Mattel Case Development of Major Issue Mattel was the world’s largest toy manufacturer with revenue over $5 billion. It had been doing business in China for 25 years. China was Mattel’s most important manufacturing country. 65% of Mattel’s toys were manufactured in China. It owned 5 factories in China and had a network of contract manufacturers for the remainder of production. In August and September‚ 2007‚ Mattel recalled for three times globally 21 million problematic toys that were made
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Mattel Case Study - Presentation Transcript 1. no. 1-0013 Mattel‚ Inc: Vendor Operations in Asia Only 3% of the world’s children are here in the U.S. Our biggest opportunities are in growth outside the U.S. – Jill Barad President & CEO Mattel‚ Inc. The sun was just breaking over Kowloon Harbor. From his corner office‚ Ron Montalto gazed across the water and watched the early morning light reflect off Hong Kong’s famous downtown skyline. Only 24 hours ago Ron had been riding around the Carolina
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Mattel and Toy Safety Mattel‚ the world’s largest toys company‚ had been faced with some rough challenges due to some safety scandals revolving toy design and manufacturing in China. During August 2007 Mattel was forced to extremely recall toys due to loose magnets and excess lead found in some of the Mattel toys that posed immediate danger to the children that played with them. “Mattel voluntarily recalled 1.5 million Chinese made‚ Fisher-Price product‚ after the company learned that they
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Overlooking the purpose of the ERP system. 2. Lack of commitment from top management. 3. Poor ERP system selection. 4. Poor project management. 5. Inaccurate data. 6. Ignoring user reluctance for new applications. 7. IT staff implementation issues. 8. Unrealistic expectations. The CEO must be the custodian of ERP debate over who should serve as guardian over an organisation’s ERP can be settled with one answer - the Chief Executive Officer. My ERP is not integrated and I
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Case Memo:Mattel And The The Toy Recalls Summary: Mattel‚ a global leader in toy manufacturing is currently faced with a tough challenge of restoring their consumer confidence following the increased recalls of their toys made in China. At present the most important goal for Mattel is to reassure their customers that kids’ safety is their highest priority and they are committed to provide good quality toys that are safe to play with. The main impediment in achieving their goal is not having an
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Q1. ERP stands for “enterprise‚” “resources” and “planning.” Briefly explain what and how ERP systems promise to offer better than traditional (non-ERP) information systems do‚ in terms of “enterprise‚” “resources” and “planning.” Considering the reality of ERP systems use‚ to what extent do you think those promises on “E‚” “R” and “P” have panned out? Justify briefly. There are several ways in which Enterprise Resource Planning systems promise to offer better than traditional non-ERP information
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segment‚ generating total revenues of $61.8 billion‚ equivalent to 58.2% of the market’s overall value. Mattel recorded revenues of $ 5.65 billion in 2006 and $ 5.97 billion in 2007. Mattel’s key competitors in the traditional toy industry include Hasbro‚ Bandai‚ Lego‚ The Middleton Doll Company‚ Atari‚ Electronic Arts‚ Blitz Games‚ Leapfrog Enterprises‚ Inc. and several others (Datamonitor). Mattel is a designer‚ manufacturer‚ and marketer of traditional toy products. Mattel’s products are sold directly
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E-business: Traditional ERP systems take care of internal value chain (i.e.‚ within a company) whereas e-businesses establish the value chain across the market and the industries. So‚ it is necessary for the organizations a more efficient ERP system under E-business. More and more organizations construct their systems’ architectures by integrating ERP systems with e-business. They use Web based interface (corporate portals) with outside entities plus add-on modules such as CRM‚ SCM‚ etc
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www.emeraldinsight.com/1463-7154.htm Success and failure factors of adopting SAP in ERP system implementation Vidyaranya B. Gargeya Success and failure factors of adopting SAP 501 The University of North Carolina at Greensboro‚ Greensboro‚ North Carolina‚ USA‚ and Cydnee Brady Volvo Trucks North America‚ Greensboro‚ North Carolina‚ USA Abstract Purpose – Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems are software packages that allow companies to have more real time visibility and
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more responsibility as the whole set up is done by it so it cannot play any blame game with other vendor’s due to which there is a delay in addressing the problem which happens in multi vendor. 5. It’s easier to solve any kind of problem with ERP implementation or in the later phase because we will have to contact only one person which will save time. 6. If the vendor is same then it will follow same style leading to faster deployment and less staff training. Multi vendor A lot of companies/clients
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