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Barilla SpA: Pasta Distribution Analysis
Title: Barilla SpA: Pasta Distribution Analysis
Category: Social Sciences / Sociology
Details: Words: 1425 | Pages: 6.1 (approximately 235 words/page)
Barilla SpA: Pasta Distribution Analysis
Company Overview
Barilla SpA is a large, vertically integrated, family owned pasta company based in Italy. It maintains a leadership position among a field of thousands of Italian competitors producing and distributing brand-name pasta. Its operations are divided among 3 production divisions and two distribution channels, based on product shelf life. Distribution was further divided between two central distribution centers (CDCs), based on geography.
Customers were divided into three primary segments: Small retail shops; Large independent …showed first 75 words of 1425 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1425 total…and selling it very differently than the rest of the industry. The product was put in sealed boxes and marketed as a higher end product. In doing this, the company was able to produce a greater profit margin than its competitors. The JITD program gives Barilla an opportunity to do something very similar. By moving to a distribution system that greatly reduces the variability, Barilla can greatly reduce the "Bullwhip" effect that plagues the industry.
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