The Lego Group: Building Strategy Problem Statement: The Lego Group has been making toys successfully for 80 years and has grown to having close to 3.16 B USD in sales for the 2010 year. They specialize in toy building sets‚ a sector of the market that has seen 13% growth in 2010 and is forecasted to grow further. However‚ the Lego Group is at a cross-road in their business plan and requires a strategic plan going forward. Currently‚ the company needs to look at its existing partnerships
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LEGO -is a line of construction toys . The company’s flagship product consists of colorful interlocking plastic bricks and an accompanying array of gears‚ minifigures and various other parts.Founder: Ole Kirk Christiansen‚ 1934. Lego History The Lego Group began in the workshop of Ole Kirk Christiansen‚ a carpenter from Billund‚ Denmark‚ who began making wooden toys in 1932. It expanded to producing plastic toys in 1947. Lego Trivia 1. The company is named after the Danish phrase leg godt
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the Flextronics offshore outsourcing project‚ LEGO had a very tight control of all the elements of the value chain. Their production plants were expansive and specialized which‚ in theory‚ would create a higher degree of standardization. Their Swiss factories only produced DUPLO toys and Technic products‚ their Danish factory solely produced LEGO System products‚ and the U.S. facility focused on American demands‚ while only 5 to 10 percent of the LEGO Group’s total production was outsourced to Chinese
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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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Lego my Lego Sabrina Moonilall I agree with Brown when he says “kids are cheated of an opportunity” because Lego comes with instructions because Lego is mean to expand children’s imagination. Lego is a bunch of colourful blocks and when kids sit in front of it‚ they may put a few pieces together and then realize it looks like something‚ like a dragon‚ or a sword or a ship‚ and they may use their
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There are about 915 million ways to combine six LEGO® bricks . But how many ways are there to keep a company on the right track? Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen‚ current owner of the LEGO Group‚ was faced with this question in 2004. On the surface it did not become known that LEGO was in trouble in those days. The small bricks were welcome all over the world and the British Association of Toy Retailers joined Fortune magazine in naming the company’s classic bricks the toy of the century. But the fifth-largest
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Google+ Share on Twitter Smiling child with red brickThe LEGO Group has focused on quality in all its activities since its foundation in 1932. For the LEGO Group‚ quality encompasses both product quality and ethical values‚ and this attitude is deeply anchored in our fundamental beliefs – and our vision and mission. The LEGO Group strives to exceed our customers’ expectations of our products and service‚ and general experience with the LEGO brand. Our quality procedures are set forth in our global
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Contents 1. Introduction - 3 - 1.1 Problem statement - 3 - 1.2 Delimitation - 3 - 1.3 Report structure - 4 - 1.4Methodology section - 4 - 2. Organizational structure and design of LEGO - 4 - 2.1 Organizational design of Lego - 5 - 3. Influence of organizational type to internal relationship in company - 7 - 3.1 Relationship with customers - 8 - 4. SWOT - 8 - 4.1 Making weaknesses into strengths - 10 - 5. Suggestions of motivation improvements - 10 - 6. Conclusion - 11 - 7
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Log for mm215……………………………………………………………….…..17 Executive Summary LEGO Group began in the workshop of Ole Kirk Christiansen‚ and has a long history which started with making wooden toys‚ plastic toys and then getting to the famous brick. Because of the foreign competition‚ many companies‚ including LEGO‚ had to reevaluate their strategies to regain competitive advantage. As a consequence‚ the current corporate vision in Lego energizes all employees. Furthermore‚ the bond between them and top
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Sustainable Product Design Report-Lego Group Take the lead‚ compile‚ edit‚ and conclusion and submit final draft Include a cover page memo to your department head‚ explaining why your team chose this product. Describe elements of your sustainable product The elements of Lego’s 100% recycled products will decrease waste mentality‚ reduce the use of fossil fuels‚ and convert renewable energy at the Lego Group to create a positive outcome to its goal. The goal at the Lego Group is to transition our products
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