E Procurement
LEGO GROUP
Introduction
Lego group, a privately held company which is a construction toys company based in Billund, Denmark. The company was founded and formed by the Krik Kristiansen and his family in 1932.
The company's main flagship product, Lego, consists of coloured interlocking plastic bricks and a collection of gears, mini-figures and various other parts. Lego bricks can be assembled and connected in many ways, for example, to construct objects such as vehicles, buildings, etc. Anything constructed can be taken apart and then the pieces can be used to make other different objects in different shapes. The toys were first designed in the 1940s in Denmark and from then onwards it has achieved an international appeal, with an extensive branch of activities that supports Lego in movies, games, video games, competitions, and also in four Lego themed amusement parks in Germany (Gunzburg), Denmark (Billund), United States (San Diego) and United Kingdom (Windsor). Around 5 billion hours a year are spent by the world’s children playing with LEGO bricks. LEGO also employees over 5000 people worldwide.
E-Procurement
“E-procurement is the incarnation of the buying-process where routine tasks (such as purchase requisition creation and approval, placing purchase orders, receiving products, processing invoices and paying invoices) get automated and tasks in the enterprise are redesigned”.
LEGO group uses IBX software which provides scalable on-demand solutions for sourcing and procurement of raw materials paired with purchasing know how and managed services.
The materials procured by the company through their IBX software are the direct raw production material, the packaging material and some indirect operating resources (ORM).
The direct raw materials are Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS), rubber and electronic. ABS is mainly a plastic granules sheet. This ABS is then moulded into different shapes to make the various types of LEGO bricks. They also
Introduction
Lego group, a privately held company which is a construction toys company based in Billund, Denmark. The company was founded and formed by the Krik Kristiansen and his family in 1932.
The company's main flagship product, Lego, consists of coloured interlocking plastic bricks and a collection of gears, mini-figures and various other parts. Lego bricks can be assembled and connected in many ways, for example, to construct objects such as vehicles, buildings, etc. Anything constructed can be taken apart and then the pieces can be used to make other different objects in different shapes. The toys were first designed in the 1940s in Denmark and from then onwards it has achieved an international appeal, with an extensive branch of activities that supports Lego in movies, games, video games, competitions, and also in four Lego themed amusement parks in Germany (Gunzburg), Denmark (Billund), United States (San Diego) and United Kingdom (Windsor). Around 5 billion hours a year are spent by the world’s children playing with LEGO bricks. LEGO also employees over 5000 people worldwide.
E-Procurement
“E-procurement is the incarnation of the buying-process where routine tasks (such as purchase requisition creation and approval, placing purchase orders, receiving products, processing invoices and paying invoices) get automated and tasks in the enterprise are redesigned”.
LEGO group uses IBX software which provides scalable on-demand solutions for sourcing and procurement of raw materials paired with purchasing know how and managed services.
The materials procured by the company through their IBX software are the direct raw production material, the packaging material and some indirect operating resources (ORM).
The direct raw materials are Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS), rubber and electronic. ABS is mainly a plastic granules sheet. This ABS is then moulded into different shapes to make the various types of LEGO bricks. They also