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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QUESTION (C) Critically evaluate the communication channels of HP. Which advantages and disadvantages can you point out? Effective communication is vital to an organization because through this people clarify their expectations and coordinate work which allows them to achieve organizational objectives more effectively.(Mc Shane/Von Glinow‚ Organizational Behavior‚ fifth edition‚ 2010‚ Mc Graw-Hill‚ page 270) As for the communication channels‚ there are two types: verbal and nonverbal .Verbal
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Table of Contents PART II: SWOT ANALYSIS 2 INTRODUCTION 2 STRENGTHS 2 WEAKNESS 4 OPPORTUNITIES 5 THREATS 6 REFERENCES 8 PART II: SWOT ANALYSIS1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 4 Assessment of Environment of Company INTRODUCTION Dell is one of the leading Computer hardware and software providing company. It offers a broad range of products and services. Products include desktop PCs‚ servers‚ networking products‚ storage‚ mobility products‚ software‚ peripherals and services include technical IT support
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Strengths: 1. Strong presence in Romanian market place Being a large company gives HP many advantages like dominating the market for printers‚ both laser and inkjet‚ and both for consumers and companies using the economies of scale. The company has increased its investments in the market and expanded product and service offerings‚ especially its enterprise business and services divisions. These divisions offer the most profitable HP’s products‚ including cloud computing services and enterprise
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Question 1 How has Dell used its direct sales and build-to-order model to develop an exceptional supply chain? The many challenges in order to improve the supply chains usually come with the unidentified. Many companies produce products they think their consumer will want. After that‚ they ship their products to retail stores. Then‚ these stores try to sell the products to the customers. Here‚ the supply chains slows down as they are figuring out what to build next. Then‚ these companies deal
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1|Page Dell ’s Direct Business Model Dell ’s Direct Business Model Presented by Riti Behal – FT 14459 Gagan Dawar – FT 14221 Vaibhav Agarwal – FT 14276 Great Lakes Institute of Management‚ Chennai Riti Behal‚ Gagan Dawar‚ Vaibhav Agarwal 2|Page Dell ’s Direct Business Model Describe the “Direct Business Model” The direct model has become the backbone of our company and the greatest tool in its growth. – Michael Dell. Dell ’s direct business model bypasses the dealer in the supply chain
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1. INVENTORY/SERVICE CRISIS FOR HP DESKJECT PRINTERS There are a number of causes of the inventory/service crisis described in HP: • The first cause was the demand variability of printers. For example‚ the demand for model A in Europe had the monthly standard deviation of 32.4 while the monthly mean was 42.3. Combined with increasing pressure from resellers that forced HP to offer the resellers flexible distribution‚ fluctuations in demand resulted in the high levels of safety stocks and high
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SWOT Analysis Template SWOT Analysis template The SWOT Analysis tool provides a structure for analyzing the internal strengths and weaknesses of an organization‚ along with any external opportunities and threats it faces. Identifying and analyzing these four elements enables you to better understand the environmental conditions within that organization. A SWOT analysis provides an overall view of the organization‚ and the factors can be useful in diagnosing the extent and type of barriers to
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Matching Dell Case Analysis a. How and why the PC industry has such a low average profitability? The PC industry has started to develop fast in the 80’s when IBM launched its first PC series and later on when numerous small companies entered the market. PC is a new product and companies had to create the demand to it from the scratch. We shall apply the Porter’s 5 Forces model to examine the PC market and see how forces of competition influence the profitability of the market players. Entrance
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HP-UPS: The main cost difference in two scenarios should be the following: Cost Without UPS With UPS Inventory High Low Trans-shipment Low High Exchange rate impact Low High Interest Impact High Low Base material cost Low High Lost sales High Low Obsolescence High Low If the costs increase in transshipment‚ exchange rate and base material cost is more than that reduced through inventory reduction(combined should have less variation than separate individual)‚ interest
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