...Executive Summary: Organizational Focus & Goals Derron Venerable University of Phoenix HRM/326 MARIBEL HINES September 15, 2014 Introduction The purpose of an Executive Summary is articulate a full report with the least amount of words possible depending on the size and nature of the issue. In most cases executive summaries serve as a report for executives who do not have the time to read the full report; therefore, the summary will give the executive the information that he or she needs to understand the objective, the issue(s), and the plan(s) in place to solve the issue(s). The following summary is focusing on an on-going overtime issue that one of the company’s branches is having. Focus and Goals The current focus at this particular location is to complete the daily task in the fastest most efficient safest way possible. The goals are to minimize or combine the current routes, run the routes from the closet point to the furthest and create a benchmark for each driver to attempt to meet in a safe but efficient manner. The research states that if the routes are done in a sequence form from the closet point to...
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...An executive summary, sometimes known as a management summary, is a short document or section of a document, produced for purposes, that summarizes a longer report or proposal or a group of r business elated reports in such a way that readers can rapidly become acquainted with a large body of material without having to read it all. It usually contains a brief statement of the problem or proposal covered in the major document(s), background information, concise analysis and main conclusions. It is intended as an aid to decision-making by managers[1][2] and has been described as possibly the most important part of a business plan.[3] They must be short and to the point. An executive summary differs from an abstract in that an abstract will usually be shorter and is intended to provide a neutral overview or orientation rather than being a condensed version of the full document. Abstracts are extensively used in academic research where the concept of the executive summary would be meaningless. "An abstract is a brief summarizing statement... read by parties who are trying to decide whether or not to read the main document", while "an executive summary, unlike an abstract, is a document in miniature that may be read in place of the longer document".[4] An executive summary differs from an abstract in that an abstract will usually be shorter and is intended to provide a neutral overview or orientation rather than being a condensed version of the full document. Abstracts are...
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...Executive Summary The purpose of an executive summary is to summarize a report. Executive summaries are written for executives who most likely do not have time to read the complete document. Therefore, the executive summary must cover the major points and be detailed enough to mirror the content yet concise enough for an executive to understand the substance without reading the entire report. An executive summary differs from an abstract. Readers use an abstract to decide whether to read the complete document. They read an executive summary to obtain information without having to read the report in full. The executive summary should be written as a document that can stand on its own and is usually written on one or two pages, depending on the length of the report. It restates the purpose of the report and describes any results, conclusions, or recommendations made in the report so that the reader understands the reasons for the conclusion or recommendations. Acronyms, symbols, and abbreviations must be written out. Tables and figures in the report should not be referred to by number in the executive summary. The audience for an executive summary is receptive to the message, so the writer should assume that the audience wants to know and understand the message. It is written in a formal tone using an impersonal style and eliminating first person pronouns (I, we, our, etc.). Use the following guidelines when writing an executive summary: • • • • • State clearly the purpose of the...
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...Good and poor examples of executive summaries This is a GOOD example from an Accounting & Finance assignment. Footnote Executive Summary This report provides an analysis and evaluation of the current and prospective profitability, liquidity and financial stability of Outdoor Equipment Ltd. Methods of analysis include trend, horizontal and vertical analyses as well as ratios such as Debt, Current and Quick ratios. Other calculations include rates of return on Shareholders Equity and Total Assets and earnings per share to name a few. All calculations can be found in the appendices. Results of data analysed show that all ratios are below industry averages. In particular, comparative performance is poor in the areas of profit margins, liquidity, credit control, and inventory management. The report finds the prospects of the company in its current position are not positive. The major areas of weakness require further investigation and remedial action by management.Recommendations discussed include: improving the average collection period for accounts receivable· improving/increasing inventory turnover· reducing prepayments and perhaps increasing inventory levels The report also investigates the fact that the analysis conducted has limitations. Some of the limitations include: forecasting figures are not provided nature and type of company is not known nor the current economic conditions data limitations as not enough information is provided or enough detail...
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...[Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document. Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document.] [Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document. Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document.] Electronic Discharge Summary EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Electronic Discharge Summary EXECUTIVE SUMMARY S. CHANDE, C. CHAHAL, N. GANDHI, A. HUSSEIN, K. MANOHARON. N. NURU S. CHANDE, C. CHAHAL, N. GANDHI, A. HUSSEIN, K. MANOHARON. N. NURU THE PROPOSAL There were 15 million discharge summaries produced for admissions into hospital last year. A staggering 80% of these were found to be inaccurate or incomplete and another 70% of these were reported as being severely delayed on a regular basis. This compromise to clinical care and patient safety is simply unacceptable. Our empirical market research has found that the majority of junior doctors, the principal users of discharge forms, were unhappy with the current systems in place. It has also been reported that on average junior doctors spend more time carrying out admin duties than in formal training and teaching sessions. There are electronic discharge systems present however, these have been described as insufficient as they lack comprehensive coding and in some circumstances...
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...Barilla SPA (A) Case Report By CHIEMEKA EZEJIOFOR Table of contents Summary Page Executive Summary 3 Issue identification 4 Root cause Analysis 5 Recommendation 6 Recommendation Implementation Plan 7 Conclusion 8 Part 1 Executive summary Barilla SPA (A), the largest producer of Pasta was founded in 1875, it faced a huge fluctuation on its production because the production was based on the traditional practice of delivering products to distributors based on the basis of whatever order was placed on the company. This resulted in difference or variation of production price, as well as piled up inventory at the distributor’s depot. My decision is to implement the Just in time Distribution (JITD) concepts based on the fact that production and manufacturing is determined by the consumer’s needs and controlled by barilla being able to achieve this by eliminating huge variation for manufacturing and distributors. Furthermore Just In timed Distribution will also avoid the accumulation of inventory at the distributor’s depot. Barilla SPA is a vertical integrated organization, the rise and fall in demand will affect the other arms of the organization since they don’t only manufacture only pasta, its affects transportation, flour mills, sales etc. However, JITD faced some...
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...Session 5: Supply Chain Inventory Management Assignment 3: Case Response Barilla SpA (A) Submitted by: Lena Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Issue Identification 4 Issue Identification including Root Cause Analysis 5 Recommendations 7 Implementation Plan 8 Monitor and Control 10 References 11 Executive Summary Barilla SpA is the world’s largest pasta producer is initiating the Just-in-Time Distribution (JITD), which is supposed to help the company to meet the demand fluctuations imposed on the company’s manufacturing and distribution system. The company had realised that leaving money on the table with understocking or increasing costs with overstocking is not an option. The current delivery system at Barilla follows the traditional way of ordering through distribution centres placing orders with the company. Instead, Barilla SpA wants to engage its own logistics organizations, which would specify the appropriate delivery quantities that would meet end-customer needs and distribute the workload on Barilla’s manufacturing and logistics system. The predicament exists in Barilla’s customers, sales representative and marketing organizations resistance to change and internal resistance toward implementing JITD. In this case study response I will be providing analysis and recommendation on how to increase the chances the Barilla’s management idea of JITD would be acceptable and provide the reasons...
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...Table of Contents Executive Summary Page Part 1 Executive Summary 2 Issue Identification Part 2 Immediate Issue 3 Part 3 Systemic Issues 3 Environmental & Root Cause Analysis Part 4 Qualitative Analysis 4 Part 5 Quantitative Analysis 5 Alternatives and/or Options Part 6 Options 5 Recommendations Part 7 Recommendations 7 Implementation Part 8 Implementation 8 Monitor and Control Part 9 Monitor and Control 9 Conclusion Part 10 Conclusion 9 Exhibits Part 11 Exhibits 10 Part 1: Executive Summary Barilla is faced with a problematic issue regarding facilitating volatile fluctuations in demand from its distributors. The issue with volatile demand has been identified to be caused by a set of systemic issues: Inefficient forecasting, Overall sales & marketing strategies, and a complicated manufacturing process. In order to address these issues my decision is to implement a ‘Just in Time Distribution’ strategy. This strategy will take forecasting and ordering out of the distributors hands and put it into the hands of Barilla. Distributors will provide inventory and sales data to Barilla via EDI uploads and Barilla will use the information to generate sophisticated forecasting and ship exactly what the distributor requires (no more, no less) exactly when they require it. This strategy will effectively eliminate fluctuating demand, reduce stockouts thereby increasing service...
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...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 to specific Barilla's supply chain system it is not quite simple. Barilla needs to improve their own forecasting system and need to develop a set of decision rules. They need to re-group and decide where to go with JITD. For this purpose the main issues where identified and and recommendations were made. The implementation plan is filled with immediate and short run activities. Barilla enjoys a strong brand image in Italy. It was driven by success as the highest quality pasta for every Italian family - “Where is Barilla, there is a home”. Timely distribution of quality products is a strategic mission Barilla SpA and the recommendations made can be used to reflect and strengthen this mission. Issue Identification The following are the list of issues that must be addressed: • Too many different types of distribution centres • Long inventory time • Small product variety in stores • No minimum or maximum order quantities • Long lead time • ...
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...Contents Executive Summary……………………………………………………………….3 Introduction………………………………………………………………………..4 Problem Description……………………………………………………………….5 External and Internal Resistances to JITD program……………………………….9 Solution…………………………………………………………………………....11 Recommendations to the solution …. …….………………………………………12 Other recommendations…………………………………………………………...15 Customer response to the solution…………………………………………………16 Conclusion………………………………………………………………………....21 Executive Summary Barilla SpA, an Italian pasta manufacturer is experiencing problems in manufacturing and distribution systems caused by fluctuations in demand. To eliminate these difficulties Giorgio Maggiali, the Chief of Barilla’s Logistics Department, has been trying to implement the Just-In-Time-Distribution, further referred as JITD, system proposed by his predecessor Brando Vitali. JITD can be called a remake of popular “Just-In-Time” manufacturing concept. Although Maggiali has been trying to convince his consumers that the JITD would definitely work, he has not made much progress. The program was met with significant resistance by the distributors and Barilla’s own Sales and Marketing organizations. Now Maggiali is looking for possible solutions of the problem. In the following analysis we will provide recommendations, which will help Barilla to successfully implement the JITD system and thus decrease its costs, increase efficiencies and its profits. Introduction Barilla SpA was founded in 1975 by Pietro Barilla. From...
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...Case Report Barilla SpA ------------------------------------------------- Table of contents Table of Contents | | | Section | TITLE | PAGE | | | | | | | | | 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | 3 | | | | | * | | * 2 CHALLENGES OF A LEAN SUPPLY CHAIN | 4 | | | 3 PRACTICAL STEPS FOR BARILLA SPA | 5 | | | 4 CONCLUSION | 6 | | | * 5 BIBLIOGRAPHY | 7 | | | * | | | | ------------------------------------------------- Executive Summary Barilla SpA is the largest pasta manufacturer in the world, as a food manufacturer they sells to a wide range of retailers through a distribution network. An analysis of the demand for dry food pasta at Barilla SpA’s distribution centers and factories revealed extremely high variation in demand. The variation in demand observed was all the more remarkable considering that the underlying demand for pasta in Italy is fairly level. Currently, Barilla SpA is experiencing a full development burden of increasing production costs, inventory levels and inefficiencies in manufacturing and dissemination system due to huge fluctuations on demand and varied accuracy of forecasting knowledge. In order to combat this problem, we would like to realize and employ a Just-in-time scattering system (JITD) to enable information sharing along supply chain, improve...
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...Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Issues Identification 4 Environmental and Root Cause Analysis 4 Alternative and/or options 5 Recommendation and Implementation 7 Monitor and Control 8 Conclusion & Management Plan 9 Executive Summary In order to address the growing burden that demand fluctuations imposed on the company manufacturing and distribution system Giorgio Maggiali, the director of logistic would like to explore and improve Barilla inventory system to Just-In Time Distribution (JITD). This inventory system was originally proposed by Brando Vitali, rather than following the traditional practices of delivering product to Barilla distributors based on what orders they placed. Currently the resistant from Barilla’s customers and the internal sales/marketing department creates difficulties and little progress of implementing JITD. The new strategy will include combination of implementation of Just In Time Distribution (JITD) and reduce variability of products. Implementing JITD would solve a lot of the organizational issues that exist with Barilla however, barilla needs to convinced their internal staff and ensure that employees will not be affected and will be getting their incentive in a different method. By setting up information meetings and obligatory workshops in regards of the inventory process or any changes in order to keep Barilla’s employees aware what the changes will be. Barilla will also need to convince to the retail buyers with this...
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...|Barilla SpA (A): Case Study | | | |Module 1 Session 5 - Supply Chain Inventory Management | Table of Contents Executive Summary 1 Issue Identification 2 Environmental & Root Cause Analysis 4 Alternatives AND OR Options…………………………………………………………..……..6 Implementation & Recommendation 8 Monitor and Control……………………………………………………………………………10 Conclusion 11 References 12 Executive Summary This paper presents an analysis of Barilla, an Italian manufacturer that sells to its retailers primarily through third-party distributors. Barilla has been experiencing fluctuations in demand patterns of its distributors, resulting to operational inefficiency’s and increased cost. Barilla has proposed to address the problem by implementing a continuous replenishment program; Just in time Delivery (JITD), under which the responsibility for determining shipment quantities to distributors would shift from distributors to Barilla’s Logistical team. This new system, contrary to the current system Barilla has, will eliminate Bullwhip effect and stock outs by having centralized information, there will be data transparency between...
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...Just In Time Delivery | | Mohammad Shafiei | 2/14/2016 | | Table of contents: I. Executive summary------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Page 2 II. Issue identification-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Page 2 III. Alternative and options------------------------------------------------------------------------------Page 2 IV. Recommendation--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Page 3 V. Implementation----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Page 3 VI. Monitor and control----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Page 5 VII. Conclusion----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Page 5 VIII. Exhibits--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Page 6 I. Executive summary Barilla SpA, an Italian based company, is the world’s largest Pasta manufacturer. It has a 35% market share in Italy and a 22% market share in Europe. In addition to the family of pastas (macaroni, spaghetti, fusilli, etc.) it also manufactures other products such as biscuits, cookies sauces, breadsticks, etc. Barilla has a very complex distribution network consisting of Grand Distributors (owned by large Supermarket chains)...
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...Table of Contents Executive Summary……………………………………………………………………….3 Issue Identification…………………………………………………………………………4 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 the problem but this was met with internal and external resistances. This report analyzed the Bullwhip effect that contributed to the demand fluctuation and recommended reducing lead time and improving communication and forecast/data exchange to mitigate the Bullwhip effect. It is also recommended that when implementing changes to a supply chain, management must take a complete channel approach from a strategic supply chain management perspective to ensure that every partner in the supply chain benefit from the change. It is challenging to implement a new system, and many factors must be considered, such as culture change, power and inertia. Issue Identification Barilla SpA is the world’s largest pasta manufacturer. It owned and operated an extensive network of plants located throughout Italy. Most Barilla products were shipped from its manufacturing plants to...
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