The LEGO Group: | An Outsourcing Journey | | | 8/2/2012 | Introduction 2004 began an especially difficult period for The LEGO Group‚ which entered into a financial crisis resulting in a deficit of 1.8 billion DKK ($294.9MM USD). The internal turmoil lasted through 2009 as the leading toy manufacturer‚ famous for the signature LEGO brick‚ nearly went bankrupt. This experience was a first-hand lesson in the negative effects of not having a stable and organized supply chain design.
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Introduction Founded in 1932‚ the LEGO Group is a privately held company headquartered in Billund‚ Denmark. The vision of Lego Group is to “inspire children to explore and challenge their own creative potential”[1] Lego now ranks 4th in the world as a toy manufacturer. The Lego Group employs nearly 9‚000 workers and its own product‚ Lego Brick can be found in over 130 countries. The financial performance of Lego declined drastically through the 1990’s and early 2000’s. In 2004‚ the company accumulated
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20101233 20054057 Assignment Title : The LEGO Group: working with strategy. Date : 03 March 2012 Programme : BTECH-MANAGEMENT IV Question 1 Explain how the development of strategy at the LEGO Group reflect the key characteristics of strategic management outlined in section 1.2 and in the model in Figure 1.4? “Strategy is the long-term direction of an organization” (Johnson‚ Whittington and Scholes‚ 2011‚ p.3). The LEGO Group started with the manufacture of stepladders‚ ironing
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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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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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REBRANDING LEGO 1 BSc (IM) 6th semester‚ Bachelor Thesis Authors: Binh Thi Le Supervisor: Berit Kamp REBRANDING LEGO. AN ANALYSIS OF CAUSES AND SOLUTIONS IMPLEMENTED. Department of Marketing and Statistics Aarhus School of Business [02nd May 2011] REBRANDING LEGO Abstract 2 This paper describes the seven-year rebranding process undergone by the LEGO Group in between 2004 and 2010. In the first part of the paper there is a focus on describing the relevant literature concerning
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USER INNOVATION CLASS LEGO Case Study Simone Grancini Giovanni Giuseppe Savini HS 2010 User Innovation 1 AGENDA The Company‚ analysis History Today Tomorrow Collaborative Innovation Theory‚ evolution Tools Lego User Innovation Strategy Lego Board Games Lego “Design By Me” Costs and Benefits Q&A HS 2010 User Innovation 2 LOGIC BEHIND ANALYSIS History presentation structure: Focus on main learning points under: Product Development perspective Growth
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The LEGO Group A short presentation 2011 2 The LeGO GrOup 2011 Contents It all began in 1932 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 The LeGO Group in key figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Focus on growth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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strategy development at LEGO. The advent of competitors and research contrary to what LEGO was basing its strategy on up to that point proved to be a focal point for the company. Objectives were set out and adopted and the company moved on. LEGO had difficulty in accessing and reading the market. Once this was highlighted‚ with the aid of a new COO‚ the company restructured and went on a cost cutting expedition – freeing up resources to assist with the long term objectives. LEGO suffered a sharp decline
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BUSI 1484 – Managing Strategy Portfolio 1 The LEGO Group Analysis June 26‚ 2013 Word count: 1‚517 Table of contents Title | Page | 1. Application of the PESTEL analysis | 3 | 2. Application of the Porter’s Five Forces Analysis | 4 | 3. Application of the TOWS Matrix | 6 | 4. Conclusions | 7 | 5. Figure | 8 | 6. References | 8 | In this assignment the LEGO Group are examined by using a PESTEL analysis (Turner‚ S.‚ 2002‚)‚ Porter’s Five Forces framework and
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