background The LEGO group is a family owned company with long history. It all began in 1932‚ during the Great Depression‚ the demand of furniture dwindled so drastically that the master carpenter Ole Kirk Kristiansen turned his hands into making wooden
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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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1. Do you think LEGO should try to compete with more technologically-advanced toys? Why or why not? Yes‚ they should. I think LEGO need concentrate on some technologically- advanced toys. The reason is that recently‚ the society full of technological toys‚ kids would like their toys with some new characteristics. Society has changed‚ people hope their toys more intelligent and can share their toys with others in order to build good relationship with others‚ so technologically- advanced toys is be
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Letter of Transmittal [pic] 28th May 2011 Ms. Jessy LEGO Group‚ 28‚ Jalan Senget‚ 10350 Kuala Lumpur. Dear Ms. Jessy‚ Enclosed is a report detailing the preparation steps needed to do before launching the products in the domestic market. As discussed during our meeting‚ I have also made recommendations tailored specially to your business’s need. The report provides background to the company and industry as well. Benefit and features of the product lines are also briefly explained. The
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entire Arctic ecosystem by exacerbating the melting of the ice caps and releasing toxins into the environment that would be difficult to clean (“The Dangers”). Ultimately they won by attacking Shell’s highly-credible and well-liked partner‚ Lego‚ in hopes that if Lego would turn against them‚ so would Lego’s supporters. The advertisement Greenpeace created for this purpose was the emotionally-striking piece‚ “Everything is Not Awesome‚” whose development team was particularly successful in creating an
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LEGO CASE STUDY CASE OVERVIEW • LEGO Group – A brick based toy making company • Founded in 1932 (during the Great Depression)as a small carpenter’s workshop Ole Kirk Kristiansen – build stepladders‚ iron boards and wooden toys • HQ – Billund‚ Jutland in Denmark • 1934 – Kirk’s son joined Godtfred Kirk • LEGO means – “leg”(play) “godt”(well) ORGANIZATION • Owned by the third and fourth generations of the Kirk Kristiansen founding family: Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen and his three children.
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Company Profile An introduction to the LEGO Group 2007 It is LEGO philosophy that “good play” enriches a child’s life – and its subsequent adulthood. With this in mind‚ the LEGO Group has developed and marketed a wide range of products‚ all founded on the same basic philosophy of learning and developing – through play. It all began in 1932 ... The founder‚ Ole Kirk Christiansen‚ hit upon the LEGO name in 1934. He took the first two letters of
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Case Study: Lego is still playing‚ but have the rules changed? Nearly everyone around the world knows what Legos are‚ which certainly isn’t because of luck or happenstance. Lego expanded in to the global market long before other toys manufactures were even off the ground. The Lego brand started with simple blocks that snapped together‚ they create whatever the child’s mind could image. The simple toy is developmental appropriate from toddler through teens. Most toys on the market cater to a much
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Google+ Share on Twitter Smiling child with red brickThe LEGO Group has focused on quality in all its activities since its foundation in 1932. For the LEGO Group‚ quality encompasses both product quality and ethical values‚ and this attitude is deeply anchored in our fundamental beliefs – and our vision and mission. The LEGO Group strives to exceed our customers’ expectations of our products and service‚ and general experience with the LEGO brand. Our quality procedures are set forth in our global
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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 American demands‚ while only 5 to 10 percent of the LEGO Group’s total production was outsourced to Chinese
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