Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
HTW Berlin
June 17th 2010
Atefeh Molaie, Isabel Wohsmann
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Presentation Outline
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Company Overview
Internal & External Environment
IKEAs Supply Chain Strategy
Strategic Fit
Strategic Formulations
Conclusion
Strategy Analysis
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Company Overview
Strategy Analysis
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Weaknesses
Opportunities
Threats
Strategy Analysis
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Suburban locations/
ample parking
Customer assembly
Limited Customer
Service
Self-Selection by
Customers
Limited staffing
Onsite inventory
Design focused on
cost of
manufacturing
Modular Furniture
Design
Wide variety/ easy
manufacturing
Strategy Analysis
Low Manufacturing
Cost
Sourcing from longterm suppliers
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Strategy Analysis
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Strategic Fit
Present Environment
Continuing demand for low
prices due to current
financial climate
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Variety of customers
preferences & tastes in the
world
Transportation costs
increased heavily over the
last years (due to oil prices
etc.) ongoing trend
Strategy Analysis
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Strategic Formulations
Reduce manual intervention with supply plans Increase supply plan accuracy
Further implementation of software support
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Conclusion
IKEAs innovative business model was built over a long period of time
Nowadays, IKEA is leader in its niche due to the choices made in that
process
However, more and more competitors with similar products and prices are
entering the market
Need for IKEA to
Strategy Analysis
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