Dell Inc. in 2008 Can it overtake Hewlett-Packard as the world leader in personal computers? By Georges Bali 1 Brief History of the company Vision and Mission statement Answers to questions: Outline Question 1: Evaluation of Michael Dell’s performance Question 2: Elements of Dell’s strategy Question 3: Expansion into IT products evaluation Question 4: Financial Assessment of Dell in the years 2000 through 2008 Question 5: SWOT analysis Question 6: Competition with HP
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ACER GROUP’S R&D STRATEGY THE CHINA DECISION Position the PC & Acer’s strategy Back to 1998 ! 12 years old is another age in PC industry ! Internet – Speed Experience using… 56 Kbits modem ! – No ADSL 1st iMac – 1800€ Average PC – – – – – PC Pentium II 333 MHz (x10) Disque Dur 5 Go (x50) 64 Mo de Mémoire (x40) Windows 98 (+4th generation) 1500€ 2 PC Industry : Value Chain & Key Figures Semiconductors • Microprocessor • Memory • WLAN Radio Hardware Components • HDD
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NASA’s Apollo space program Development of “smart bombs” and “missiles” Project management has found wide acceptance in industry It has many applications outside of construction – – Managing legal cases Managing new product releases 1-3 Forces Fostering Project Management Main forces in driving the acceptance of project management: – – – Exponential growth of human knowledge Growing demand for a broad range of complex goods and services Increased worldwide competition
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Case Analysis: Dell Introduction Present CEO and chairman of the board Michael Dell founded Dell in 1984‚ as a leading technology provider that designs‚ develops‚ manufactures‚ and supports PCs‚ software and peripherals‚ storage and servers‚ and associated services. With operations in four geographic areas and additional business centers and manufacturing sites in more than 20 locations around the world‚ Dell is able to reach more than 24‚000 retail locations worldwide. Dell’s ability to process
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the world equal? Our world is divided in to two those who have and those who do not. Globally this division exists between the rich countries in the north and poor countries in the south. Within this broad division between the rich and the poor we find that in each country we have similar division. Even in the richest country in the World‚ the United States of America‚ there are people‚ although small in number‚ who live in abject poverty. Similarly in even the poorest country in the world like
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The 3 A’s of Awesome By: Neil Pasricha Name: Bedour Ali Abdullah Section: 15 Neil Pasricha Niel Pasricha was born in September 17‚ 1979. He is an author and speaker characterized by his advocacy of positivity and simple pleasures. He is best known for his book‚ The Book of Awesome‚ which is a New York Times best seller and been a best seller from 2010 to 2014. He is also an established speaker and his TED talk‚ The 3 A’s of Awesome‚ is ranked as the "9th Most Inspiring" TED talk with over 2
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CASE STUDY ANALYSIS DELL INC.: TIME TO DISCARD DIRECT SELLING MODEL? Contents 1. Abstract 2. Introduction 3. Methodology 4. Results / Findings 5. Strengths / Weaknesses / Analysis 6. Recommendations / Conclusion Appendices: Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Abstract Dell is a multinational computer company which managed to stay in the first place of computer system sales for over a decade. Its strong and revolutionized strategy of direct selling computers to the customers
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Do you think Dell is well positioned with respect to its competitors? Not yet because Dell still left behind HP and IBM. People who want flexibility in their PCs tend to buy HP brand. For instance‚ HP Power Distribution Rack which controls three-phase power distribution across a row of server racks brings enhanced flexibility to IT personnel who are seeking to place power where it is needed‚ but without over provisioning or otherwise wasting the precious resource. In other hand people who want
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4. Is Dell’s strategy working? What is your assessment of the financial performance that Dell’s strategy has delivered during fiscal years 2000-2008? Use the financial ratios presented in the Appendix of the text (pages 240-241) as a basis for doing your calculations and drawing conclusions about Dell’s performance. Selected Financial Statement Data for Dell Inc.‚ Fiscal Years 2000 – 2008 (in million‚ except per share data) | February 1‚ 2008 | February 2‚ 2007 | February 3‚ 2006 | January
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The strategy Dell currently implements is the cost leadership and maximizes the operational efficiency. This strategy is accomplished through the low cost to reach the low price product and service to obtain the larger market share in order to generate more profit. On the other hand‚ Dell attempts their excellent supply chain model to control their inventories in low level and maintain the high quality production. Moreover‚ Dell motivated their employees to be nimble atmosphere to deal with unexpected
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