With fewer materials, IKEA’s also able to cut down on transportation costs as less fuel, journeys, and manpower are used to ship their products. The company cuts down on cost by designing products that are at least 50 percent made from sustainable or recycled products, according to a case study produced by The Times of London. Not to mention, IKEA’s vision is to offer well designed, functional furniture at unbeatable prices, meaning they want as many people as possible to be able to afford their products. For those who have been to IKEA, it’s impossible not to be in awe of the rows of meticulously stacked flat boxes as high as a person can reach, and the strategic supply chain operations and inventory management needed to support that kind efficiency.
Checkout Don't Waste Your Money for other great tips and ideas to make the most out of life.When you’re the world’s largest home furnishing retailer, offering roughly about 9,500 products and bringing in $36.3 billion in sales, some kind of automated inventory management system is a must. This story originally appeared on Don't Waste Your Money. The CPSC, meantime, has hundreds of complaints about shattering glass tables, shower doors, and oven doors.Īt this point, though, the agency is not saying if the problem is getting worse, or if we are just hearing about it more thanks to social media.īut know the risks of glass, so you don't waste your money. "I would probably steer clear of it in the future and go for the old standard wooden desk, that I know would be sturdy and nothing like that would ever happen to it," she said. Unlike old-fashioned "plate glass," which breaks into large, sharp pieces, tempered glass is very safe. It rarely cuts people, as the edges of each broken piece are rounded. This past summer, we reported on a family whose glass patio table (not from Ikea) also shattered spontaneously.Īn expert told us tempered glass shatters in dramatic fashion, which may explain why it is reported so much these days. We understand the experience of the glass breaking can be distressing. However tempered glass is designed to shatter to minimize risk of injury." Over time, small knocks and fractures can affect the durability of tempered glass. However, Ikea told the Daily Mail earlier this year: "The safety of our products is always our main priority, and our entire range is tested rigorously to meet the highest standards. IKEA is now investigating Holly Burn's report. "The table exploded during dinner," one YouTube posting said.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has more than a dozen complaints about Ikea glass tables and products shattering. Several consumers have even posted YouTube videos of their experience. "We were just fortunate no one was around," she said.īurns thought it was just a one-time freak occurrence, until she went online and started finding other complaints about the exact same thing happening. Good thing her teenage son was away at school, as she found shards of glass even on his bed. "I was cooking dinner, when I heard a big sound like a big boom, and my first thought was a tree had fallen into the house, that's how loud it was," she said. Holly Burns still has hundreds of pieces of broken glass all over her teenage son's bedroom. It just happened to one family, with a "Glasholm" glass-top desk from Ikea. And even popular brands like Ikea are not immune. People all over the country are complaining that their glass tables have shattered spontaneously, sometimes when there's no one in the room.
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