this sport) WEAKNESSES Negative image portrayed by poor working conditions in its overseas factories E-commerce is limited to USA The direct sale to consumers is creating conflicts with its own resellers Currently available supply chain‚ manufacturing‚ and fulfillment technologies aren’t easily integrated with online build-to-order Not known for its research and development leading to innovative designs«systems The e-commerce is limited to USA‚ however‚ has planned to expand
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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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The primary activities (Porter‚ 1985) of the company include the following: • Inbound logistics These are the activities concerned with receiving the materials from suppliers‚ storing these externally sourced materials‚ and handling them within the firm. Here goods are received from a company’s suppliers. They are stored until they are needed on the production/assembly line. Goods are moved around the organisation. ~ Fresh fruit and vegetables are delivered and prepared every day. • Operations
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Camy Villegas Assignment 1 Research Report April 25‚ 2011 Information technology has become such an essential part of a company’s success in today’s world. As recent as 10 years ago it was unheard of to run a company solely though the internet. Today we have Amazon.com‚ which is one of the biggest internet companies and which led the way for the rest of them to follow. Another company that was born during the .com boom is Netflix. It got its start in 1997 as an idea to rent DVD’s over the
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Problem Statement: As a manager of The Lego Group I think the main problem that Lego faces is maintaining its competitive advantage and growth in the complex toy industry. Lego must identify a clear expansion plan to respond to the external (business) threats such as intense competition and new product innovations‚ changes in the toy industry with mergers and acquisitions and legal battles as well as maintain efficient internal operations in terms of supply chain and logistics in order to keep up their
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Analysis: * The construction toy market is worth $600 million * Lego is a $1.6 billion business in the construction toy market spread across 130 countries * Lego enjoys 80% of market share in the North American market * Lego is as an esteem brand and is looked upon not only as a toy company but also a company with toys that develop learning and new skills * Due to competitors like Mega Bloks Inc.‚ Hasbro etc. Lego started losing market share * Some of the major reasons for the
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Introduction In this report I will focus on toy manufacturing company called LEGO and its goals of expending their business in China. The project will contain of 10 pages which will include internal and external analyses of the company and chosen country environment or market. In this project I will try to analyze Chinese market for toys with the purpose of reaching a better foundation for decision regarding their strategic situation. I will use information from books‚ internet and my decisions
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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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Project definition: LEGO is one of the largest companies in Denmark and a company with a very strong brand. But even so‚ their economy fell apart in 2003-2004 and we are interested in what they did wrong and what they did to turn their significant loss around to a profit in 2005. So our problem is: What caused LEGO’s financial problems in and what did they do to turn it around? This is very relevant‚ because it shows how even one of the biggest brands in a market can’t afford to relax in any aspect
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Answer 1. Companies outsource production of their products for the following reasons: Lack of technical expertise‚ or expert labor in certain operations; reduce manufacturing costs due to the availability of cheap labor; make less investments in expensive equipment‚ staff and IT systems; optimize resource utilization and free up management time from outsourced routine supporting activities to focus on its core competencies; and when domestic manufacturing capacity is reached. Outsourcing is a good
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