Prices as Low as Dell By: Student Name Date: January 17‚ 2012 1a. Which pricing objectives is Dell Inc. pursuing? Dell’s pricing strategy is to ensure profit maximization. In the case‚ we see that Dell is seeking to sell as many products as they can in order to achieve high revenues. Their main objective is to maximize long term profitability through the increase in market share and lowering costs as much as possible. Dell was aware of IBM’s dominance of the market‚ and therefore Dell came up with
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Dell’ s Working Capital Assignment 1 Questions to assignment 1. How Dell was’s working capital policy a competitive advantage? 2. How did Dell fund its 52% growth in 1996? 3. Assume Dell’s sales will grow 50% in 1997‚ how might the company fund this growth internally? How much would working capital need to be reduced and/or profit margin increased? What step do you recommend the company take? 4. How would your answer to question 3 changes if Dell also purchased $ 500 million of common
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Michael Dell founded Dell in 1984 at the age of 19. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak designed Apple Computer on April 1‚ 1976. As both companies continue to grow they have contributed to a wide impact on competiveness and efficiency towards strategic goals. Dell Computer Corporation is one of the most visible success stories in the computer market. By selling personal computers directly to customers over the Internet‚ offering a build-to-order sales system‚ and then linking suppliers‚ workers‚ managers
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DELL Company Background DELL is a multinational information technology corporation based in Round Rock‚ Texas‚ United States‚ that develops‚ sells and supports computers and related products and services. Bearing the name of its founder‚ Michael Dell‚ the company is one of the largest technological corporations in the world‚ employing more than 96‚000 people worldwide. Dell had 46‚000 employees as of Jan. 30. About 22‚200 of those‚ or 48.3 percent‚ were in the United States‚ while 23‚800 people
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Dell 1. Introduction Dell Inc. (formerly Dell Computer) is an American multinational computer technology corporation based in Round Rock‚ Texas‚ United States‚ that develops‚ sells‚ repairs and supports computers and related products and services. Bearing the name of its founder‚ Michael Dell‚ the company is one of the largest technological corporations in the world‚ employing more than 110‚000 people worldwide. Dell is listed at number 44 in the Fortune 500 list. It is the third largest PC
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Threat of Entry Significant economies of scale the price of laptops has come down in recent years and the prices of some printers are more expensive than others that are smaller! Part of the reason for this is that there is a different degree of technology involved in the production of some of these products and‚ in addition‚ it is not likely that they will be produced in the quantities that will allow the benefits of economies of scale to manifest themselves. With most multinational corporations
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Dell Distribution Network I. Direct sales model Dell current distribution network is direct sales model‚ this online sale refer to the fact that Dell does not use the retails channel‚ but sells its personal computers (PCs) directly to customers through its website www.dell.com. Dell does not make sales through any integrators or resellers‚ nor does it utilize any channel service profit margins. Sales are made by the collaborative efforts of the Dell’s task force and by means of advertisement. Customers
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A SWOT (Strength‚ weakness‚ opportunities and threats) provides a basis for crafting a strategy that capitalizes on the company’s resources‚ while taking advantage of the best opportunities‚ and defending against the threats to its well being. The SWOT analysis for Dell is summarized below. Strengths Direct to customer business model. Uses latest technology. Dell is the market leader in personal computers. For the last couple of years it has held its position as market leader (it took it
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SWOT of Dell Strengths Dell Company has always been the largest PC maker and one of the best known and renowned computer brands in the world. For the last couple of years it has strongly held its position as a market leader. It was also known by its direct relation with the costumer by cutting out retailer and supplies directly to the costumers which approached to them loyal consumers. Weaknesses The company has such a huge range of products and components from many
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