How and why did the personal computer industry come to have such 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. (See Appendix
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Figure 3.1 : Dell Inc Dell was founded in 1984 by Michael Dell‚ he started his business by selling computer systems directly to customers this kind of business model eliminates retailers that add unnecessary time and cost and let him to know what exactly customers need. In 1996 the dell company started selling it’s product on the Internet‚ this was a very big step for dell to become one of the biggest companies which started applying e-business solutions on it’s business transactions. Dell is enhancing
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The SWOT Analysis of Lenovo-IBM Acquisition Case study: The acquisition case of American IBM Personal Computer by the Chinese computer company Lenovo. This article uses SWOT matrix to analysis the post-merger situation of Lenovo’s PC business and try to demonstrate a possible roadmap for future business. On December 8th of 2004‚ Lenovo announced its merging of IBM’s world personal computer (PC) business which included the ThinkPad line of PCs. This deal costing Lenovo $1.25 billion‚ including $650
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The background and history of Dell began in 1984 with Michael Dell as the founder which has been known as the most innovative entrepreneur for marketing computers. Dell began his adventure with computers in 1983 by selling PC components out of his college dorm room at the University of Texas. He bought RAM chips and disk drives for IBM PCs at cost from dealers and resold them in newspaper and magazine ads for 10-15 percent below regular cost. One year later he was already running sales of $ 80‚000
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Procurement Department and its role in Dell Inc. Firstly‚ I would mention what is the general meaning of procurement. Procurement is an act of obtaining or buying goods or services. Leaning on this definition‚ we can realize that the proces also includes preparation and processing of a demand as well as the end receipt and approval of payment. Procurement is often part of a company’s strategy because the ability to purchase certain materials that will determine if operations will continue (Administrative
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LENOVO CASE STUDY PROBLEM STATEMENT Lenovo faced a crisis between its brand identity and its brand image. Lenovo wanted to be perceived as a quality product‚ but due to the Country of Origin effect‚ they had an image of being a lower quality Chinese made brand. After the acquisition of the IBM ThinkPad‚ a premium brand‚ Lenovo was faced with the problem of developing a branding strategy that would correctly reflect these two very different brands without compromising the other brand. SITUATION
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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‚ IT infrastructure development and consultation. Dell has been a pioneer of e- commerce as it was one of the first leading companies who extensively
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complete. If you need any assistance while shopping‚ please click on the “Help” link located at the bottom right of your Premier Page to access the Premier Online Help Menu. Accessing your Premier Page via PremierConnect (B2B) You can access your Dell Premier Page directly from your ERP / Procurement system. If you have any questions regarding your initial access to the Premier Page‚ please contact Global_B2B_Support@dell.com. To begin shopping from your customized catalog‚ Punchout from your procurement
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CASE STUDY ANALYSIS DELL INC.: TIME TO DISCARD DIRECT SELLING MODEL? Contents 1. Abstract 2. Introduction 3. Methodology 4. Results / Findings 5. Strengths / Weaknesses / Analysis 6. Recommendations / Conclusion Appendices: Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Abstract Dell is a multinational computer company which managed to stay in the first place of computer system sales for over a decade. Its strong and revolutionized strategy of direct selling computers to the customers
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MANAGEMENT SUBMITTED BY INFORMATIVE ABSTRACT This case study is based on the supply chain management of two notable PC manufacturing MNCs‚ Hewlett-Packard and Dell. The objective of this case study is to compare the effectiveness of the standardized process followed by HP to the innovative process of Dell‚ The Direct Model. DESCRIPTIVE ABSTRACT A comparative case study was done between two electronics giants Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell.inc‚ on their supply chain management
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