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Executive Summary My decision is for Barilla SpA is to implement the JITD system. This will replace the old system of the GD and DO placing orders to Barilla sales people, and put the responsibility back on Barilla to accurately forecast demand. One of the major problems in Barilla’s supply chain is the huge fluctuations in demand, and the JITD system will allow them to smooth out the peaks and valleys in the current supply chain. Barilla will face push back from their own sales force, as well as their distributors, but as long as Barilla can gain the trust of their distributors and sales force, they can make the transformation a success. The JITD will be most successful with larger customers, so they should start out by getting the largest ones to sign up first.
Initially, for at least the first few months, there will be a lag between what we have available and what the customers or clients know we stock. This could cause decreased inquiries or sales of the specific new models until updated marketing materials are distributed and the website is updated. Another potential risk is the longevity, or “shelf-life” of both the pediatric and bariatric models. We expect there to be increased “wear and tear” for both models, which could reduce the rentable time by 5-10 weeks, decreasing the profit for the rental models. Lastly, increased inventory requires more space.
Fit Food, Inc. Problems For Cookie& Crackers Division First, the actual sales revenues were “managed” by managers in both 2008 and 2009. To meet the assigned sales target, different methods were employed by manager of marketing and sales department. Such as gave discount and extended payment terms, technically “shipped” products and shipped unordered to customer to increase sales. Second, the production manager used operating method, namely transfer expenses to capitalize costs, to significantly decrease the current cost of goods in 2009, which lead to the planned and actual gross margins are close.
Instead, Christine waited until one week before the project was due to try to figure out a solution. By waiting as long as she did, Christine became a social facilitator for Mikes social loafing. According to our textbook, a team leader can redefine roles for each team member so that social loafer are more visible and can be held accountable by each other. The primary problem that Christine faces is holding each member of her team accountable for his or her specific roles. Mike recognized that if he comes up with an excuse then Christine would just pickup the slack as evident in the case study when Mike called Christine saying he was going through a rough period due to a combination of school, work and problem with his girlfriend.
Draw up weekly “To Do List” dictating which task comes first giving 24hrs gap for tasks completion before deadlines. Resume an hour before resumption time to read and respond to all office correspondence. Clear my desk before closing. Delegate some work activities to colleagues who have the capacity to perform such roles like turning
Cover-It’s future development Executive summary This case study has been performed to identify different alternatives for Cover-It and Jeremy to either sell or managing his business to develop it. From our analysis we will give Jeremy one final recommendation. Based on the situation analysis, we defined following main problem definition: How should Jeremy adjust to the proposed offer from Cover Concepts? Our final recommendation to Jeremy is to sell Cover-It, as he has poor health, the financial structure of the company, the relative small amount of employees and resources, and the negative future aspects of the company. Jeremy should use the capital he gets from this deal in combination with his core competences, such as harvest resources and creating new and use existing contacts, to develop something new.
When planning the businesses cash flow, take in to consideration how customers pay. If they pay with credit, it can be months before a payment is received, therefore, rethink the cash flow strategy because most suppliers require immediate payment for new businesses. Failure to price a product or service correctly can also result in business failure. (Ames) Secondly, if a business owner fails to clearly, define their market, their customers, and their customers buying habits, they can cause their
She has implemented two accounting procedural changes that have streamlined the work and resulted in cost savings for the company. She reports to the CFO, and he is concerned about Jennifer, despite her obvious talents. There is no denying that she has had a positive impact, but Jennifer is not fitting in so well. Jennifer is a poor communicator and seems to have alienated quite a few of her peers and her employees. She is often aloof and distant, and her usual way of motivating performance is to simply dictate what will be done and expect compliance with her orders.
Material Handling & Change over problem The third major reason is material handling and change over problem, the issue causing to inventory to be compiled in different areas of stitching. The frequency of this issue is 25 in one month. Whenever the work order changes, the new work order have new specifications, new methods, new styles and new machinery settings. Due to less preparation, the new work order gets blocked in inventory queues. It’s their internal problem too, because stitching manager wants to run the work order with minimum change overs, so he always has a choice to select desired work order (work order having similar specifications), due to huge inventory stock.