Barilla Spa (A) Report on Supply Chain Management Issues Table of Contents Executive Summary Issue Identification Root Case Analysis Alternatives and Options Recommendations Implementation Monitor and Control Exhibits Executive Summary Giorgio Maggiali, director of logistics of Barilla SpA stated the the growing burden that demand fluctuations imposed on the company's manufacturing and distribution system. The solution was proposed as Just In Time Distribution Program. Due
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Executive Summary My decision is to immediately perform a process analysis of our entire procurement process. To this extent I will perform an analysis of the current roles and responsibilities of each person involved in the procurement process from “Need Recognition” through to “Payment”. This will involve defining and changing the roles and responsibilities of some departments and personnel. It will also involve tightening our inventory control practices. I will also be initiating the hiring
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Alliance and Outsourcing Barilla SpA Part A Strategic Partnership 2 Barilla Spa Part A Barilla SpA is the world’s largest pasta manufacturer The company sells to a wide range of Italian retailers, primarily through third party distributors During the late 1980s, Barilla suffered increasing operational inefficiencies and cost penalties that resulted from large week-to-week variations in its distributors’ order patterns 3 Barilla Distribution Patterns Barilla Dry Product Factories 65%
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1. What are the major problems for Barilla? How would you solve them? Barilla Spa is a pasta manufacturing company. The product line is divided into “dry” and “fresh” product categories. Barilla products are distributed through three types of retail outlets that include: Small independent grocers, supermarket chains and independent supermarkets. The company is suffering from a supply chain problem. Some of the highlighted problems faced by the company include the following: * Poor forecast
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Barilla SpA (Case A) Due to a growing burden on the company and a steady increase in costs due to demand fluctuations imposed on the manufacturing and distribution system, Barilla SpA, an Italian pasta manufacturer expressed that an alternative approach to order fulfillment be implemented. Just In Time Distribution (JITD), proposed by Giorgio Magialli (director of logistics), comes with many pros and cons both for Barilla as well as its distributors and retail partners. Due
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Case Study: BARILLA SPA( A) Problem Statement: Diagnose the underlying causes of the difficulties that the JITD program was created to solve. What are the benefits and drawbacks of this program? Introduction to the Problem: Barilla SpA which was the world’s largest Pasta producing company was facing extreme fluctuations in the order pattern from its distributors. This extreme variation in the order pattern imposed a huge burden on the manufacturing and distribution system of the company. In
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Environmental and Root Cause Analysis………………………………………………..5 Alternatives and/or Options……………………………………………………………….7 Recommendations and Implementation…………………………………………………9 Monitor and Control………………………………………………………………………..11 Executive Summary Barilla SpA was experiencing extreme order fluctuations from its distribution network despite of stable consumer demand for pasta. This demand variation was taking a toll on its profit margin and operation efficiencies. Management planned a JITD to deal with
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CASE STUDY BARILLA SpA (A) TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE 1 COVER PAGE PAGE 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE 3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY PAGE 4 ISSUE IDENTIFICATION – IMMEDIATE ISSUE PAGE 4 ISSUE IDENTIFICATION – SYSTEMIC ISSUES PAGE 5 ISSUE IDENTIFICATION – SYSTEMIC ISSUES CONTINUED PAGE 6 ENVIRONMENTAL & ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS PAGE 6 ALTERNATIVES AND / OR OPTIONS PAGE 7 ALTERNATIVE AND / OR OPTIONS (CONTINUED) PAGE 8 RECOMMENDATIONS & IMPLEMENTATION PAGE 9 IMPLEMENTATION PLAN PAGE 9 MONTIOR
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SUPPLY CHAIN INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SUBMITTED BY A CASE STUDY OF BARILLA SpA. Table of Contents 1. Executive summary 2. Body of the repot 3. conclusion Executive Summary Barilla SpA is the case study that I will be examining in this paper presentation. I will be looking critically into some of the issues why the Just-in-time-distribution (JITD) program that was proposed by Brando Vitali who had served as Barilla’s directors of logistics before Maggiali had met a strong resistance
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: In 1990, Barilla SpA was the largest pasta manufacturer in the world. It was making 35% of all pasta sold in Italy and 22% of all pasta sold in Europe. Barilla enjoyed a strong brand image in Italy. They differentiated themselves by positioning the brand as the highest quality, most sophisticated pasta product available. They had a massive facility, the largest and most technologically advanced pasta plant in the world. In 1987, the company realized that manufacturers and retailers
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