1. From early 1990s to 2004‚ the Lego Group‚ a long successful toymaker with a world-renowned brand‚ fell into the edge of bankruptcy. Compared with the highest revenue in 1999‚ the revenue in 2014 decreased by 35.6% while the net profit was negative‚ seven times less than that in 1999‚ the lowest in the past ten years. Its net profit margin and ROE were also the lowest. The gross margin and inventory turnover were all lower than its competitors. The strategic moves in the two main periods “growth
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1- HISTORY OF LEGO I will be responsible for starting the presentation. In my part‚ I will begin by introducing the group’s members and saying what everyone is going to talk about. Secondly‚ I will begin by introducing our partners in LEGO to have a global information of the company‚ short but clear. I will talk about the history of the company‚ beginning‚ growth‚ expansion and current affairs. Later I’ll do a little description of their products‚ kind of them‚ why kids likes them‚ what
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1. Introduction LEGO is a combination of the Danish words “leg” and “godt”‚ meaning “play well”. As their name and ideal‚ Lego has been beloved by the children as well as the parents for decades. Not only as plastic toy bricks‚ but also effective educational tools‚ the LEGO Company enjoyed continuous growth and broaden the global brand value. The LEGO brand moved to third place in 2002/2003 with only Coca-cola and Kellogg having greater respect among families with children. Even though as the
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1. What has led the LEGO group to the edge of bankruptcy? External threats (macro PEST‚ micro Porter’s 5 forces) giant conglomerates dominating industry (risk of being taken over) p.2 competing rising costs while competitors outsource p.2 pressure from big retail customers with power? e.g. Walmart‚ Target p.2 negative industry trends in toy industry p.1 1) fad toys are rising and product life cycles declining. threat of shortening/declining life cycle despite rise of fad toys
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Annual Report 2011 The LEGO Group FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Financial Highlights The LEGO Group (mDKK) 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 18‚731 (13‚065) 5‚666 (124) 5‚542 4‚160 16‚014 (10‚899) 4‚973 (84) 4‚889 3‚718 11‚661 (8‚659) 2‚902 (15) 2‚887 2‚204 9‚526 (7‚522) 2‚100 (248) 1‚852 1‚352 8‚027 (6‚556) 1‚449 (35) 1‚414 1‚028 12‚904 6‚975 5‚929 10‚972 5‚473 5‚499 7‚788 3‚291 4‚497 6‚496 2‚066 4‚430 6‚009 1‚679 4‚330 3
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Case Write-Up: LEGO Group-An Outsourcing Journey Q1 LEGO’s main expectations and learnings from the relationship with Flextronics LEGO’s main expectation was to optimize its global supply chain by saving cost and reducing production complexity from the cooperation with Flextronics. However‚ the contract between those two lasted for only 3 years. In the end‚ LEGO re-took control of plants in Czech Republic‚ Hungary and opened a new site in Mexico Lessens LEGO received from this unsuccessful
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! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! The LEGO Case Study 2014 ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! The A CONTENTS ! ! ! 1! ! 2! ! ! 3! ! 4! ! 5! ! 6! ! 7! ! Introduction!! ! ! Difficult start to the decade 2001.! Signs of Recovery 2002.! Hopes dashed - 2003.! LEGOLAND parks.! LEGO Brand Stores.! The Knudstorp Review.! 8! ! Financial Focus - the ! Oveson addition. ! 9! ! Back to basics and the limit to adjacencies. ! ! ! 10 ! Developing the strategy ! why do we exist? ! ! 11 ! First the action plan -
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Case: the LEGO Group: Publish or Protect? Publish‚ Patent or Trade secret? Introduction: The LEGO Group are maintaining their competitive advantage through two main direction which are having more intelligence modular design and product introduction‚ such as new product line and having manufacturing process innovation that can reduce cost‚ shorten manufacturing cycle and improve the product quality. For manufacturing innovation LEGO are introducing new technology into their process. The project
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Lego case study: from Downfall to Revival The Lego Group Case Study Kim In Seok Strategic Management Lego bricks still hold special meaning to many young adults who have played with the bricks in their teenage years. I‚ for one‚ count among those young adults as I was an avid collector of Lego products myself: whenever there were new Lego products released‚ I used to nag my parents to buy them for me and promised to be a ‘good boy’. Thus it came quite
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When thinking of “The Lego Movie” it’s easy to dismiss it as another movie made to entertain the minds of 4 to 11 year olds. A movie created just for parents to get one solid hour of peace from their kids but it’s surprisingly the opposite. The movie surprises its viewers with cleverly written jokes‚ action packed scenes‚ and heartwarming characters. This Warner Brothers production grabs the attention of its viewer and keeps them entertained all the way to the end. Directed by Phil Lord and Christopher
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