Business Model of Lego and the Impact of Smart Connected Products

This presentation discusses the present business model of Lego and how it aims to provide an innovative and enjoyable experience through the toys that they manufacture. It also talks about the opportunities and threats faced by Lego due to the advent of smart connected products. The presentation concludes by recommending that Lego should include the concept of smart connected accessories in its products to fight against the increased competition in the market.

Business Model of

 The increasing impact of artificial
intelligence and better communication
network, the business models are found to
suffer from a worse situation.
 The toy manufacturing company Lego,
Denmark to re-think about its business
model.
 The increasing impact of the technology
and development of the smart connected
products.
Introduction

 The toy and play set manufacturer, Lego, aims at
providing an innovative and enjoyable experience
through the toys that they manufacture
 Considering the increased demand of the
products, the company decided upon change in
its business model and pursued such paths that
could easily leverage its brand names.
 In fact, it has also been seen that Lego was
associated with various television channels,
theme parks, motion pictures as well as video
games (Lego.com, 2018).
Present business model of
Lego

 Lego has been found to re-build its business
model because the company has been
found to reach near bankruptcy.
 This situation eventually leaded to cutting
of around 1,400 jobs that is almost 8% of
the entire work force of the company
globally.
 The changing nature of the products due to
the advent of the smart connected products
has definitely disrupted the value chain
proposition of the business as well.
Present opportunities and threats
due to smart connected products

 Lego, the toy manufacturer failing at providing
smart connected product has resulted in the
decline of the sales of the product.
 It can be easily recommended that Lego can
easily include the concept of smart connected
accessories in its products.
 Product differentiation and product
development is the only means of fighting
against the increased competition in the
market.
Conclusion

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