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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Case Study: GE: Jeffrey Immelt – Change in Strategy‚ Style and Culture Sandra Armenta South University Online Dr. Patrick Udeh January 30‚ 2012 Case Study: GE: Jeffrey Immelt – Change in Strategy‚ Style and Culture In all companies changes in strategies‚ style and culture are experienced when management changes occur. This was no different with GE. As Jack Welch stepped down as CEO after 20 years‚ Jeffrey Immelt was chosen as his successor. He had some big shoes to fill. “Immelt became
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------------------------------------------------- Written Case Decision Analysis ------------------------------------------------- GE‘s Imagination Breakthrougs: The Evo Project The case GE´s Imagination Breakthroughs: The Evo Project is a really interesting case‚ it talks about the dramatic change that the company General Electric had to face in order to grow‚ and the process that the CEO had to pass in his first years in charge of the company. It also takes us in the quest of understanding
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Case of the Rotary Compressor Elevator Pitch: Every good case tells one good story. The simple story told in this case is how one of the most financially and well-managed companies in the history of the world‚ GE‚ decided to rush to market with a new refrigerator compressor (they thought was exactly like one used for air conditioners)‚ without sufficient testing and it failed‚ miserably in the field. Several early warnings during development were ignored‚ and negative information was discounted
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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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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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