The primary focus of JITD is information sharing upstream and downstream in the supply chain. Knowing the distributors sales and shipping data could help Barilla and the distributors in many ways: * It would smooth the manufacturing cycle. Barilla would know the demand for each product as it is sold / shipped. * Use the sales information from the distributors to create replenishment orders on an as needed basis. Thus, it would reduce inventory levels at both Barilla and the distributors. Also, shortening the time between orders reduces demand variability. * Barilla would also know when stock items are low and generate replenishment orders reducing stock-outs, which lead to increased sales. We believe Barilla's high volume dry goods products would be best suited for JITD. a. The JITD program would help reduce demand variation for one of the two order streams; Barilla Distributor warehouse. The variation reduction will help stabilize ad hoc scheduling changes and should help improve Distributor Market fill rates.
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