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    Case Summary: Mattel‚ Inc has the vision of being the world’s premier toy brand‚ for the present and the future. It currently sells products in over 150 nations. The company was founded in 1945 by Harold Matson and Elliot Handler. It has gone to be 30‚000 employees strong working in 43 countries. Mattel‚ Inc includes a number of toy brands such as Barbie‚ Fisher Price‚ Hot Wheels‚ American Girl‚ Tyco‚ and others. In 2008‚ the company was recognized by FORTUNE magazine as one of the “100 Best

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    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 Analysis Problem Definition The problem surrounding Mattel Inc. is their mismanagement of international subcontractors and vendors and the production of certain toys (the manufacturing process)‚ as well as their inability to adapt their marketing strategy or product to the constantly changing “demographic and socioeconomic trends.” This is supported by Mattel’s legal battle with Carter Bryant and MGA‚ their forced recall of certain toys that were manufactured overseas‚ and the increasing

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    MATTEL CASE I. OVERVIEW Mattel was founded in 1945 by Elliot and Ruth Handler. The couple started out making furniture to sell out of their garage. This business was a success‚ but they wanted a new business approach to remain competitive in the fast-changing world. So‚ they turned to making toys‚ and Mattel became the world’s largest toy company‚ with a revenue of $5.8 billion and a net income of $684 million in 2010. Recently‚ the company commissioned Chinese companies to produce some

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    Case Study: Real Choices at Mattel 9/25/11 1. The decision facing Mattel is whether to continue to produce their products internationally where cost are low‚ or produce them in the United States where costs are significantly higher but quality is better. Mattel might want to even reconsider going global if there sales are decreasing more internationally than in the United States. Mattel needs to determine how many of the products produced internationally were recalled versus the amount of

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    Teaching Case Study Hazardous Toy Recalls at Mattel‚ Inc. Key words: Chinese manufacturing‚ outsourcing‚ product recalls‚ global supply chain risk Type of submission: teaching case study Hazardous Toy Recalls at Mattel‚ Inc.[?] Abstract In 2006 and 2007 Mattel‚ Inc. was faced with massive recalls of Chinese-made toys due to potentially dangerous levels of lead in various toy model surface paints and small magnets in toys which could fall off and be swallowed. This case describes

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    Mattel Group Equity Valuation Jeremy Gilbert Angela Gorczyca Michael Innerebner Erin Kunselman Andrew Mead Mattel Valuation TA B LE OF CONT ENTS Executive Summary.................................................. 3 Business & Industry Analysis................................... 6 Industry Analysis .............................................................6 Five Forces Model...........................................................7 SWOT Analysis ..................................

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    Unit Four Mattel Case Study Analysis Tosha Collins Kaplan University School of Business and Management MT 460-04 Management Policy and Strategy Dr. K. Peterson 1/31/12 Unit Four Mattel Case Study Analysis In 1944‚ the Mattel brand was founded by Ruth and Elliot Handler and Harold “Matt” Matson. They launched Mattel out of a garage workshop in Southern California. The first Mattel products were actually picture frames‚ but Elliot soon started using the scrap from the picture frames to create

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    pleasure to the widest range of relevant stakeholders making society as a whole better off. The pleasure is often measured in terms of increasing happiness and/or reducing pain‚ where happiness and pain can be either physical or psychological. In Mattel case‚ there were many negative consequences resulting in the contaminated malfunction toys. For example‚ the excess lead paint over permissible levels in the toys can cause permanent brain damage and even death. The improper toys’ designs failed to prevent

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    Mattel Toy Recall Jesse Cuviello‚ Heather Kronstadt‚ Sean Murphy‚ Christopher Lewonka 1. What are the main issues involved in the case? Mattel had five recalls in 2007 involving over 21 million toys. The problems were related to lead paint and poorly designed magnets. Most of the toys were made in China‚ which caused them to question the reliability of the Chinese manufacturers. At first‚ Mattel tried to put all the blame on the Chinese manufacturers as a denial

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