At first glance‚ Liz Gerring’s hour-long work‚ Horizon‚ seems to be utter chaos. Everything about the piece appears to be in a random disarray. The costumes are clash of colors‚ textures‚ and patterns; the dancing is a simultaneous layering of unrelated dance phrases; the music is primarily distorted sounds and noise. Yet‚ despite the overall discord of the piece‚ it is still comprehendible — which is exactly Gerring’s intention. Horizon experiments with how many different elements could be incorporated
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Dell Case Dell is a major player in the computer industry. Michael Dell pioneered the direct selling system that catapulted the firm to the top position in the industry. As the case details‚ controls systems play an important role in Dell’s success. For example‚ the company makes a mere $12 profit on their low end machines that sell for $299. It is important to control assembly and delivery lest these wafer thin margins are reduced even further. However‚ as the case points out‚ Dell’s single-minded
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Marketing Mix DELL Dell is one of the leading Consumer durables brand. The marketing mix of dell talks about the way in which dell has improvised to gain a competitive position. Product: Dell believes that‚ ‘Marketing is not about providing products or services it is essentially about providing changing benefits to the changing needs and demands of the customer’. Dell provides a wide variety of both business class and home/consumer class products and services. Dell designs‚ develops‚ manufactures
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Brief Outline This case is regarding Dell computers financial status in the period from 1991 to 1995. In this analysis we intend to highlight the various issues related to working capital experienced by the company. What makes this case interesting is the turnaround of Dell’s financial structure which in turn led to its recovery from seemingly major liquidity issues. To give a brief outline‚ this study enlightens one on how a fast growing company can get into trouble due to mismanagement of cash
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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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1996 profit margin of 5.1% remains constant‚ profits will fund $405 million of the additional assets. Dell would require additional funding of $315 million. 1996 Profit Margin: Net profit/sales = 272 000 000 / 5 296 000 000 = 5.136% 2) The second liability assumption is that liabilities remain at 1996 sales ratios. With this assumption‚ Dell has excess capital of $217 million. This is consistent with the adjusted sustainable growth calculations
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New Horizons Have you ever heard of the horizon problem? Ultra-energetic rays? Maybe even dark matter? These are just a few of the unexplainable modern scientific anomalies we desperately want to understand. You could call them the great mysteries of the universe. Almost a decade ago‚ these mysterious were yet to even be discovered‚ but our lust for the unknown fueled our search to answer the many questions of nature; leading us to many profound discoveries. As with all discoveries there is new
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Business Model: Dell Inc. founded by Michael Dell in the 1984 is the world’s largest PC Manufacturer with annual sales of over $54 billion from around 170 countries. The Company was founded on a simple concept; that by selling personal computers directly to customers‚ Dell could best understand their needs and provides the most effective computing solutions to meet those needs. Dell provides computer systems under its enviable "low-cost direct sales model" under which the company maintains full
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Q. 1) Describe how Dell (case 1‚ pp. 143-145) has influenced visibility‚ consumer behaviour‚ competition‚ and speed through the use of ICT in its supply chain. [Answer in 100 words] - > Dell is known for its hyper-efficient supply chain system‚ which has been made possible through effective use of ICT: * Just-in-time operation was made possible through constant vigil on available stock‚ communication with supplier and regular demand forecasting * Consumers were able to track their order
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Matching Dell 1. Analyzing Dell’s value chain and competitive strategy‚ explain how Dell was able to succeed (build competitive advantage) in the low profitable situation of the PC market. “Value Chain Analysis” is a tool for analyzing the value creation system of competitors. Objective is to develop a value creating system with competitive advantage. A value chain is a chain of activities. Products pass all activities of the chain in order and at each activity the product gains some value. The
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