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  • Barilla Spa Case Analysis

    Barilla Spa Case Analysis

    Table of 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

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    Essay Length: 4,572 Words / 19 Pages
    Submitted: October 10, 2011 Autor: Marizaridze
  • World Bank's Business Consulting Report

    World Bank's Business Consulting Report

    This is the World Bank’s business consulting report focusing on the small business environment in Zimbabwe in Sub-Saharan Africa. The purpose of this report will find out the main issues of constraints which are around the growth and welfare of small business environment, simultaneously are going to provide suggestions to improve the small business environment. This report will discuss into three parts, firstly, it should explain the definition of small business and overview of the

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    Essay Length: 388 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: October 10, 2011 Autor: Ceya
  • International Business Hsbc

    International Business Hsbc

    HSBC had sophisticated information systems which would have been able to handle the relevant variables and analytical tools to proper measured the credit risk and avoid the crisis. Proof of this,it is that after the subprime loan crisis HSBC quickly adjusted its models and implemented newpolicies and promptly corrected the problem from that moment on.The problem was caused not by the Technology side, but by the human side: Management andOrganization. The Model Base used by

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    Essay Length: 348 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: October 11, 2011 Autor: basbu
  • Barilla Case Study - Jitd Program

    Barilla Case Study - Jitd Program

    Thoughts on Supply Chain Management The JITD program was supposed to tackle the uneven distribution workload Barilla encountered with its distributors. In order to achieve this, better demand forecast was needed with the support of the distributors. Benefits of the program are below. - Barilla’s own logistics organization would be allowed to specify the appropriate delivery quantities that would more effectively meet the end consumer’s needs - It would also allow Barilla to distribute the

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    Essay Length: 868 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: October 13, 2011 Autor: sugarnspice2011
  • Barilla Spa Case Study

    Barilla Spa Case Study

    Barilla SpA Case Study The biggest challenge facing Giorgio Maggiali and Barilla SpA is the mounting burden that fluctuations of demand have placed on Barillas’ manufacturing and distribution methods, and whether or not to implement a Just-in-Time Distribution (JITD) system for their distributers. The implementation of Just in Time Distribution would allow for a more efficient process for getting the products to the end user when and where they are needed. Solution #1: To implement

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    Essay Length: 1,013 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: October 13, 2011 Autor: jeff_k
  • Case Analysis for a High-End Local Fashion Store

    Case Analysis for a High-End Local Fashion Store

    Case I Comments from Lucy, client CFO during first meeting: “I work in a high-end local fashion store chain with my clothes 100% imported from Europe.” “My company has spare cash from my HKD revenues and the bank deposits are NOT paying any meaningful interest.” “I need to pay for my imports in EUR regularly, say, every quarter.” “Views on FX? I can tell whether to stock up long or short boots this winter, but

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    Essay Length: 512 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: October 14, 2011 Autor: yedan528
  • Contrast Toshiba’s Business Strategy in Notebook Computers and the Operation Strategy in the Plant

    Contrast Toshiba’s Business Strategy in Notebook Computers and the Operation Strategy in the Plant

    Contrast Toshiba’s business strategy in notebook computers and the operation strategy in the plant. Toshiba’s business strategy- 1. Technologically superior products 2. Aggressive pricing Their operations strategy has many positives which complement their business strategy. The most salient ones are as follows- 1. Toshiba has superior display technology (TFT), hard disks, optical drives, Lithium Ion batteries etc and highly capable R&D facilities in their factory premises. 2. Toshiba has a sophisticated communication network which helps

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    Essay Length: 295 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: October 14, 2011 Autor: xxx143virus
  • Starbucks Case - Case Study for Target Corporation

    Starbucks Case - Case Study for Target Corporation

    Case Study for Target Corporation Problem Statement: Target is maintaining their goal of being chic at affordable prices against a weakening economy and competitors who have an advantage over them when it comes to price. Targets “Expect more, Pay less” motto can be contradictory when shoppers already perceive other competitors to be cheaper than Target on most every day consumables. Target’s edge of partnerships with high-fashion designers is not much of an edge anymore because

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    Essay Length: 1,146 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: October 14, 2011 Autor: ybn2me
  • Unethical Business Practices Abstract

    Unethical Business Practices Abstract

    Abstract This paper addresses both ethical and unethical practices in the business environment. It explains the effects of both ethical and unethical practices with an emphasis on the effects of unethical practices. It points out at ethics as a major contributor to the achievements of a company’s long-term goals. It emphasizes on the need for ethical practices in an organization. It emphasizes that though some ethics are enforced by law, they require willingness of individual

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    Essay Length: 489 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: October 15, 2011 Autor: prettygirlaka
  • Sufi Pvt Ltd Case Study

    Sufi Pvt Ltd Case Study

    EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The project explains the hardships faced by Sufi Finest Drinking water for why it failed in Pakistan, and focuses on increasing sales by 10% by re launching of the water and evaluating the bottled water market in Pakistan by conducting primary research and making changes to its marketing mix. The strategies used are mainly from Marketing Management course book by Kotler, web resources relating to marketing management material helping in designing a marketing

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    Essay Length: 4,661 Words / 19 Pages
    Submitted: October 16, 2011 Autor: maazraja
  • Samsonite Corporation’s Vision Statement Case Study

    Samsonite Corporation’s Vision Statement Case Study

    Overview Samsonite Corporation’s vision statement reads “our mission is to be the reference point as the leader in the travel industry.” Their mission is “providing innovative solutions for the traveling world.” Samsonite recently appointed a new CEO, Marcello Bottoli. Bottoli has significant experience in major companies European operations. He also serves as managing director of Samsonite in Europe from his office in Oudenaarde, Belgium. Bottoli was hired during a major shake-up at Samsonite to deal

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    Essay Length: 1,398 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: October 16, 2011 Autor: yanyan
  • Teletech Case - Wacc

    Teletech Case - Wacc

    The first procedure we took in evaluating the financial position of Teletech was to estimate the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) for both its Telecommunications segment and its Products and Systems segment and then compare that to the firms corporate WACC. The WACC assesses the amount the risk that an average capital project undertaken by the firm contains. It is also the required rate of return the firm must end up paying in order

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    Essay Length: 323 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: October 16, 2011 Autor: arbindksingh
  • Benihana Case Study

    Benihana Case Study

    Recommendation Analysis of Benihana shows that the following actions should be taken in order to increase the markets and demographics which they can cater to: • Restructuring the restaurant flow as follows:ed o Changeing the seating setup so that more seats surround a cooking area which can serve multiple groups at one time so that the chef’s downtime is kept to a minimum. o Have multiple cooks behind each cooking area so that patrons have

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    Essay Length: 1,374 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: October 17, 2011 Autor: benjammin05
  • Whole Foods Case Study - Discuss the Trends in Retailing of Organic Foods and the Impact of These Trends on Whole Foods Market

    Whole Foods Case Study - Discuss the Trends in Retailing of Organic Foods and the Impact of These Trends on Whole Foods Market

    Whole Foods Case Study Discuss the trends in retailing of organic foods and the impact of these trends on Whole Foods Market. Whole Foods is the world’s largest supermarket retail chain of natural and organic foods. This supermarket wanted higher quality, less processed, more flavor and preserved natural products. As the leader in natural and organic foods, Whole Foods looked for consumers that were concerned about what they were eating, their eating patterns and their

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    Essay Length: 1,365 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: October 17, 2011 Autor: kaffy
  • Case Study: Bill French

    Case Study: Bill French

    Case Study: Bill French 1. Bill has assumed that Duo-Products' relevant range for fixed costs will remain constant even after planned expansion of production capacity. He has also assumed that there is just one breakeven point for the firm (by taking the average of the 3 products). He has also assumed that the sales mix will remain constant. Two other assumptions are that total revenue and total expenses behave in a linear manner over the

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    Essay Length: 332 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: October 18, 2011 Autor: emartin
  • Motivation Case Study in Organizational Behavior

    Motivation Case Study in Organizational Behavior

    motivation case study in organizational behavior Visualize and get the employees to visualize the big picture - This is one of the classical motivational methods for employees of a company where organizational behavior practices have been launched. The business owner and the employees are enforced to think at factors like how the practices would improve the standing of the company in the industry, how the practices will enable to company to boost sales etc. The

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    Essay Length: 270 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: October 18, 2011 Autor: jyin
  • Carrefour Case

    Carrefour Case

    Introduction Carrefour S.A. (Carrefour) is a retail corporation located in France. Carrefour is Europe’s largest retailer, with 5,200 stores and revenues of €53.9 billion. Over the last four years they have been growing thru acquisitions, mostly outside of France. Company History Carrefour is responsible for introducing the hypermarket to Europe in 1963. A hypermarket is a mega-store, similar to that of a Wal-Mart. They started in small French towns, but by 1969 expanded to Belgium.

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    Essay Length: 467 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: October 18, 2011 Autor: motown
  • Pension Case - History of the Pension Plan

    Pension Case - History of the Pension Plan

    Introduction Pension plans have been around for over 200 years in the United States. Exactly where did pensions come from or why were they created or developed in the first place will be looked at and examined in this paper. Along with pensions is another form of a contribution plan, a 401(k) plan which like pensions most have heard about or more then likely have one of their own. In some cases people have both

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    Essay Length: 8,009 Words / 33 Pages
    Submitted: October 19, 2011 Autor: mexico79
  • Student Case

    Student Case

    i am a student from macquarie University, i need to do some reserch about my paper. The topic is Compare different sports. Is the commentary portrayed in gendered terms? What kind of challenges do female sport stars provoke for conventional constructions of femininity? According to Helen Yeates, how has rugby league and masculinity been commodified in the mainstream media? Do you agree with her assessment and can you think of some contemporary examples? Do you

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    Essay Length: 352 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: October 19, 2011 Autor: maggieswz
  • Tesco Case

    Tesco Case

    Tesco was founded by Jack Cohen since he first opened a market stall in the East end of London in 1919. It was named from the initials of TE Stockwell, a partner in the firm of tea suppliers and Co from Jack’s surname. In 1929, the first Tesco store was open in Burnt Oak, Edgware, London. Since then it has revolutionised the way people do shopping in usual grocery stores. From a simple grocery store,

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    Essay Length: 277 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: October 19, 2011 Autor: strevence
  • Paramount Launch Clean Edge Case Study

    Paramount Launch Clean Edge Case Study

    Paramount has established itself as a global consumer products giant. Paramount entered the nondisposable razor market in 1962 and has since become the unit-volume market-leader in 2009. While the rate of new-product introductions for nondisposable razors and refill cartridges has accelerated, most new products were targeted at the super-premium segment and promoted benefits from advances in technology. Until this point Paramount had been unable to compete in the super-premium segment, but with the vibrating technology

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    Essay Length: 446 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: October 19, 2011 Autor: sakada68
  • Terror Watch Group - What Concepts in This Chapter Are Illustrated in This Case?

    Terror Watch Group - What Concepts in This Chapter Are Illustrated in This Case?

    1. What concepts in this chapter are illustrated in this case? Chapter concepts that are being illustrated in this case are the use of data warehouses. Currently there are multiple data bases supporting all the various branches and agencies who are required to verify identities. Airlines use data supplied by TSA to populate their no fly lists and Selectee lists for prescreening passengers, the US Customs and Border Protection system uses the watch lists data

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    Essay Length: 1,040 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: October 19, 2011 Autor: ralphmalph
  • Strategic Case - Indian Information Technology (it) Industry

    Strategic Case - Indian Information Technology (it) Industry

    The scope of the topic involves researching the accounting frauds conducted by the chairman of the company, and how the chairman managed to keep the fraud under wraps for many years. The scope of the topic also includes the audit procedures and the role of the statutory auditors in the fraud as the audit was never able to unearth the scam. The scope of the topic will also include the internal control systems present in

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    Essay Length: 1,374 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: October 20, 2011 Autor: rohanburman
  • Oilwell Cable Case Study

    Oilwell Cable Case Study

    Overview Oilwell Cable Company, originally known as Chord Cable Company out of New Jersey, has been acquired by new management and relocated in Lawrence, Kansas. Original manager behind this move was Gino Strappoli, who came up with a corporate structure that determined company’s success. His vision of the company was for everyone to have some responsibility, all the way down to the workers in production. One of the reasons behind this approach was that this

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    Essay Length: 1,250 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: October 23, 2011 Autor: jjsimanowitz
  • Ritz Carlton Case Study

    Ritz Carlton Case Study

    Ritz Carlton Case 1. The Ritz Carlton experience is more than just staying at a hotel. It is experiencing luxury service that exceeds expectations of guests from the second they arrive to the second they leave. It's a feeling of being catered to by professionals not in the hotel business, but the service business with the best resources available. The Ritz Carlton sells service and by doing so incidentally sells hotel rooms, food, and drinks.

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    Essay Length: 530 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: October 23, 2011 Autor: nabuchai