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Robert Moore JrFlorida State College at Jacksonville
The “Perfect Picture Frame”
In the beginning there was Ingvar
Our part + Your part = $$$
If you want to know what to do right, just ask your customers
How we make what we make
The Past, The Present, and the Future
My first thought was IKEA®Why think of a store that’s 2 hours away?
Large selection.
Unique items.
Great values
Man
IdeaI K E A®
Ingvar
Kamprad
Elmtaryd
Agunnaryd
To Get People Furniture
Sent Through The MailUsing Boxes
1943 IKEA® is born
1948 Furniture is added
1951 First IKEA® catalogue
1953 Open to the public
1958 IKEA® as we know it is born
MONEY
Our Part
We make durable affordable products that are ready-to-assemble.
To keep down cost we manufacture our own goods.
We place the pieces in Flat-pack boxes that are easy to transport.
Your Part
You assemble to products, which saves money.
Allows you to find things to suit your needs without multi-brand confusion.
You take the boxes from the to store to your home.
“To create a better everyday life for the many people”-Ingvar Kamprad
More furniture requires more wood.
More wood requires more trees.
…..but does this create a better world?
What’s the solution?
1989 IKEA® names it’s first environmental manager
Today Two-Thirds of our cotton comes from more sustainable sources
There are 550,000 solar panels on IKEA® buildings world wide.
That’s 130 football fields
worth of solar panels
Teachers are around every corner
“To create a better life for the many people”
Partnerships
Connecting Thailand and India to Austria, Sweden and Switzerland
No child labor
No forced or bonded labor
No discrimination
Freedom of association
At least minimum wages and overtime compensation
A safe and healthy work environment, preventing pollution to air, ground and water and work to reduce energy consumption
Research visits
Find a need or want
Design a solution
Form + function + quality +
sustainability + affordability =
great products.
Products direct from suppliers to stores
Working along side suppliers
Better relationships
Cost Savings through efficiency
IKEA®’s uses technology spans all areas of the store
Unique shopping carts with flexible bags
Intriguing store design with many twists and turns that keep customers guessing
Areas set up to show you exactly what and how much you can fit in a space, complete with square footage numbers
See through model versions of quality testing machines
Desks and tables with interchangeable parts that let you design exactly what you need
Provide value and make as many lives better as you can
Learn from one another and always improve
If you want to know what people want, go see the people
If it’s not broke don’t fix it
Find ways to grow sustainably
Keep blazing trails
With IKEA® and YOU
There is no limit to what we can do.
1) Unknown author (Nov. 2014). This is IKEA: The IKEA Concept. Retrieved from
http://www.ikea.com/ms/en_US/this-is-ikea/the-ikea-concept/index.html
2) Unknown author (Nov. 2014). This is IKEA: Democratic Design. Retrieved from
http://www.ikea.com/ms/en_US/this-is-ikea/democratic-design/index.html
3) Unknown author (Nov. 2014). People & Planet: Putting people first. Retrieved from
http://www.ikea.com/ms/en_US/this-is-ikea/people-and-planet/people-and-communities/
4) Unknown author (Nov. 2014). People & Planet: Energy & Resources. Retrieved from
http://www.ikea.com/ms/en_US/this-is-ikea/people-and-planet/energy-and-resources/
5) Graham Winfrey (Sept. 2014). The Design Secrets That Turned IKEA Into a Furniture Heavyweight
Retrieved from http://www.inc.com/graham-winfrey/the-genius-design-elements-that-made-
ikea-a-massive-success.html
6) Arlene Hirst (Oct. 2014). How Ikea Became America’s Furniture-Selling Powerhouse Retrieved from
http://curbed.com/archives/2014/10/08/how-ikea-became-americas-furnitureselling-powerhouse.php
7) Unknown author (Nov. 2014). About us: Milestones. Retrieved from
http://www.inter.ikea.com/en/about-us/milestones/