years‚ Dell Inc. has been on a long‚ hard journey‚ experiencing quite a lot of ups and downs. Dell has had several rivals throughout the years such as Hewlett-Packard(HP)‚ Acer‚ Gateway‚ Sony‚ Asus‚ Lenovo‚ IBM‚ MSI‚ Samsung‚ and Apple. Micheal Dell‚ at the age of 19‚ “started the company that would dominate the industry. The computer whiz had $1‚000 and a novel idea: to eliminate the retailer and sell directly to the consumer.”(1). IBM computers were selling at $3‚000 in stores and Dell had realized
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Logistics is the management of the flow of resources between the point of origin and the point of destination in order to meet some requirements‚ for example‚ of customers or corporations. The resources managed in logistics can include physical items‚ such as food‚ materials‚ equipment‚ liquids‚ and staff‚ as well as abstract items‚ such as information‚ particles‚ and energy. The logistics of physical items usually involves the integration of information flow‚ production‚ material handling‚ packaging
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DEFINITION Philip Kotler‚” Logistics is defined as planning‚ implementing and controlling the physical flow of materials from the point of origin to the point of use‚ to meet customer needs at a profit.” Source Philip Kotler‚Marketing management pearson education According to American Marketing Association‚ logistics may be defined as‚ “the management of all activities which facilitates movement and the coordination of
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The marketing strategy: As Dell being one of the big gamers in the computer market and to keep its Increasing market share and revenues that Dell gained due to its strategy that is often called as a singular strategy which is to build and sell products cheaper and more efficiently than their competitors. With HP‚ IBM and Lenovo adopting profitable techniques and selling their products cheaper dell was forced to adopt new techniques to its strategy to gain their market share back. HP‚ Lenovo and
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economic times is largely credited to its innovation capabilities. ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: 71 OBJ: 03-01 TYPE: comprehension NOT: AACSB: Business Knowledge & Analytical Skills | Management: Creation of Value | Dierdorff & Rubin: Managing strategy and innovation 2. People are a critical resource for helping organizations learn how to continuously innovate. ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: 72 OBJ: 03-03 TYPE: comprehension NOT: AACSB: Business Knowledge & Analytical Skills | Management: Creation
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Final exam logistics 1.) Ikea case: (the 3 main topics) a. Competition between suppliers The structure of Ikeas logistic creates a high competition between their suppliers. It is because Ikea is subdivided into (many) Trading Areas‚ which compete for the commissions the headquarters of Ikea (Ikea of Sweden) gives. Each Trading Area tries to find the best thus cheapest solution for producing and delivering a product‚ so each of them negotiate with their suppliers and make an offer to the headquater
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Executive Summary The development of information technology has caused the nature of logistics and supply chain management changing dramatically. Furthermore‚ the relationship between retailer and supplier changed as well due to the changing of retail exchanges. As retailers are going to gain much more business opportunities and reduce cost on supply chain‚ it has affected the supplier in somehow. According to the change‚ there are some issues cannot be ignored because of the importance of the
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Dell is a diversified information technology providers and partners directly to customers cover a wide range of global products and services. Dell in “Fortune” magazine “America the most appreciated companies” rankings‚ and ranked No. 1 in “Global most appreciated companies” rankings‚ ranked third. Dell commitment to provide our customers design‚ build and deliver innovative customized based systems in order to provide customers with outstanding value. Spanning over 20 years‚ the company has always
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Report on International Logistics I. Introduction This report focuses on. the type of inventory decisions that ZK would have to make. the factors the company would take into account when choosing its transport methods. how the company would take into account customer needs when deciding on warehousing facilities. II. Findings 1. The type of inventory decision that ZK would have to make Inventory control is the supervision of supply‚ storage and accessibility of items in order
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