I. Background
LEGO's main products have been the bricks and figures that children have played with for generations. The Danish company has experienced sustained growth since its founding in 1932, and for most of its history its major manufacturing facilities were located in Denmark. In 2003, LEGO was facing tough competition from imitators and manufacturers of electronic toys. In an effort to reduce costs, the group decided to initiate a gradual restructuring process that continues today.

II. Time context
A distributed architecture system is a software system in which components located on networked computers communicate and coordinate their actions by passing messages. The components interact with each other in order to achieve a common goal. Data may be stored in multiple computers, located in the same physical location; or may be dispersed over a network of interconnected computers. A distributed database can reside on network servers on the Internet, on corporate intranets or extra nets, or on other company networks. Because they store data across multiple computers, distributed databases can improve performance at end-user work sites by allowing transactions to be processed on many machines, instead of being limited to one. Users from different parts of the world may access the same data. Therefore they are more flexible in terms of availability to users.

III. View point
In deciding what actions are to be undertaken to reduce the operating costs of

IV. Statement of the problem
It may seem that there's more than one problem in this case but there's only one big problem here. So after reading the case for quite a few times, three times to be exact, I have figured out the big problem. Here it is: In 2003, Lego was facing tough competition from imitators and manufacturers of electronic toys. In an effort to reduce costs, the group decided to