BUSI 410 Business Analytics Module 22: Revitalizing Dell 1 Last lecture • Home Depot revenue (forecasting) • Using correlation to choose lag • Using Durbin-Watson statistic to test missing drivers • Out-of-sample model validation 2 Dell’s success strategies • Direct model (marketing) – “Cut out the middlemen.” – NC born Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas • Mass customization (design) – Modularity – Component commonality – Postponement • Lean manufacturing (operations) – Just-in-time
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Dell working capital case Dell’s build to order system created a very different balance sheet. We want to assess their competitive advantage in working capital at the time of the case‚ evaluate how they funded growth at the time (1996) and evaluate potential ways to fund projected sales growth of 50% in 1997 through use of internal funds. 1. Calculate their working capital advantage. To do this calculate days sales of inventory‚ payable days and receivables days to find their cash conversion
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many ways‚ the Dell story is a textbook example of American entrepreneurship. Michael Dell began by selling computers from the trunk of his car and quickly rose to being CEO of a highly respected computer manufacturer. Dell’s business model was simple: make computers to order and deliver directly to the customer. As the company grew‚ it encountered growth problem. A maturing industry caused Dell to rethink it’s business model and this case study asks the question‚ “Should Dell continue with its
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BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT- ASSIGNMENT #2. Outcome | Evidence for the criteria | Detail criteria | Check | Understand the behaviour oforganisations in their marketenvironmentLO3 | Explain how market structures determine the pricing and output decisions of businessesExplain how market structures in the above case deviate determine the pricing and output decisions of businesses | - Market type as one of perfect competition‚ monopoly‚ monopolistic competition‚ oligopoly‚ duopoly.- Decisions of the company
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11/18/2007 Online Social Networks and E-Commerce Their Threats to Privacy and a Proposal for a New Blanket Privacy Policy and Accountability Infrastructure for Consumer Online Privacy Clarence Lee and Shirley Fung Clarence Lee and Shirley Fung Table of Contents Introduction..........................................................................................................................6 Background...............................................................................
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Andrew Wright‚ Phil and Film‚ Leaving Las Vegas Summary‚ February 12th‚ 2013 Leaving Las Vegas is an extremely powerful movie. It is somewhat slow-paced‚ but at the same time there is a great deal of suspense. The suspense stems from not knowing how the relationship between the two main characters‚ Ben (Nicholas Cage) and Sera (Elisabeth Shue)‚ is eventually resolved. After being fired from his job‚ Ben leaves for Las Vegas to drink himself to death. He runs into Sera‚ a prostitute‚ who decides
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Vermont teddy bear offer three separately manages brands: Vermont teddy bear (VTB)‚PajamaGrams‚ Calyx flowers though four different channel (retail‚ mail‚ phone‚ web).The receive high demand on Valentine’s day‚ Christmas and mother’s day. Their primary target is men in the age group of 18-54 who order last minute gifts to their girlfriends‚ wives‚ or mothers. VTB seeks to differentiate from other gift delivery services by offering a top quality customized product which can be delivered at their
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Certain Cash Contributions for Typhoon Haiyan Relief Efforts in the Philippines Can Be Deducted on Your 2013 Tax Return A new law allows you to choose to deduct certain charitable contributions of money on your 2013 tax return instead of your 2014 return. The contributions must have been made after March 25‚ 2014‚ and before April 15‚ 2014‚ for the relief of victims in the Republic of the Philippines affected by the November 8‚ 2013‚ typhoon. Contributions of money include contributions made
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TheoristMajor Concepts Process of Theory ProposedProcess-Driven Quality Requirements Customer-Driven Quality Requirements Company Example That Has Applied This TheoryDemingProblems in a process are not rooted in motivation or commitment of the workforce‚ but is due to flaws in the design of the system.PDCA cycle (plan‚ do‚ check‚ act). 14 points to transform management practices.Many of his 14 points are process-driven‚ such as breaking down barriers between departments will lead to a reduction of
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