Executive Summary SITUATION: Once the largest computer manufacturer in the world‚ Dell has slipped to third in line behind Lenovo and HP. With sales of their once famed laptops and PCs quickly declining‚ their market share has taken a hit as a result. Lenovo and HP are not only to blame for Dell’s demise‚ Apple and Google have established new markets for smartphones and tablets that has shifted demand to these new toys away from laptops/PCs. These new disruptive technologies are a cheaper and thus
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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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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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Introduction to Dell Michael Dell founded the company Dell to offer network servers‚ workstations‚ storage systems‚ Ethernet switches‚ desktops‚ and notebook PCs after successfully selling his computers to customers directly in Texas. Over the course of three years his sales volume warranted the opening of an international sales office in 1987. In 1988 he began selling to large customers including several government agencies and Dell became a publicly traded company. Dell made the bold decision
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different situations where we have to tailor our type of speech‚ a quick example would be speaking with friends‚ you are more relaxed‚ and less informative‚ whereas if you were presenting to a class‚ you would be more formal and informative. Dell Hymes ‘speaking model’ is and effective and precise method to use when considering elements of communication‚ and planning speech. Even using specific components alone can be useful to everyday communication. It’s effectiveness is displayed through
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Dell Computer Corporation Embry Riddle Aeronautical University October 6‚ 2012 Dell Computer Corporation The Dell Computer Corporation was founded in 1984 by Michael Dell from his dorm room at the University of Texas at the age of 19 with $1000. The original name of the company was PC’s Unlimited. The corporation was started with a simple premise as its basic foundation: so that personal computers could be built and sold directly to customers and by doing this‚ Dell could address their specific
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Dell Computers1 Introduction Dell Computers was founded by Michael Dell in 1984 and has its corporate headquarters in Round Rock‚ Texas. Michael Dell’s winning idea was to sell computer systems directly to customers‚ allowing him and his company to understand customer needs well and therefore to provide the customer with the most appropriate computing solutions. Dell still practices the direct business model‚ saving time and cost by bypassing retailers and passing on the cost savings to the
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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 28‚ 2005 | January 30‚ 2004 | February 1‚ 2002 | January 28‚ 2000 | Results of Operations | | | |
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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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world. Later to be known as Dell Computers Corporation and now Dell Inc.‚ this company was founded by this‚ college dropout ‚ Michael Dell in the early 1980’s who started out upgrading hard drives for IBM compatibles. A year of computer upgrades for local businesses the company had grown to a $6 million business‚ at the end of 1985 Dell started offering custom built-to-order machines which caused the company to explode with $70 million in sales. Within five years Dells’ total sales had grown to an
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