CASE STUDY – 1 BARILLA SPA IMPLEMENTATION OF JITD Submitted as a requirement for completion of Module 5 – Supply Chain Inventory Management of the SCMP Program. By: Iqbal Gill (Registration Number – 201501160004) Date: 14 February 2015 Table of contents Executive Summary 3 Statement Of Issues 4 Impact of Issues 5 JITD Implementation 6 Barriers 7 Recommendations 11 Conclusion 14 Executive Summary: The Italian Pasta Manufacturer, Barilla SpA, is experiencing
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The Barialla SpA (A) Written case Report for the JITD Program Module # 5 Oct 15, 2015 Table of Contents Executive summary Barilla SpA, an Italian pasta manufacturer is experiencing problems in manufacturing and distribution systems caused by fluctuations in demand. They are the worlds largest pasta producer and are initiating the Just in time Distribution (JITD), which is supposed to help the company to meet the demand fluctuations imposed by the company’s manufacturing and distribution
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CASE: Barilla SpA (A) I.Overview of the Case Barilla SpA (Barilla) is a renounced Italian manufacturer that sells several brands of pasta to retailers mainly through third-party distributors. The company was founded in 1875 by Pietro Barilla in Parma, Italy, on Via Vittorio Emanuele. The company passed through the hands of generations from Pietro to his son Ricardo, then to his sons, Pietro and Gianni. The sons “drove the Barillas deeply into debt”; in 1971 the company was sold to a U.S
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Barilla SpA Case Study Operations Management Prabir K. Bagchi, Ph.D. April 11th, 2012 [pic] Jason Grossman_____________________________________ Odelya Hayon_______________________________________ Evan Kline__________________________________________ Stephen Nason_______________________________________ Victoria Portale______________________________________ Current Problems Barilla SpA is the world leader in producing and selling a multitude of different pastas and baked goods, however,
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Session 5 Case Study: Barilla SpA Executive Summary In order to reduce the strain that fluctuating demand is putting on our manufacturing and logistics systems, I am moving forward with an action plan to implement Just-in-Time Distribution at Barilla. Under the Just-in-Time Distribution system, Barilla’s internal logistics will determine the optimal levels of distribution necessary to meet customer demand. While we are likely to face opposition to this program
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Barilla Spa Case Study Analysis Solution Diagnose the underlying causes of the difficulties that the JITD program was created to solve. What are the benefits and drawback of this program? Brando Vitali, Barilla’s director of logistics, proposed the idea of Just-In-Time Distribution (JITD) in the 1980’s as an alternative to Barilla’s traditional practice of delivering products to their distributors (Hammond, 1). Instead of distributing Barilla’s products based on the orders the distributors
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Executive Summary In 1875, Pietro Barilla opened a small shop and laboratory where they produced, and sold pasta and breads. In 1990, Barilla was the largest pasta manufacturer in the world, making 35% of all pasta sold in Italy and 22% of all pasta sold in Europe. Since Pietro’s grandsons took over, Pietro and Gianni, Barilla evolved into a vertically integrated company with flour mills, pasta plants and baking products. This case study outlines Giorgio Maggiali’s (Director and Logistics) concern
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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). Late in the 80’s of the 20th century, Barilla SpA, faced increased difficulties caused by the variability of its distributors demand, these difficulties translated into augmented inefficiencies and rising costs of production and distribution of finished products
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---------------------------------------------------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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Barilla SpA (A) Case Module 1 ------------------------------------------------- Table of Contents ------------------------------------------------- Executive Summary 3 Issue Identification and Root Case Analysis 4 Alternatives and Options 7 Recommendations and Implementation
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