Key Challenges in Maintaining a Relationship between LEGO and Flextronics Name: Shanshan Liu Andrew ID: shanshal LEGO Group is the fifth-‐largest toy-‐maker in the world with a complicated global supply chain‚ while Flextronics is a large Singaporean electronics manufacturing services provider. So
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out of the vision of two creative‚ technological supply chain trailblazers‚ Flextronics- the world’s second-largest provider of electronics manufacturing services and the largest global manufacturer of cell phones- took form. Tapping into a burgeoning market of overflow manufacturing services‚ this unique electronic visionary busted onto the technological scene‚ through its humble origins. With service offerings ranging from “stuffing” printed circuit boards‚ for electronic firms‚ within California’s
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Management of Organizations Individual Case Analysis Flextronics Case; Deciding on a shop-floor system for producing the Microsoft Xbox; What actions should McCuster take to reach a decision? Why should he take those decisions? Its Decision time Flextronics prides in a work culture that values fast and very decisive actions. Jim McCusker is at the epicenter of a task conflict. This group decision making process of choosing a shop floor system has to be completed and fast. Time is running
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1. What were LEGO’s main expectations and learnings from the relationship with Flextronics? Prior to 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
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1.What were LEGO’s main expectations and learnings from the relationship with the Flextronics? Expectations: a. Saving cost by outsourcing to low-cost countries: Prior to outsourcing‚ LEGO owned and operated production plants mainly in relatively high labor-cost countries‚ such as the United States‚ Switzerland and the South Korea. The main reason for this is that LEGO built plants close to its main markets to save transportation cost. But LEGO finally realized that the reduced labor cost in some
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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 strategy for the following situations: Tasks that require specific manufacturing equipment and technical
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manufactured by Flextronics on a contract basis using designs created by its customers‚ the OEM’s (Original Equipment Manufacturers)‚ Phone 4 was designed and manufactured entirely by Flextronics. This new initiative by this EMS (Electronics Manufacturing Services) is not only a product design initiative‚ but an entirely new business approach that have Intellectual Property (IP)‚ product design and supplier development implications‚ among others. Who is Flextronics? Flextronics is a Singapore-base
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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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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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LEGO Robotics in the Classroom: An Ethnographic Study of Implementing the Technology into the Classroom Mid-term paper CD 145 Morgan Hynes April 6‚ 2005 Abstract Innovations in technology are making their way into the classroom. There are different schools of thought on if or how these innovations should be used‚ and can be many obstacles to overcome to implement new technologies. In this paper‚ I take an ethnographic look at one such innovation‚ LEGO robotics
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