2011 ANALYSIS OF THE LEGO GROUP Daniella Pascu Daniella Pascu Helvijs Smoteks Noelia García Csaba Precub Keystrokes: 27205 Teachers: Meg Sønderlund Peter Storm-Henningse Executive Summary This project is a case study of the LEGO1 Group to analyse the company´s current situation‚ its future campaign strategy and its further potential of innovate development. The objective is to analyse the management strategy in an objective perspective and find out how a company such as LEGO reaches a certain desirable
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The Lego Group: Building Strategy Problem Statement: The Lego Group has been making toys successfully for 80 years and has grown to having close to 3.16 B USD in sales for the 2010 year. They specialize in toy building sets‚ a sector of the market that has seen 13% growth in 2010 and is forecasted to grow further. However‚ the Lego Group is at a cross-road in their business plan and requires a strategic plan going forward. Currently‚ the company needs to look at its existing partnerships
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innovations in an important role of the organization. When designers want to innovate something they need to think outside the room not inside the room. The Lego Group is one of the examples that showing how toys designer using their creative to create Lego by think outside the box (Elamsy‚ 2014). In 1932‚ Ole Kirk Khristiansen created the Lego Group and innovate the wooden toys that are radical
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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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Case: the LEGO Group: Publish or Protect? Publish‚ Patent or Trade secret? Introduction: The LEGO Group are maintaining their competitive advantage through two main direction which are having more intelligence modular design and product introduction‚ such as new product line and having manufacturing process innovation that can reduce cost‚ shorten manufacturing cycle and improve the product quality. For manufacturing innovation LEGO are introducing new technology into their process. The project
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LEGO Group Threshold Capabilities Threshold Resources Tangible Intangible Physical Finance HRM Threshold Competence Primary Inbound logistics‚ operations‚ outbound logistics‚ marketing & sales Support/Secondary HRM‚ general administration Unique Capabilities for Competitive Advantage 1) Corporate Function - Strong financial control 2) Management Information - Comprehensive‚ integrated MIS network linked to managerial decision making 3) Research and Development
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Group 2 LEGO 1. Case Issue The question that LEGO faces is how to make products that interest all age groups. Development of a lifetime product is now becoming more of a challenge as generations increasingly flock to social media and digital entertainment‚ giving up many forms of traditional physical entertainment. 2. Swot Strengths Weaknesses Strong brand image cross the world. Strong product portfolio. Strong mind brand recall. Have a lot of licensing agreement. Product has real
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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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Strategic Analysis of the 2004 LEGO Group Crisis Abstract LEGO Group is a worldwide‚ well-known toy manufacturing company. In 2004‚ the company was faced with a major financial crisis and a major decision to make. Do they try to save the business or not? Through strategic analysis of the company’s external and internal environments‚ many contributing factors became evident. External Analysis The external environment facing LEGO “consists of many external conditions and forces that have the potential
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Sustainable Product Design Report-Lego Group Take the lead‚ compile‚ edit‚ and conclusion and submit final draft Include a cover page memo to your department head‚ explaining why your team chose this product. Describe elements of your sustainable product The elements of Lego’s 100% recycled products will decrease waste mentality‚ reduce the use of fossil fuels‚ and convert renewable energy at the Lego Group to create a positive outcome to its goal. The goal at the Lego Group is to transition our products
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