future. Lastly‚ the threat of substitutes was low but growing. Consumers were becoming reliant on PC’s as they became commodities but new technologies such as laptops‚ PDA’s‚ and smartphones among others were slowly emerging. Business Model Although Dell sold to a diverse range of customer segments‚ they generally targeted the
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Q3: Financing its growth in 1997 (Hint: exhibit-4 and 5) Can be done by using projected financial statements Working Capital requirements Comparison of working capital improvements and profitability improvement Forecast 1997 BS Additional sales of $2648 million imply additional operating assets of $779 million. In 1996‚ the 1997 profits would be $405 million. AFN would be $315- current liabilities may affect AFN For efficient management of working capital: Improve margins Reduce
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BUSI 410 Business Analytics Module 22: Revitalizing Dell 1 Last lecture • Home Depot revenue (forecasting) • Using correlation to choose lag • Using Durbin-Watson statistic to test missing drivers • Out-of-sample model validation 2 Dell’s success strategies • Direct model (marketing) – “Cut out the middlemen.” – NC born Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas • Mass customization (design) – Modularity – Component commonality – Postponement • Lean manufacturing (operations) – Just-in-time
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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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in1990‚ Dell emerged as a strong business entity in the computing industry. With the advent of personal computing‚ the major players in the industry were IBM‚ Compaq and HP. Between 1994 and 1998‚ Dell’s growth was faster and twice its major rivals (IBM‚ Compaq‚ Gateway‚ and Hewlett- Packard). It provided high performance PC at a very low price. Through the introduction of Dell’s Direct Model‚ it enjoyed high competitive advantage and earned quite a success. Using the “Direct Model”‚ Dell sold primarily
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Contents Abstract 1 Key words: merger HP Compaq synergy 1 1.Introduction of the case 1 1.1 The Hewlett-Packard Company 1 1.2 The Compaq Company 2 1.3 Motives 2 1.3.1 Strategic motives 2 1.3.2 Financial motives 3 Operating Synergy (mainly from cost savings) 3 Contribution Margin 3 2.HP’s Concerns 4 2.1 Business portfolio 4 2.2 Strategic problems 4 2.3 Financial impacts 4 2.4 Integration risk 5 3.Analysis and solutions 5 3.1 Stand-alone valuation 5 3.2 Synergy valuation 6 3.3 Premium
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1.1 (ii) Porter’s Five Forces Analysis Threat of Entry: Threats of entry in this case is moderate. There is low brand loyalty of existing firms. Consumers usually compare the prices with different brands when they decide to purchase PCs. They think that every PC has the same price and has the same function no matter what brand it is‚ which means low product differentiation. There is medium capital requirements‚ no government regulations and low economies of scale in manufacturing. There is low
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Findings Dell started out as a direct seller‚ first using a mail-order system‚ and then taking advantage of the internet to develop an online sales platform. Well before use of the internet went mainstream Dell had begun integrating online order status updates and technical support into their customer-facing operations. By 1997‚ Dell’s internet sales had reached an average of $4 million per day. While most other PCs were sold preconfigured and pre-assembled in retail stores‚ Dell offered superior
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Analysis of Hewlett-Packard: The Flight of the Kittyhawk. Maggie Xu February 8‚ 2012 1. Background: The Kittyhawk Project. Hewlett Packard (HP) decided to produce 1.3-inch disk drives to become the market leader in a new market and increase HP’s revenue. Although the market for 1.3-inch disk drives was still unclear and still developing‚ HP decided to organize a special team to develop this new product. This group was multi-talented‚ with the best engineers from every department in the
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