Summary JITD program (where Barilla’s logistics would specify appropriate delivery quantities as compared to the distributors order placements) Issues Identification According to the Barilla SpA (A) Case, “the increasing variability of Barilla’s dry pasta product (about 800 SKUs)” illustrates that Barilla is suffering a bullwhip effect which is caused by extreme demand fluctuations, high inventory carrying costs and manufacturing costs, inadequate product availability and the distributors’…
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