Merloni Elettrodomestici SpA is an Italian company based in Fabriano and is one of Europe’s biggest makers of home appliances. In February 2005, Merloni Elettrodomestici was renamed Indesit Company, Indesit being the best known of the Group’s brands outside Italy. The Company was also operating under its “historic” brand, Ariston, and the regional brands Hotpoint, Scholtes and Stinol. During the perio from 1984 to 1986, Merloni undertook a number of initiatives to improve efficiency in inventory
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9-690-003 REV: AUGUST 7, 2001 JANICE H. HAMMOND Merloni Elettrodomestici SpA: The Transit Point Experiment Dr. Vittorio Merloni was president of Merloni Elettrodomestici, a major Italian manufacturer of domestic appliances. On the evening of February 23, 1986, he stood in the doorway of his Milano warehouse and surveyed the scene before him. In front of him stretched a sea of people dressed in evening attire—over 1,000 in all, not including the catering staff and the comedians, dancers, and
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Merloni Elettrodomestici SpA – Transit Point Experiment Case Study Introduction |Merloni Elettrodomestici SPA (Merloni) is a major Italian manufacturer of high quality domestic appliances –of the | |‘free-standing’ and ‘built-in’ varieties, both in Italy and throughout Europe. Founded in the year 1975 as Merloni | |Elettrodomestici SpA by Vittorio Merloni, as a spin-off from Industrie Merloni. It was renamed Indesit Company S.p.A in | |2005 after a company it acquired
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INTRODUCTION The purpose of this case study analysis is to evaluate the benefits or repercussion of cross docking technique for Merloni Elettrodomestici Spa Company across its all regional warehouses. Merloni had already implemented programs that had successfully shortened production-planning lead times and decreased inventory levels. To further reduce inventory and enhance production efficiency, management was evaluating a proposal to replace regional warehouses with "transitpoints". At these transit
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Case Analysis: Merloni Elettrodomestici Spa By Sharath Chandra Rao Silvery PGP12094 Kumar Saurabh PGP12022 Vigneshwar PGP12104 Tejit Mithal PGP12046 A very brief insight into the Company: * Merloni Elettrodomestici SpA is an Italian company based in Fabriano and is one of Europe’s biggest makers of domestic appliances. * During the period from 1984 to 1986, Merloni undertook a number of initiatives to improve efficiency in inventory control and logistics. * One such initiative
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Problem/Situation Merloni Elettrodomestici SpA (Merloni) is a major Italian manufacturer of builtin and freestanding Home appliances. Merloni's distribution network consists of five manufacturing plants, a centralized warehouse, and seventeen regional warehouses. During the past few years, Merloni has been successful in implementing programs that have significantly reduced productionplanning lead times and decreased inventory levels. Particularly, with the implementation of an ABC inventory
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Assignment Supply Chain Management Merloni Elettrodomestici SpA : The Transit Point Experiment Submitted By : Satish Kumar P Ramkumar Sameer Sarkate Manish Maurya Y9125037 Y9125026 Y9125036 Y9125021 Based on the data provided for Roma and Cantazaro, following is the numerical analysis of regional warehousing model and transit point experiment model. Short haul transportation cost will remain unchanged as the trucks will still be delivering to retailers. Case 1: Roma Average Inventory Demand
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iAssignment Supply Chain Management Merloni Elettrodomestici SpA : The Transit Point Experiment Submitted By : Satish Kumar P Ramkumar Sameer Sarkate Manish Maurya Y9125037 Y9125026 Y9125036 Y9125021 Based on the data provided for Roma and Cantazaro, following is the numerical analysis of regional warehousing model and transit point experiment model. Short haul transportation cost will remain unchanged as the trucks will still be delivering to retailers. Case 1: Roma Average Inventory Demand
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ДЕМО-ВЕРСИЯ российский рыноК бытовой холодильной техники МАРКЕТИНГОВОЕ ИССЛЕДОВАНИЕ И АНАЛИЗ рынка Москва, декабрь 2009 СОДЕРЖАНИЕ СОДЕРЖАНИЕ I. ВВЕДЕНИЕ II. ХАРАКТЕРИСТИКА ИССЛЕДОВАНИЯ III. АНАЛИЗ РОССИЙСКОГО РЫНКА БЫТОВОЙ ХОЛОДИЛЬНОЙ ТЕХНИКИ 1. Общая характеристика Рынка 1.1. Описание предмета исследования 1.2. Показатели социально-экономического развития 1.3. Описание отрасли. Российский рынок бытовой техники и электроники 1.4. Описание влияющих
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