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.

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http://www.ikea.com/ms/en_US/this-is-ikea/people-and-planet/energy-and-resources/

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ikea-a-massive-success.html

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http://www.inter.ikea.com/en/about-us/milestones/