Week Six Case Analysis: Dell Direct and Not-So-Direct MRKT 5000 Online Course Julia Huelsmann Dell Direct and Not-So-Direct Case Summary: When the Texas-based Dell computer company started in 1984‚ its creator Michael Dell was interested in having a completely different distribution approach from his competitors. In order to keep costs low‚ minimize inventory costs and cater to customer needs‚ Dell sold directly to customers. By 1997‚ Dell’s distribution model was working extremely
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I. Problems/Recommendations In 1995 Dell entered the Chinese computer vendor market. It initially focused at the low-priced end of the PC Market with direct sales. As competition grew and price wars at the low end consumer market began‚ Dell was unable to compete as their low end consumer model cost consumers twice as much as one of its competitors. Dell was also having trouble with their direct sales model‚ which led to complaints about slow delivery‚ service and support. Overall the industry
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Mortimore and I have provided a detailed case analysis based upon “Dell‚ Inc. in 2006: Can Rivals Beat its Strategy?” In 1984‚ Michael Dell formed a company now known as dell‚ Inc. with a strategy to sell build-to-order computers directly to its customers. Customers would have to phone‚ fax‚ or order their custom built computers which eliminated the expense of middlemen known as resellers. Between the years of 1986-1993‚ Dell had to refine its strategy in order to gain market-credibility against
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Choosing A Career That Can Fit For A Lifetime Choosing a career is a very important part of becoming an adult. I believe that making the right career choice will bring financial stability‚ advancement opportunities and employment that I can be satisfied with all of my life. There are so many careers to choose from. I once thought I was sure that I would grow up and be a doctor but now I am finding there are many options that can still pay me well and that I can enjoy doing. It is important
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The Dell Promotion and Price Paper Michael Kunkel University Of Phoenix MKT 421 Robert Walker 01/09/06 The Dell Promotion and Price Paper Promotion is the most important component in the 4 P’s‚ so understanding how to promote a product is crucial to any company. No company knows this better than The Dell Corporation. Dell uses many different promotional methods to get their computer products seen by their targeted consumer markets. In today’s paper I am going to start off by discussing some
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is more than just “telling and selling.” Marketing is managing profitable customer relationships. The twofold goal of marketing is to attract new customers by promising superior value and to keep and grow current customers by delivering satisfaction. Hence‚ marketing is defined as the process by which companies create value for customers and build strong customer relationships in order to capture value from customers in return. Today‚ marketing must be understood not in the old sense of making
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Dell Case Study Part A TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction and Company Background……………………………………………………………………………………….3 Key Offerings………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..4 Perceptual Map…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….5 SWOT Analysis………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………6 Concept Generation……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..6 Works Cited…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..7
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Customer equity is a result of customer relationship management. Customer equity is the total of discounted lifetime values of all of the firms customers. In layman terms‚ the more loyal a customer‚ the more is the customer equity. Firms like McDonalds‚ Apple and Facebook have very high customer equity and that is why they have an amazing and sustainable competitive advantage. Customer Equity is made up of three components. Value Equity‚ Brand Equity and Relationship Equity. Value Equity
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Customer Satisfaction Satisfaction is a person’s feeling of pleasure or disappointment resulting from comparing a product’s perceived performance in relation to his/her expectations. Short of expectation = Unsatisfied customer Matches expectation = Highly satisfied customer A short of expectation means an unsatisfied customer while a matched expectation means a highly satisfied customer. Customer satisfaction is the relationship of perceived performance to expectation. It is a form of expectation
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Using value-chain analysis to discover customers’ strategic needs David W. Crain and Stan Abraham David Crain‚ a marketing and strategy consultant‚ is visiting professor of marketing at Whittier College‚ CA‚ and former Director of Marketing at Fluor Corporation (davidwcrain@aol.com). Stan Abraham is professor of strategy and entrepreneurship at Cal Poly Pomona (scabraham@ csupomona.edu) and author of Strategic Planning: A Practical Guide for Competitive Success (Thomson South-Western‚ 2006).
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