Barilla SpA (A) Christel Bou Farhat Notre Dame University 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? In your answers‚ consider the Barilla and distributors points of view (400-500 words). * Barilla’s Supply Chain suffered from the bullwhip effect that was mostly caused by the demand fluctuations and damaging the company’s manufacturing and distribution system. This fluctuating
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THE IMPACT OF EXCHANGE RATE FLUCTUATION ON MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE IN NIGERIA CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY This study is designed to examine the causes of exchange rate fluctuations and their impact on the Nigerian economy since there is scarcely any country that lives in absolute autarky in this globalised world. The economies of all the countries of the world are linked directly or indirectly through asset or/and goods markets. This linkage is made possible through
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Barilla SpA is an Italian pasta manufacturer comprised of 7 divisions: 3 pasta‚ bakery‚ bread‚ catering‚ and international. By 1990‚ Barilla had become the largest pasta manufacturer in the world. The company ships its pasta to one of two central distribution centers (CDC) where it is bought by individual supermarket distributors called "grande distribuzione" (GD for larger supermarkets) and "distribuzione organizzata" (DO for smaller‚ independent supermarkets). During the late 1980s‚ the distributors
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control inflation US resorted to increase in interest rates to cool down pressure on demand side of consumption. This factor along with recession in all other sectors‚ particularly real estate‚ is causing the mighty US dollar to shake. Impact of dollar fluctuations on the Indian economy Until the 70s and 80s India aimed at to be self-reliant by concentrating more on imports and allowing very little exports to cover import costs. However‚ this could not last long
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Table of Contents Topic Approval Sheet i Acknowledgement ii Abstract iii Chapter I 1 INTRODUCTION 1 Background: 1 Purpose/ Objective of the Study: 1 Methodology: 2 Scope of the Study: 2 Limitation of the Study: 3 Structure of the paper: 3 Chapter II CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK 4 Chapter III FACTORS INFLUENCING GOLD FUTURES 6 US dollar and gold price………………………………………………………………………
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Barilla SpA is suffering from a problem of their own making - their distribution system is overly complex. That complexity is causing them to be unable to respond to their widely varying customer demand. Their customers‚ distributors‚ are forced to hold high inventories while simultaneously enduring stockouts on average of 7%‚ all because Barilla can’t rationalize their own processes to handle variability in demand. Barilla’s manufacturing process is long and inflexible. Given the high variability
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Executive Summary Barilla SpA is a world largest past manufacturer has experienced a phenomenal growth. The company had pasta share of 35% in Italy and 22% in Europe‚ plus 29% in Italian bakery product market(page 2 case) However‚ it began taken a tall on Barilla’s “manufacturing and distribution system” (page 1 Case). Without having proper data and control over the orders the company experienced wide fluctuations in demand. As a result Barilla experienced bullwhip effect where demand forecast
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Barilla was first founded in 1875 by Pietro Barilla in Parma‚ Italy. Pietro’s son led Barilla through momentous period of growth and in 1940s‚ he passed Barilla to his own sons namely Pietro and Gianni. As time passed by‚ Barilla evolved from its modest beginnings into a large‚ vertically integrated corporation with factories spread throughout Italy. The expansion of existing businesses both in Italy and other European countries as well as the acquisition of new and related businesses had enabled
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Barilla SPA Operations & supply chain management Case study 2012 1 Is there any evidence that Barilla faces the bullwhip effect? If so‚ what causes of the bullwhip effect are present? Barilla has two products lines‚ “dry products representing 75% of sales” and “fresh products representing 25% of sales”. Products are shipped from plants to one of the two central distribution centers (CDCs). Each CDC held about a month’s worth of dry product inventory. There are three types
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Executive Summary The Italian Pasta Manufacturer‚ Barilla SpA‚ is experiencing inefficiencies and increases in cost due to variability in demand from its distributors. Giorgio Magialli‚ the Director of Logistics‚ wants to implement a Just-In-Time Distribution (JITD) system to gain more control. The JITD system was originally proposed by Barilla’s former Director of Logistics‚ Brando Vitali. The new system is untraditional and is being rejected by both distributors and Barilla’s internal departments
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