YEAR 11 BOM PROJECT AND PRACTICAL WORK YEAR 11 BOM PROJECT AND PRACTICAL WORK IKEA REPORT KIT WOOD IKEA REPORT KIT WOOD Statement of Authorship: I certify that the work submitted as part of this assignment is my own and that any externally obtained assistance or sources is acknowledged. I am also aware that plagiarism can result in severe penalties. Signature of Student: ……………………………………………………………………………………….. Date:………………………………………………………………………………………………………………... Statement of Authorship:
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Case Study: IKEA Global Sourcing 1. How should Marianne Barner respond to the invitation for IKEA to have a representative appear on the upcoming broadcast of the German video program? a. Marianne Barner‚ business manager for IKEA’s carpets‚ should respond with a firm “no” to the invitation. Barlett‚ Dessain‚ & Sjöman (2006) stated that the German video program would only bring detriment to the company‚ rather than relief or support for the issue at hand. In comparison to the Swedish program‚ which
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The IKEA Case 1. What are the core competencies and end products of IKEA? How are they linked with each other? The main competence IKEA has been maintaining is the low-cost aspect which is predominantly observable within different areas of the firm. IKEA provides low-cost products‚ which emerge from low-cost supply chains and flat packaging‚ which were convenient for transport and storage. Another important aspect contributing to the low-cost ideology is designing furniture made from inexpensive
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Explain what clients mean for IKEA. IKEA´s mission statement: IKEA offers a wide range of well-designed‚ functional home furnishing products at prices so low that as many people as possible can afford them" Considering the previous mission statement with a unique customer vision IKEA is clearly antagonistic with specific customers’ needs. That lack of adjustment to customer needs is the main reason for not getting the same results in China than in Northern Europe. IKEA´s expansion in the late
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IKEA Case Operations Management This paper is an analysis of IKEA’s business structure and plan per the operations management book page 65 and page 66. Four questions were presented at the end of the case. I answered the questions below. 1. What are IKEA’s competitive priorities? [To the consumer] IKEA’s competitive priorities include: overall attractiveness to the price sensitive consumer while maintaining a level above ‘cheap’ products‚ trendy modern design element‚ and overall company frugalness
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1. How has Globalization of markets benefited IKEA? Globalization of Markets is one of the facets of the 21st century’s major trend called ‘’Globalization’’. Globalization of Markets is a growing concept defined as companies expanding their businesses all over the world to serve different customers’ needs and desires internationally. Apart from customers tastes and preferences becoming more universal and diminishing trade and investment barriers by different governments‚ the major driving force
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1. What were the sources of IKEA’s successful entry into the furniture retailing business in Sweden? Between 1935 and 1946 furniture prices rose 41% faster than household goods. Kamprad was intuitive enough to see this as a great business opportunity. IKEA took a new approach to selling furniture in Sweden. Instead of an expensive product that would take weeks for delivery‚ IKEA offered a product with a good design and functionality at a price that almost everyone could afford. Kamprad focused
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IKEA Christopher A. Bartlett and Ashish Nanda With a 1988 too much by attempting major new market entries simultaneously in two European countries (United Kingdom and Italy)‚ the United States‚ and several Eastern bloc countries. Finally‚ there was widespread concern about the future of the company without its founder‚ strategic architect‚ and cultural guru‚ Ingvar Kamprad. IKEA BACKGROUND AND HISTORY In 1989‚ furniture retailing worldwide was a fragmented industry in which small
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IKEA Case Study Question 1 Investigate IKEA ’s business model and sources of competitive advantage as depicted in the case. Why do you think it has been so sucsessfull in the fragmentated fuurniture industry? What do you concider to be IKEA ’s main weaknesses? To answer question one I will split the question into three parts. Begining by investigating IKEA ’s business model and sources of competitive advantage. Then goin on to adress why it has been so sucsessfull in the fragmented furniture
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IKEA: how the Swedish retailer ;: became a global cult brand A hybrid strategy (point 3 on the strategy clock - Exhibit 6.2) can be vety successful and difficult competitors to imitate. However‚ there is a danger that the organisation can drift into a ’stuck in the middl position - being ’out-flanked’ by both low-priced and differentiating competitors at the same time. ••• Since IKEA began in 1943 it has grown into a successful global network of stores with its unique retailing concept
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