Dell Brand Audit Brand Inventory History Dell Computer was founded as PC’s Limited in 1984 by Michael Dell. It is one of the largest hardware manufacturers and computer corporations. Dell Computer mainly develops‚ sells and supports computers and related products and services. Dell grew during the 1980s and 1990s to become (for a time) the largest seller of PCs and servers. As of 2008 it held the second spot in computer-sales within the industry behind the Hewlett-Packard Company. The company
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Dell Computers Strategy Global companies play an important role in the business environment‚ because they connect their business together around the world. A good example of a global company is Dell Inc.‚ an American computer-hardware company‚ headquartered in Austin Texas‚ which develops‚ manufactures‚ sells and supports a wide range of personal computers‚ servers‚ data storage devices‚ network switches‚ personal digital assistants (PDAs)‚ software‚ computer peripherals‚ and more. They design
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DELL LOGISTICS NETWORK: DELL LOGISTICS NETWORK Dell’s new and improved design for a channel distribution model: Order processing Pre-production Accessories ready Configuration Test Boxing Distribution preparations Shiping (transportation) TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM DESIGN: TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM DESIGN Optimize inbound and outbound transportation networks Collaborate with the best logistics and transportation providers Mode of transportation – By Ship By Rail By Air “GREEN” INITIATIVES Transport
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Case Study #1 Ford and Firestone’s Tire Recall: The Costliest Information Gap in History 1. Briefly summarize the problems and major issues in this case. To what extent was this crisis an information management problem? What role did databases and data management play? Answer: These are the problems and major issues that I found in this case: • 46 deaths and more than 300 accidents • A confidential memo sent by Firestone to Ford claiming that everything was fine • Ford recall in 16
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Dell has experienced tremendous growth over the past twenty years. Throughout this period‚ Dell has continued to raise its standards of excellence. The values‚ mission and vision of the company facilitate the achievement of these illustrious goals. 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‚ or 51.7 percent‚ worked in other countries‚ according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.[citation needed]
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which firm exists in and explain convincingly why your team believes so. Dell market structure is monopolistic competition. Why? This is because Dell has many competitors such as Toshiba‚ Acer‚ Sony‚ Lenovo‚ Asus‚ Hp‚ Apple‚ and Sharp .The existence of these firms makes Dell not the only single computers firm in the market. This have let Dell met the conditions which is many sellers in monopolistic competition. Thus‚ Dell pricing decisions will not affect the market outcome. Even though there
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opened a new market. All other competitors all followed its step to innovate high-density energy-saving server‚ and want to gain some shares in this market. At this time‚ Dell entered to the market with its own low-priced‚ customized servers to compete with SGI. Along with the time passed‚ more and more companies‚ especially Dell‚ targeted SGI’s customer and provided them low-price products that SGI cannot compete with them anymore. In May 2009‚ Rackable Systems that is the former SGI merged with
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main objective of Dell is to produce the low price and profitable notebook for the customer. For Dell Company‚ all the prices that they sell are posed to the internet and they usually based on the e-commerce market. The main reason for successful pricing strategy is having a reasonably accurate idea of supply and demand. Too high a price and demand fall as less buyers purchase the product. Too low a price can increase volume of sales but reduce margins profit. So‚ Dell has aimed for the
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Dell (DELL) Analysis – At the close of ’07 (results reported in January of ’08)‚ Dell had an outstanding ROE of 76.97%; however things started to change in ’08-‘09 when ROE dropped down to 58.02%. This was caused by a decrease in Net Income which reduced the profit margin‚ as well as a decrease in Total Assets which reduced the equity multiplier. Due to further decrease in Net Income (58% decline) in ’09‚ the profit margin was cut in half. At the same time the sales decreased from $61‚101 to
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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 from rivals Hewlett-Packard). Dell’s brand is one of the best known in the world. Dell has a remarkably low operating cost relative to revenue because it cuts out the retailer
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