was Dell’s working capital policy a competitive advantage? Dell had a policy of working with low inventory and it used to make inventory purchases based on the sale orders received. This led to following advantages: No obsolete goods. Defects in raw material manufacturers were easily weeded out. New technological up gradations can be easily set into the system before the competition turns over the existing inventory. Thus Dell had a first mover’s advantage in being abreast with latest technological
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Inventory 8 Case- 05 10 Flow chart identification 10 Case- 06 11 Developing a Wireless Net to Improve Customer Service 11 Case- 07 12 eBay a leading E-Commerce 12 Case- 08 14 Success of Amazon.com 14 Case- 09 16 Success story of Dell 16 Case- 10 18 Data Security 18 Case- 11 19 Core Business Activities for Enterprise Resource Planning 19 Case- 12 21 Miller SQA Factory-Floor DSS Helps Manufacturer Deliver the Goods 21 For any issues on the above case studies contact
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considered a core competency. The ability of a firm to manage its supply chain partners may in itself is considered a core competency. This is certainly the ease for Dell Computer Corporation‚ which practices what Michael Dell calls “virtual integration." While not all organizations are dependent on their supply chain partners as Dell is‚ current industry trends suggest that more and more organizations are focusing on developing only a few core competencies and outsourcing everything else. This puts
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Executive Summary Statement of the Problem Dell‚ Inc. (Dell) is in the personal computer (PC) industry‚ and is ranked within the top 3 companies of the PC market segment. Despite ranking second in computer sales during 2008‚ Dell has decided to analyze a potential investment for a new technology that creates a permanent personal picture or message on the laptop casing. This laser etch‚ Monet technology‚ is provided by a small company in France for $10 million (technology rights). The proposed
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For successful internal customer/supplier relationship is to ask first the internal customer this Three Basic Questions by Labovitz: 1. What do you need from me? 2. What do you do with my output? 3. Are there any gaps between what you need and what you get? factors that influenced the purchases 1. Performance 2. Features 3. Service 4. Warranty 5. Price 6. Reputation According to D.H. Besterfield customer feedback must be continually solicited and monitored. Feedback enables the business
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Guidelines for liver transplant at ANG Centre for Liver and Biliary Sciences‚ New Delhi. Evaluation of the recipient: 1. A letter from a gastroenterologist/hepatologist is essential prior to accepting a patient for transplantation. This is important‚ as we would like you to remain in the follow up of your gastroenterologist post transplant. 2. The need for transplant will be re-assessed once the patient reaches Delhi. 3. The recipient must have the following tests: a) CBC‚ LFT‚ BUN‚ Cr‚ Na/K
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Tesco Tesco is one of the most successful retain supermarket chains in the UK. This is because of its service and product quality. Tesco was started as a retail company in 1920s and since then it has expanded and grown to become among the world largest companies in the retail industry. In terms of the revenue base‚ the company comes second after Wal-Mart. Ever since it began‚ Tesco has continued to introduce new products and services to satisfy the needs of its customers. Currently it mainly deals
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CHAPTER ONE 2. CHAPTER TWO 3. CHAPTER THREE 4. CHAPTER FOUR 5. CHAPTER FIVE 6. CHAPTER SIX 7. CHAPTER SEVEN - - INTRODUCTION CONCEPTS AND PHILOSOPHIES OF TQM - THE ACCEPTABILITY OF TQM THE ESSENTIALS OF TQM - THE EFFECTS OF TQM IMPLEMENTATION OF TQM TQM TOOLS CASE STUDY ON IBM (TIVOLI SOFTWARE). 4 GLOSSARY 1. IBM 2. TQM 3. ISO 4. TPM 5. QCCs 6. BPR 7. TQC 8. ATM 9. CPC 10.CAD 11.INCL. 12.PDCA 13.QMS International Business Machine Corporation Total Quality Management International
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TQM Quality starts with market research – to establish the true requirements for the product or service and the true needs of the customers. However‚ for an organization to be really effective‚ quality must span all functions‚ all people‚ all departments and all activities and be a common language for improvement. The cooperation of everyone at every interface is necessary to achieve a total quality organization. A frequently used definition of quality is “Delighting
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between total quality management (TQM) practices and innovation performance in the Vietnamese industry context. Design/methodology/approach – The method of confirmatory factor analysis was applied to refine TQM and innovation scales for empirical analysis in Vietnam. The structural equation modelling method was applied to test the theoretical models. Findings – This study confirms the results of previous studies that considered TQM as a set of practices. It confirms that TQM – considered as a set of practices
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