1. Evaluate the attractiveness of the PC industry. In short‚ at the time of the Matching Dell case study the PC industry was essentially in a boom‚ and particularly in the United States. Steady growth and expansion continued from the first waves created in the mid-1970s by firms like Apple‚ and exploded in the 1980s with IBM’s first PC offering. Companies likely envisioned a huge potential for growth due to the fact that PC had become attainable as a household commodity‚ and was almost certainly
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[pic] Topic 1: Define project What is a project? A project is the defined set of planned and managed activities carried out for a period of time — with a defined start and end date. A project is designed to yield a set of products or services as agreed with the project clients and stakeholders. It has a lifecycle which is the process by which the project is undertaken. Five features that differentiate projects from ordinary work are that they:
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Name: Mary Joan E. Dimaala Course: Bs Tourism Management Schedule: Saturday‚ 12pm-1:00pm REFLECTION IN “FACING THE GIANTS” Facing the giants is a great and wonderful movie. When I first heard the title of the story‚ something comes into my mind. I think it is all about facing the struggle and hard problems that will encountered in our life. As I watched the movie‚ I found out is all about Shiloh Christian Academy football coach Grant Taylor (Alex Kendrick) always fail to win a high school football
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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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Matching Dell 1. Perform an Industry analysis on the personal computer industry Substitutes Buyers • Compaq • IBM • HP • Hacer • GateWay • Apple • Large and midsize Business • Government • Small Business • Individual Customers • Educational • Most of them have a strong purchasing power and a easy way to change of supplier in commodity PC product Suppliers Barriers to entry in this Industry • Intel • Microsoft • Others • They have a strong Power • Intel and Microsoft
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Dell Case Memo To: Michael Dell Due to competitors including IBM‚ Compaq‚ and HP attempting to mimic the business model of selling directly to end users‚ Dell must exploit its core competencies to maintain its leadership position in the direct sales channel. In order to understand why cultivation of core competencies is crucial to the future success of Dell in this period of increasing competition‚ we will examine which competencies have led Dell to be successful in the past‚ what the competitive
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Marketing Opportunities Bruno Tini Fernanda Saldanha Yosiro Delgado DELL Description of the business • The company was founded in 1984 by Michael Dell. Dell is a leading provider of desktop personal computers‚ software . The company designs‚ develops‚ manufactures‚ markets‚ sells and supports information technology systems such as laptops‚ desktops‚ mobiles‚ workstations‚ storage devices and printers. Dell provides consulting services such as capacity planning‚ data center optimization
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PROCESS of PROBLEM SOLVING and DECISION MAKING Teamwork is important to organizations in this entire world nowadays to be successful and to have control in the market. Teamwork is basically defined as problem solving group of people who have a variety of skills and strengths to obtain the most perfect solution. Teamwork is one of the main goals for organizations to make sure that they are on the right track in obtaining their visions. There are many ways that organizations put their
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Air Zimbabwe‚ the major airline of Zimbabwe has been facing perennial losses for the past decade (since 1994)‚ due to various reasons some of which has lead to the highest recorded level of labor turnover in the country (CEO’s report in Zimbabwe Review).This has been owing to factors like poor management from the subordinates and also bad publicity from the region. Also lack of proper and up to date technology has a contributing factor towards the losses. Poor cost cutting strategies Air Zimbabwe
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just some ideas: Dell keep the competitive advantage by bringing assembly and distribution closer to its customers. Dell’s manufacturing‚ logistics and shipping strategies make it possible to customize computers for individual consumers at low cost and for low price. Days of inventory. Dell days of inventory is 7.11 in 2000 and 5.73 in 2001. These incredible numbers allows it to pass on component price declines faster than anyone else in the industry. Lean inventories help Dell benefit from falling
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