and sells it directly to the consumer. Dell’s model of selling and build-to-order have been the main driving forces that have enabled it to gain advantage over other players in the computer industry that can be described as highly competitive according to Porter;s five forces model. Dell‚ Inc. has experienced tremendous growth since Michael Dell founded the company with only $1‚000 in his University of Texas dorm-room. Today‚ Dell has global revenues of nearly $50 billion and employs more
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The main elements of Dell’s strategy Dell’s main strategic elements are built around a variety of core fundamentals which give Dell the competitive advantage it needs to regain its position as the leading manufacturer of IT products and services. Dell’s build-to-order manufacturing strategy is one of the main areas that differentiate it from its competitors in the IT industry. By introducing this strategy Dell were able to keep inventory to a minimum of six to seven days which enabled the company
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“Soul of Dell” was created Kevin Rollins was serving as the Senior Vice President of strategy and noticed Dell had a culture that needed to be changed. This culture was‚ “created a culture of stock price‚ a culture of financial performance‚ and a culture of ’what ’s in it for me? ’ throughout our employee base" (Zellen‚ 2004). Between Rollins and Michael Dell the “Soul of Dell” was created. This is now the corporate philosophy for Dell and has been since 2000. The purpose of The Soul of Dell is to
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also covered some selling techniques. On completion of his training‚ Mathur was assigned a territory in the suburban Pune. Mathur’s territory had a mix of general practitioners‚ specialists‚ small nursing homes and medical stores. Although this was his first job‚ Mathur was enthusiastic because he believed that he had learnt a lot about Ace products during his training period. However‚ at the end of his month in the field‚ Mathur was disappointed. He had followed all the selling “steps” suggested
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high capital cost required‚ qualities of the PCs are of the most important purchasing factors. As such‚ brand awareness is high. However‚ customers in countries such as India and China are willing to forego qualities for cheaper priced or less commonly known brands. Degree of Competitive Rivalry The degree of rivalry is strong for both in the early 1980s as well as in the industry today. A few large market players had always characterized the PCs manufacturing industry; in the 1980s the market
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1. Why did Dell decide to invest in Brazil? Dell decided to invest in Brazil because of its strategy to expand internationally. Dell had operations in many countries but did not have any manufacturing plants in Latin America‚ which was the fastest growing market for computers. Brazil was the ideal place for its manufacturing plant in Latin America because it presented a huge potential market for Dell since it was Latin America’s largest country with over 170 million people. Dell felt that the
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Direct selling is the marketing and selling of products directly to consumers away from a fixed retail location. Peddling is the oldest form of direct selling. Modern direct selling includes sales made through the party plan‚ one-on-one demonstrations‚ and other personal contact arrangements as well as internet sales. A textbook definition is: "The direct personal presentation‚ demonstration‚ and sale of products and services to consumers‚ usually in their homes or at their jobs." Advantages/Benefits
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Memorandum: Dell Business Risk Evaluation Dell Inc.‚ with fiscal 2005 net revenue of $49.2 billion‚ is a premier provider of products and services worldwide that enable customers to build their information-technology and Internet infrastructures. Dell offers a broad range of enterprise systems (servers‚ storage‚ workstations‚ and networking products)‚ client systems (notebook and desktop computer systems)‚ printing and imaging systems‚ software and peripherals‚ and global services. During calendar
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April 22‚ 2003 Page 2 2 INDUSTRY ANALYSIS ..............................................................................................................................3 CURRENT STATUS ....................................................................................................................................6 C URRENT S ITUATION ..................................................................................................................................6 Performance............
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