuring those employees. Lastly the foundry
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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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Najib abdi DSCI 434 3/24/2011 Barilla SpA Case Study 1. Diagnose the underlying causes of the difficulties that the JITD program was created to solve. What are the benefits and drawbacks of this program? One of the underlying causes of the difficulties that the JITD program was created to solve was the effects of inconsistent demand that came from Barilla’s distributors. The extreme demand variation strained Barillas manufacturing and logistics‚ and made very hard for Barilla to meet that
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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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Barilla SpA - Case Study Table of Contents I. Executive summary II. Issue Identification III. Environmental and Root Case Analysis IV. Alternatives and Options V. Recommendations VI. Implementation VII. Monitor and Control/ Conclusion I. Executive Summary My decision for this case is to implement the Just-In-Time Distribution (JITD) system. Barilla SpA‚ an Italian pasta manufacturer‚ is experiencing amplified levels of inefficiencies and rising
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Barilla SpA (Written Case Report) By Imran Chaudhry Overview: Barilla SpA one of the world’s largest pasta producer has growing burden of demand fluctuations and venialities on its manufacturing and distribution system. Giorgio Maggiali as director of logistics trying to implement idea of JITD (Just-in Time Delivery) so that Barilla’s own logistics department could manage more effectively delivery quantities and meet end consumer’s needs and more evenly distribute the workload on its
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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‚ world’s
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Model of Organisational Design The model of organizational design to be used in KK Spa is mechanistic structure. Mechanistic structure refers to the division of jobs that are ‘precisely defined’ (Connor‚ McFadden & McLean‚ ND). Mechanistic structure is characterized by high work specialization‚ rigid departmentalization‚ clear chain of command‚ narrow spans of control‚ centralization and high formalization. The staffs in different departments are given different tasks and department goal rather than
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SERVICE INNOVATION: CASE STUDY ON SPA AND MED BEAUTY AT THE SAUJANA YUSMANI BINTI MOHD YUSOFF Research report in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Business Administration UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA 2010I ACKNOWLEDGEMENT BISMILLAHHIRRAHMANNIRAHIM. Praise is to ALLAH SWT‚ the most Gracious and most Merciful. The completion of this thesis would not have been a success without the efforts‚ guidance‚ and assistance‚ prayers of all the individuals and groups
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