What's behind IKEA PAX wardrobes? - Management of IKEA's Supplier Network - Mirella Girs, Timo Kiippa, Tiia Kuparinen, Timo Myllymaa

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What’s behind IKEA PAX wardrobes?
Management of IKEA’s Supplier Network

Mirella Girs, Timo Kiippa, Tiia Kuparinen, Timo Myllymaa
What's behind IKEA PAX wardrobes? - Management of IKEA's Supplier Network - Mirella Girs, Timo Kiippa, Tiia Kuparinen, Timo Myllymaa
Components of a PAX 2-door
 wardrobe
¤ Total of 18 “wooden” elements, 7 different kind
  ¤ Frame: Particleboard, fibreboard, polypropylene, melamine
    foil, foil
  ¤ Door frame: Fibreboard, ABS plastic, foil

¤ Door panel: Tempered/safety glass, glass enamel

¤ Total of 177 screws, bolts, angle irons and pins of 15
  different kind + standard hinges (steel, nickel plated,
  copper-plated) for the frame... Door knobs and handles
  are sold separately

¤ Flat-pack materials (6 packages)
  ¤ corrugated cardboard, staples, glue

                       …and this is only one of IKEA’s products
What's behind IKEA PAX wardrobes? - Management of IKEA's Supplier Network - Mirella Girs, Timo Kiippa, Tiia Kuparinen, Timo Myllymaa
PAX’s sliding door sold in Sweden

Tempered     Sliding    Packaging      Rubber        Steel     Assembly                    Aluminium
                                                                           Bristle seals
  glass      profiles    materials   components   components    fittings                     frames
Agenda

¤ IKEA in a nutshell

¤ Closeness with suppliers

¤ Active supply management

¤ Support to suppliers

¤ Examples of supplier management

¤ Challenges in management of supplier network
IKEA in a nutshell
¤ About 9500 products, sold in 303 stores in 26 countries

¤ 1046 suppliers in 52 countries.
   ¤   About 600,000 people
   ¤   IWAY -supplier code of conduct for suppliers and sub-suppliers.

¤ 45 own production units, in 12 countries, approximately 60% of
  production in Europe

¤ 32 Distribution centres in 16 countries

¤ 28 Trading service offices
   ¤   Trading service offices supporting the process of buying products from
       suppliers.

¤ Two Test Labs in Sweden and China (Shanghai), which are also training
  centres for IKEA’s co-workers and suppliers.
Closeness with suppliers brings
 benefits
¤ Quality at affordable prices à optimising the entire value chain
  from range strategy and product development to production,
  distribution and retail:
   ¤ Building long-term supplier relationships
   ¤ Supporting new entrepreneurs in developing countries, often providing
     technical and financial support
   ¤ Investing in new technologies
   ¤ Working side by side with individual suppliers at their factories
   ¤ Designing together with suppliers
   ¤ Teaching i.e. cotton farmers to grow better cotton with less fertilizers and
     water
   ¤ Diminishing “air” in the packages à shipping more product
   ¤ Trading/distributing more efficiently à over 50% of IKEA’s products are
     delivered directly from suppliers to IKEA stores
   ¤ Creating efficient production technologies and
   ¤ Producing large volumes.

¤ In 2013 200 IKEA leaders within Purchasing and Logistics met with 50
  Suppliers to share inspiration, create clarity and reaffirm IKEA’s
  commitment to IKEA’s direction and new strategies
IKEA’s active supply management
¤ IKEA’s low cost focus strategy à active supply
  management and concentration in sourcing operations
  ¤ Powerful customer exerting its influence over other supply
    network actors.

¤ “Waves on water” – IKEA’s sourcing decisions have
  network-wide ramifications
  ¤ Suppliers can leverage IKEA’s knowledge and established
    relationships when developing their own sourcing.

¤ Relationships between suppliers identified and set up by
  IKEA
  ¤ Representative attends negotiations of suppliers – active
    bridging role.
IKEA’s supply management principles
¤ IKEA prefers to locate complete value chains in selected
  countries.
   ¤ Contribution to cost reductions through scale and learning
     economies

¤ Supplier selection: attitudes of suppliers’ owners and top
  managers as key criterion
   ¤ Commitment and willing to grow together with IKEA
   ¤ Continuous adaptation and rationalization of production to
     meet IKEA’s expectations

¤ IKEA tries to match its products to suppliers’ capabilities
   ¤ Rather than buying products, IKEA sources production
     capacities
IKEA’s support to its suppliers
¤ Deliberate strategy
   ¤ to secure manufacturing base
   ¤ to gain control over product quality
   ¤ to influence cost development and performance standards of suppliers

¤ Types of support:
   ¤ Global and local technological support
     ¤ Low-cost countries: ”roadmap for development”
     ¤ Frequent onsite visits
     ¤ Drawings and technical specifications
     ¤ Regular feedback on product performance
     ¤ Training programs for suppliers’ personnel
   ¤ Long-term, strategic support
     ¤ Technical consultation to master new product technology
     ¤ Advice to obtain raw materials and components
     ¤ Financial assistance: short- and long-term
     ¤ Help with individual machines as well as complete production lines
Examples of IKEA supplier
      management: PAX’s doors
Two-way process
  ¤ “.. Through their experience and presence in
    China, IKEA had sourcing market knowledge
    we could leverage on. We’re in this together
    – and we’ve been quite successful...”
    (Purchasing Manager at Sapa)

                                                    PAX
                                                   DOORS
      3rd TIER CHINESE   2nd TIER CHINESE
          SUPPLIERS         SUPPLIERS

                         IKEA COMPONENTS
Examples of IKEA supplier
management: Metal Coatings
         ¤ IKEA is signing agreements with
           companies that supply materials to its
           supplier

                  AGREEMENT                MATERIALS

                              FURNITURES
Examples of IKEA supplier
        management: Training of Farmers
¤ IKEA is training cotton farmers ie. in India
  ¤ India, Pakistan, Mali, Mosambique, China,
     Brazil…
  ¤ 2/3 of cotton comes from more sustainable
     sources
  ¤ By Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) and WWF IKEA
     enables more than 100,000 farmers in India and
     Pakistan to produce cotton using less chemicals
     and water. The aim is that by 2015 100% of the
     cotton in IKEA products are produced this way.
  ¤ Also H&M, Levi’s, Marks & Spencer, Adidas, Nike,
     Walmart etc. Have taken part in the BCI and
     total of 5 million farmers are involved in the
     program                                                      COTTON

                                TRAINING

                                                       TEXTILES
Managerial challenges of interactions
taking place in IKEA’s supplier network
¤ The interaction approach assumes that the customers and
  suppliers are active participants in driving the development
  of global sourcing, and in forging the supply network
  interactions involved in the global sourcing process.

¤ Requirement for coordination to cascade across all tiers of
  the supply network for the effective development of global
  sourcing and the sometimes neglected role of suppliers in
  the global sourcing process (e.g., Andersen and
  Christensen, 2005).

¤ The IKEA Trading Service Offices has the direct responsibility
  to support and monitor the suppliers.
   ¤ “..One person from IKEA has been here extensively. .. taught us how to
     set up the production line and to optimize. IKEA also comes here to do
     audits.” (Export Manager of Chinese Supplier)
Managerial challenges of interactions
taking place in IKEA’s supplier network
¤ Cultural adaptation
   ¤   E.g. in Russia communication more directive and normative, “pushing”
         “Make sure that the product is developed.”
         “We demand that manufacturers fulfill the standards.”
   ¤   Child labor accepted in some cultures, but not acceptable by IKEA’s
       standards

¤ Extensive exchange of Norms and standards in accordance with the
  IKEA’s Code of Conduct
   ¤   How to commit suppliers and sub-suppliers to follow Code of Conduct

¤ Effective organization of products flow requires proper information flow
   ¤   IT-systems, communicational challenges

¤ Best practice development requires continuous development
   ¤   How to share innovations, resource allocation

¤ Personal relationships and involvement
   ¤   Long-term and trustworthy relationships
IKEA’s Role in Supplier Network
¤ IKEA is deciding how to add value to its customers and
  defines, configures and leads it’s supplier network
  accordingly

¤ IKEA is clearly kind of a lead company in its supplier
  network mentioned in the De Meyer and Williamson
  (2012) article

¤ IKEA stretches its interactions as far upstream as possible
  in the network, all the way to raw material suppliers

¤ IKEA takes a long-term approach and strives to build
  lasting relationships based on mutuality, not based only
  on purchasing power

¤ IKEA’s products and technologies are co-developed with
  suppliers
IKEA’s Managerial Challenges: Building
 Social Ties in Networks
¤ Social network ties among parties at the boundaries of
  organizations are important in building trust among
  actors that can facilitate information exchange,
  cooperation and coordination Galaskiewicz (2012).

¤ How tie network members from different cultures
  together in a way that builds trust?

                                        Information
                                         Exchange

     Social Ties         Trust         Cooperation

                                       Coordination
IKEA’s Managerial Challenges:
 Building Social Ties in Networks
According Ghauri (2008):

¤ Managers need to get good understanding of the local
  conditions under which the suppliers operate

¤ Above can be achieved by establishing good personal
  relationships built on regular contacts, trust and expertise

¤ Managers need educate their suppliers that they are
  providing extra value, in comparison to competing offers

¤ Managers need also to decide early in the relationship
  what model of relationship with a particular supplier is
  optimal for both parties
IKEA’s Managerial Challenges: How
  to Maximize Innovativeness

¤ More the one of the companies is successful in its
  ambition to achieve control in network, the less effective
  and innovative will be the specific relationship and the
  whole supplier network over Gadde & Snehota (2000)

¤ More IKEA controls its supplier network more it carries out
  responsibility of innovativeness and finding new directions
  for future

¤ Challenge for management is to find balance between
  control and freedom of suppliers in the net
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Comments & Questions?
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    Thank You!
Sources
¤   www.ikea.com
¤ http://www.ikea.com/ms/en_GB/pdf/yearly_summary/ikea-group-yearly-
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¤ De Meyer Arnoud, Williamson Peter James, (2012) Ecosystems Advantage,
California Management Review, VOL. 55, NO. 1, pp. 24–46
¤ Gadde Lars-Erik, Snehota Ivan, Making the Most of Supplier Relationships, (2000),
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¤ Galaskiewicz, Joseph, (2011), Studying Supply Chains From a Social Network
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