Play station 3 External Environment & Industry Analysis Porter’s 5 forces overall‚ the industry isunattractive for new entrants‚ and themain concerns are competitors andthe increasing number of substitutes [pic] [pic] Internal Environment Analysis This involves assessing the resources and capabilities of the firm in terms of strategic importance and relative strength‚ specific to PlayStation3 (see Appendix A.3 and A.4) (Grant‚2010). The following graph summarises this:
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The LEGO Group: | An Outsourcing Journey | | | 8/2/2012 | Introduction 2004 began an especially difficult period for The LEGO Group‚ which entered into a financial crisis resulting in a deficit of 1.8 billion DKK ($294.9MM USD). The internal turmoil lasted through 2009 as the leading toy manufacturer‚ famous for the signature LEGO brick‚ nearly went bankrupt. This experience was a first-hand lesson in the negative effects of not having a stable and organized supply chain design.
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The Great Inventory Correction Cole Stripling ------------------------------------------------- November 8‚ 2012 ------------------------------------------------- Summary Flood of the century or not‚ tech companies are taking steps to limit their exposure to the next traumatic event. Some are revising their inventory models; others are implementing supply chain software and setting up Web supplier hubs. Everyone wants tighter collaboration with suppliers and timelier information from customers
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good‚ which means play well. Since thousand 1960‚ the LEGO has release thousand of set variety of themes. An Adventure journey through five years from 2004 to 2009 has taught LEGO Group the fifth largest toys company who has signed contract with Flextronics. In 2004‚ radical changes took place within LEGO‚ organization as consequence of its internal crisis that drew the company near bankruptcy. One of the causes for dropping the revenue is about loosing of confidence of its core product‚ LEGO bricks
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inventory GSCM – Group 3 3 Case summary II ALTERA • California-based chipmaker (Programmable Logic Devices) • Supply to a giant Taiwanese company • Chute in revenue due to declining customer demand • Write-down 115 mio. worth of inventory FLEXTRONICS • One of world’s largest EMS (electronics manufacturing services) • Makes everything : from printed circuit boards to cell phone • Customers: Cisco‚ Lucent‚ Ericsson • Inventory growth 2000: from 470 mio. to 1.7 bil. dollars IBM • Giant‚ diversified
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to an explosion in the total number of unique bricks; each requiring expensive moulding‚ production and inventory. LEGO rightly decided to address this supply chain cost issue‚ and turned to Flextronics‚ a company with considerable experience in outsourcing. Over the next three years‚ with help from Flextronics‚ LEGO transitioned to a low-cost supply chain. However‚ this process did not deliver all the success LEGO had hoped for‚ so in 2007‚ LEGO moved to control its own supply chain again. This report
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Structure is dependent on strategy. If an organisation has vertical integration then they operate a functional structure‚ which gives efficiency through economies of scale. If an organisation uses a diversification structure then there is a business unit structure which gives customer responsiveness. However‚ many firms have a hybrid structure; this type of structure balances efficiency and customer responsiveness. A company also can choose to outsource through a contract with another company for
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will be largely decided between Sony and Microsoft because of their technological capabilities‚ which are demonstrated in their cutting-edge game console PlayStation 2 and Xbox 360‚ respectively. Market share as of December 31‚ 2005‚ Nintendo only has 14.7% (GameCube)‚ compared to Sony’s 68.3% (PlayStation 2) and Microsoft’s 17% (Xbox). [1] As mention in their 2005 Annual Report‚ Nintendo strategy is to expand the video game market by utilizing this wealth of talent and applying their game development
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too in involved the process. Those who dont really care about how special or adapted the product is. 4- Flextronics manufactures equipments for many clients so it has opportunity to see the aggregated demand and supply that they are producing. This information in regards to demand and supply can benefit both its suppliers for VMI inventory and clients for its requirements. Flextronics is very good at manufacturing equipments. They got to where they are by using the information that benefits everyone
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Leadership In past few decades‚ globalization has had a significant impact on working individuals‚ corporations and consumers. In this process‚ generally an organization’s growth and expansion leads corporations to new challenges and opportunities. One of challenges is overcoming geographical and cultural differences to form an integrated leadership development program that bridges offices and cultures and adequately identifies‚ assesses and develops leaders. In doing so‚ organizations must ensure
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