$1.$ Diagnose the underlying causes of the difficulties that the JITD program was created to solve. Do you see any bullwhip effect in Barilla's supply chain? What are the factors leading to bullwhip effect in Barilla? $($Hint: Fluctuations in orders are the result, not the factor leading to the bullwhip effect$)$

$2.$ Explain the design of the JITD program. What are the benefits of the JITD program?

The Bullwhip Effect In Supply Chains$1$

Hau L Lee, V Padmanabhan, and Seungjin Whang;

Sloan Management Review, Spring $1997,$ Volume $38,$ Issue $3,$ pp$.93-102$

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