For 29 years‚ Dell Inc. has been on a long‚ hard journey‚ experiencing quite a lot of ups and downs. Dell has had several rivals throughout the years such as Hewlett-Packard(HP)‚ Acer‚ Gateway‚ Sony‚ Asus‚ Lenovo‚ IBM‚ MSI‚ Samsung‚ and Apple. Micheal Dell‚ at the age of 19‚ “started the company that would dominate the industry. The computer whiz had $1‚000 and a novel idea: to eliminate the retailer and sell directly to the consumer.”(1). IBM computers were selling at $3‚000 in stores and Dell
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When you want to surf the Internet‚ what gadgets do you most commonly use: laptop computers‚ smart phones‚ or cell phones? Nowadays‚ many people have smart phones and laptops. However‚ we now also have access to tablets. So now we will compare two of the newest most commonly used tablets. One is the new iPad‚ manufactures by Apple‚ and the other is the Galaxy tablet note 10.1‚ by Samsung. The tablets are quite expensive‚ the iPad is however priced at $629 and the galaxy note is $499. Both are high-resolution
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Question 1 Briefly describe the background/profile of the company. COMPANY BACKGROUND [pic] [pic][pic] DELL INC. Michael Dell founded Dell based on a simple concept of selling computers directly to their customers. Figure below showed Michael Dell has the founder‚ CEO and Chairman of Dell Inc.:- [pic] Figure 1: The founder‚ CEO and Chairman of Dell Inc He holds the record of being the longest tenured chief executive officer of the company. His concept eliminates
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1.Introduction : In this assignment‚ we are chosen to be the Product Manager of Lenovo Group Ltd to develop a brand new product in the notebook category. We are going to develop a New ThinkPad that have waterproof IPX7 standard . 2. Category Attractiveness Category factors provide information about underlying structural factors affecting the category 1.The threat of new entrants(low) The reducing profit margins and aggressive pricing‚ there is a high barrier to entry for new player. Also‚ these
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Is Samsung Mobile Business Model sustainable in China facing the growing Chinese competitors ? “Change everything except your wives and kids” Lee Keun-Hee‚ CEO of Samsung group in 1993 after he visited an electronic store and saw Samsung products gathering dust behind Sony and Panasonic products. Introduction : Why did I choose this subject ? I have been following this company for 6 years so far. Recently‚ I have been really concerned by the fact Samsung has been losing market share and displaced
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Recommendations (1) Dell has to keep their simplicity into business models instead of creating it in complete way. (2) Dell should take serious consideration about their customer service in online marketing platform‚ not only providing many kinds of user engagement but they have to maintain it as well. (3) Dell should be more creative into their design features customization to attract more customers. Strengths 1. Good business model 2. Low inventory cost 3. High market shares 4. Customizable
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1. What are the key elements of Toshiba’s business strategy in notebook computers? In what way do OME’s operations support this strategy? Toshiba had built its strength in the notebook PC market by beating its competitors to the market with aggressively priced‚ technologically superior products. Competition in the notebook PC market was fierce‚ and Toshiba could retain its position as market leader only by relentlessly improving its manufacturing processes and lowering costs. Toshiba had some
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Chin Wui Khong CEB110009 Osama Khalid CEB120702 Case 1-3 Acer Inc. Acer is a leading marketer of notebook and desktop PCs. Besides computers‚ flat-screen monitors‚ and personal digital assistants‚ Acer also produced equipment for global companies on an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) basis. Having troubles to break into the United States market had been a great challenge to Acer‚ due to their lack of experiences in the region. With that‚ Acer’s target was to focus on the China market
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Top 5 Vendors‚ Worldwide Tablet Shipments‚ Fourth Quarter 2012 (Preliminary) (Units Shipments are in millions) Vendor 4Q12 Shipments 4Q12 Market Share 4Q11 Shipments 4Q11 Market Share 4Q12/4Q11 Growth 1. Apple 22.9 43.6% 15.5 51.7% 48.1% 2. Samsung 7.9 15.1% 2.2 7.3% 263.0% 3. Amazon.com Inc. 6.0 11.5% 4.7 15.9% 26.8% 4. ASUS 3.1 5.8% 0.6 2.0% 402.3% 5. Barnes & Noble 1.0 1.9% 1.4 4.6% -27.7% Others 11.6 22.1% 5.5 18.5% 108.9% All Vendors
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Acer’s strategy has been described as “divide and conquer.” Compare and contrast this to Lenovo’s strategy. To compare both Acer’s and Lenovo‚ they were both leaders in personal computers and software. They both had a market share worth millions of dollars. Lenovo had emerged as the market leader in the personal computer industry in the Asia Pacific Region except in Japan with a market share of 11.3% for leading PC Companies in terms of market share. Acer’s had the leading marketer of Notebook
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