Case 5:"Dell Inc. in 2008: Can it Overtake Hewlett Packard as the World Leader in Personal Computers?" Question 1: a. 1992: Michael Dell becomes the youngest CEO of a Fortune 500 company at age 27b. b. Michael Dell has been the key factor for Dell‚ Inc. growing into the corporation it is today. In my opinion‚ his top 5 key strengths that helped Dell‚ Inc. grow include: 1. Competitive nature 2. Foresight & Vision 3. Willingness to take risks 4. Aggressiveness 5. Ability to execute c. 5 Tasks
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[pic] Table of Content: A. Objective B. Brief Background of Dell a) Strategic Vision b) Product Offerings c) Product Levels d) Current Market Situation i. Customer Segmentation of Dell ii. ESL & The Higher Education Planning Team iii. Higher Education Market (HEM) iv. Microcenters e) Competitor Analysis f) SWOT Analysis - Dell in HEM C. Current Problem & Alternatives D. Our recommendation & Action plan E. Intended Learning Outcome A.
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Mission and Strategies Mission: Dell is a company leader in delivering the latest technology in computer systems to customers‚ and a broad range of products that enhance the service. The main concept is to sell directly to customers without intermediaries to better understand their needs and provide personalize assistance to take customers to the next level of service. (1) Strategy: Dell combines direct customer model which is our initial goal‚ with relevant technologies and solutions
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Krit Tiraarporn 528-28181-26 Closing Case 7: Strategy Implementation at Dell Computer 1. Why has Dell moved to different kinds of organizational structures over time? Answer: Dell needs to move to different kinds of organizational structures over time in order to change and adjust the business itself to fit with a change in environment. In 1984‚ Dell did the business alone but the demand was coming a lot. To serve the huge demand‚ Dell needed to hire more employees and assign a tons of work to
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Dell Inc. Discussion Preparation Q1. SWOT analysis of Dell Inc. Strengths Weaknesses • Innovative product design • Not enough retail stores o Insist on new product o Less visibility for Dell design products • Product customization • Low differentiation o Customize products for o Little differentiated from its customer needs competitors besides low
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Facts: · First Investments Inc. owned stock of Basic Industries (BI)‚ a diversified multinational corporation with major shares in various electrical related markets · The BI annual report of 1994 shows a decline in the return on owners’ equity (ROE) · Fred Aldrich‚ a trainee in First Investment‚ was asked to conduct a financial analysis on BI · Three years financial statements (1994‚ 1993 and 1985) and reported 10 year financial highlights (1985 to 1994) were available for the
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[Type text] [Type text] [Type text] FIRST INVESTMENTS‚ INC.: ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CARLOS VILLICANA THURSDAY OCTOBER 23RD‚ 2014 MACC 6753 - FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS DANA MCLENDON‚ MBA WEEK 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Basic Industries is a diversified multinational corporation with major shares in various electric related markets. There is stock that has been held since the early 1980s and we have been asked to analyze and evaluate the past 10 years of data to either sell or continue
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Product Bundle Pricing The textbook defines product bundle pricing as “combining several products and offering the bundle at a reduced price” (274). This strategy can be effective at selling product accessories that customers would not buy outside the bundle. This can increase the total profit gained from each customer even if the profit margin on each item sold in the bundle is lower than if they had been sold separately. Walmart provides an excellent example of product bundle pricing with
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Dell Supply chain strategy Dell‚ Inc becomes one of the largest technological company in the world because of their specific supply chain strategy. The traditional supply chain strategy includes five components - supplier‚ manufacturer‚ distributor‚ retailer and customer. Firstly‚ supplier needs to send the raw material to manufacturer. Secondly‚ after the production process in manufacturer‚ manufacturer will send the finished good to distributor. Thirdly‚ distributor will distribute the product
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to 13413.1. Thus an increase of 115.8%. Whereas during the same period Expenses have increased by 123%. Thus a reduction in margin. 2. ROCE a. It is defined as a ratio that indicates the efficiency and profitability of a company’s capital investments. In other words how efficiently are long term funds of a company being used. b. In 1994 it was 11%. In 1993 12.1%. In 1985 12.98%. A higher dip between 1985 & 1994. This is primarily because the proportion of Capital Employed has increased
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