Prepare a 4 page report based on the assigned case I put in the additional materials section. The report must answer the following questions and provide a recommendation that emphasizes the question in bold print. The report must follow the guidelines in the attached document.
Questions:
Diagnose the underlying causes of the difficulties that the JITD program was created to solve. What are the benefits and drawbacks of this program?
What conflicts or barriers internal to Barilla does the JITD program create? What causes these conflicts? As Giorgio Maggiali, how would you deal eith these?
As one of Barilla’s customers, what would your response to JITD be? Why?
In the environment in which Barilla operated in 1990, do you believe JITD (or a similar kind of program) would be feasible? effective? If so, which customers would you target next? How would you convince them that the JITD program was worth trying? If not, what alternatives would you suggest to combat some of the difficulties that Barilla’s operating system faces?
How could the JITD program be improved in the present day?