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Answer 2: Conflicts That Are Likely To Be Created Within Barilla by The JITD Program
Answer 2: Conflicts That Are Likely To Be Created Within Barilla by The JITD Program
JIDT was designed to make sure that Barilla did not hold any excess inventory.
Holding excess inventory would add to the inventory carrying cost, thus adding to
the total cost. As there was fluctuation in weekly demand, objective of JIDT was to
reduce distribution cost, inventory levels and manufacturing costs.stockout
The causes of these difficulties were the unanticipated fluctuations in demand of
pasta by the customers
Benefits of JIDT:
Drawbacks of JIDT:
Answer 3
Conflicts that are likely to be created within Barilla by the JITD program are as follows:
JIDT may also lead to reduction in employees within Barilla. This may result in
employees sabotaging work in order to keep their place
Promotions of Barilla products cannot take place with JIDT in place as the
goods would be prepared and when needed
JITD sales structure would reduce the bonus for the employees
Experienced employees may leave the organization as they may not
understand the concept of JIDT. This would mean that new employees will
have to be trained
As the demand is based on the customer forecast, there is little incentive for
the workers to work hard and push themselves to sell the items