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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Session 5 1. The institutional variations in ethical standards‚ CSR and sustainability issues. Matten and Moon (2008)’s framework Corporate governance refers to the system of structures‚ rights‚ duties‚ and obligations by which corporations are directed and controlled. The governance structure specifies the distribution of rights and responsibilities among different participants in the corporation (such as the board of directors‚ managers‚ shareholders‚ creditors‚ auditors‚ regulators‚ and
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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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Writing is a good skill to learn about how to write and what are the benefits of writing. In my timeline I will be explaining some of my life’s stages that was important for me to write. In my childhood when I was three years old‚ my eldest sister gave me a paper and a pencil and showing me how to hold it accurately‚ she was telling me that its significant thing to learn how to write my full name with no mistakes. And then when I was 5 years‚ my mother wanted to take me to the KG but I was crying
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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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this work is to explore the HRM practices at Dell Computer Corporation and their contribution to the success of this company. A SHORT HISTORY OF DELL COMPUTER CORPORATION Dell is a leading computer maker that offers a broad range of product categories‚ including PCs‚ desktop computers‚ software and peripherals‚ servers and networking services and storage. The company headquarters is located in Round Rock‚ Texas and was founded in 1984 by Michael Dell on a simple concept: by selling computer systems
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Matching DELL History: IBM Market Leader in Mainframe –market share 61%‚ starts PC business in ’81‚ in 2 yrs market share is 42% IBM Strategy : • Purchase PC components as against manufacturing inhouse (Main frame) • Open Architecture : OS – Microsoft‚ Microprocessor – Intel ‚ reason‚ to encourage application developers and enhance Peripheral market • Sales : o Largely corporate clients - thought its huge sales force o Retail clients through value added resellers –
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Management and Leadership at Dell Computers Tiffany Seda November 8‚ 2010 Greg Flick MGT/330 “Leadership and management are two opposing styles of employee supervision actively used within today’s business world” (Kumle & Kelly‚ 2006‚ Para. 1). The basic skills in leadership and management include problem solving‚ decision making‚ planning‚ meeting management‚ delegation‚ and communications;
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March 3‚ 2012 Dear Diary‚ I’m so upset!! I don’t even know where to begin! To start off‚ I think I completely failed my geometry quiz‚ which I know I should’ve studied more for...my dad’s not gonna be happy about that. :( Then‚ we had a pop quiz in history on the reading homework from last night‚ and I completely forgot most of what I read‚ which made me even more upset because I actually did the reading! But what really made me mad was the note that Sarah slipped into my locker during
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Javonda Weeks April 20‚ 2015 The event that most interested me was the slave trader video. How they took a prince and broke him. He still was able to survive and still run a plantation just like the tribe he was from. It must take a lot of self will to survive in the conditions they were put in on the boat‚ then to get off and still be no better than cattle. Though slavery was equally as tragic and traumatic for black men and women‚ the experience of slavery affected them in different ways. "Depending
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