led to excess finished goods, high inventory carrying cost for Barilla, and ultimately, the “bullwhip effect”. The underlying causes of these issues, particularly pertinent to demand fluctuation from Barilla’s distributors, are excessive promotional activities, volume discount/order batching, and lack of specified minimum and maximum order quantities. These led to led to poor forecasting, increased lead-time, price variations, and heightened level of inventory. Upper management at Barilla, specifically
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ethical issues Recommendations Conclusions Appendices Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Appendix 3 Appendix 4 Appendix 5 Appendix 6 Appendix 7 SWOT analysis PEST analysis Selection of new outsourced manufacturer for products YY and ZZ VP “own brand” proposal Inventory valuation Calculations for outsourced manufacturers P and Q for licensed action figures Email on the key criteria for the selection of outsourced manufacturers 1.0 Introduction Jot is a small unlisted company which designs and outsources the manufacture
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Working Capital Following are some of the details of Cost, Investment, Profit center. Cost center Unit within the organization in which the manager is responsible only for costs. A cost center has no control over sales or over the generating of revenue. An example is the production department of a manufacturing company. The performance of a cost center is measured by comparing actual costs with budgeted costs for a specified period of time. Revenue center Unit within an organization
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Study ELABORATED BY: Jose David Padilla 1028909 Cindy Sutanto 1025458 Karina Anchecta 1025454 1. What factors, internal and external, contribute to the Barilla supply chain carrying large quantities of inventory? Be specific about how these factors increase inventory in the Barilla supply chain. Internally, their manufacturing process causes long lead time and slow responsiveness to quick changes in demands, especially cause by the constant sale promotions. The Barilla manufacturing’s
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Case Study: Zara, IT for Fast Fashion EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The action recommended is to purchase a new POS system to support integration of all levels of the business from manufacturing to the customer. Because of Zara’s current solid financial position and leader in the marketplace, Zara will withstand the initial interruption of business to allow implementation of new technology due to their current solid financial position and leadership. KPIs are implemented to provide efficiencies within
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within Starbucks, and how these operations are able to add value to Starbucks and work to meet customer needs. In particular, we will look at Starbucks first rate service quality and product quality, their ability to manage a global supply chain and inventory, and their continuing effort of making process improvements. Quality Management at Starbucks Starbucks offers a combination of services and products to create “The Starbucks Experience”. This requires quality management in both areas of its
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Controller 10. Performance report Exercise 2-4 CyberGames Income Statement | | | | Sales | | $1,450,000 | Cost of goods sold: | | | Beginning merchandise inventory | $ 240,000 | | Add: Purchases | 950,000 | | Goods available for sale | 1,190,000 | | Deduct: Ending merchandise inventory | 170,000 | 1,020,000 | Gross margin | | 430,000 | Selling and administrative expenses: | | | Selling expense | 210,000 | | Administrative expense
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Ford Motor Case Study Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Introduction 4 Issue Identification 5 Environmental and Root Cause Analysis 6 Alternatives and Options 8 Recommendations 10 Implementation 11 Monitor and Control 12 Exhibits 13 Executive Summary After reviewing Ford Motor supply chain, we became aware of its very complex nature. Due to this complexity we are forced to search for alternatives to overcome
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etc…) According to the numbers it appears as if Callaway Golf as a company is dipping. Their net income is negative. They are relying more heavily on debt financing to run their company, and since the majority of their current assets rest in inventory could be problematic if the company needed to liquidate to pay off a loan and needed to sell off some of what is used to produce their goods. This is the third straight year, according to the reports, that Callaway Golf Company has taken a net loss
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which may become a dead stock in future. 67% of the maintenance stores of NACA which have a total of 2012 types of items had not been used in the last 40 months. The total non- moving inventory of both amounts to Rs 1679 crores, which has been blocked because of their non-usage. The problem here is that the inventory needs to be maintained: 1) Because of its uncertain demand; 2) As these items are procured from foreign manufacturers, their lead time is high. 3)
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