try improve their product quality for ultimate customer satisfaction. There is a multitude of laptop brands and manufacturers; several major brands‚ offering notebooks in various classes‚ are Acer‚ Apple‚ Fujitsu‚ Gateway‚ HCL‚ Hewlett-Packard‚ Lenovo‚ Dell‚ LG‚ MSI‚ Samsung‚ Sony‚ Toshiba etc. The average computer savvy person of today has realized that a laptop is not something that’s unreachable for him and he can very well make the most of it. Therefore‚ the market for laptops has been steadily
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Dell Computer – The Past‚ Present‚ and Future When Michael Dell founded Dell Computer in 1984 the company’s mission was to be “the most successful computer company in the world” (Diversity Facts‚ 2011). To achieve his goal of becoming the dominant supplier of affordable consumer grade PCs‚ Dell Computer adopted a Direct Selling business model‚ building each PC only after a customer places an order. Revolutionary at the time‚ this system allowed Dell to reduce inventory to Just in Time levels.
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LENOVO CASE ANALYSIS Facts Surrounding the Case Competing at a global scale requires profound brand equity. Lenovo is a well-known brand in China (as Legend) but it cannot become a global technology giant like Dell or Hewlett-Packard‚ by merely acquiring the Personal Systems Division of IBM‚ whose products are popular across the world. Normally‚ the key challenge in establishing global brands lies in devising the manner in which a company can position its brands in customers’ mindsets‚ while
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outlook in terms of the corporate market and the impending loss of the IBM branding‚ it is helpful to analyze the company’s strengths‚ weaknesses‚ opportunities and threats in terms of the problem. These key parameters are summarized here. Strengths Lenovo’s major strengths lie in its current brand image and market share. On the international scale‚ Lenovo ranks third in corporate sales behind Hewlett-Packard and Dell. It shows tremendous capability for improvement‚ however‚ due to its clearly
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INTRODUCTION Lenovo bounded on the international scene May 2005 wit the acquisiton of IBM’s personal computer division for $1.75 billion. This was viewed as an experiment to see whether Chinese companies could successfully integrate foreign acquisitions as they continued to expend internationally. With this landmark acquisition‚ Lenovo’s new strategy was to become a leader in the global PC market. Lenovo Group Limited is one of the most prominent PC manufacturers in the world especially
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NUS Cerebration 2011 – Round II Submission Lenovo - For Those Who Do INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT‚ INDORE PGP-II Term-5 AY-11-12 Date of Submission: 20th September 2011 Submitted by: Team: Three4All Jaipal Charan| p10jaipalc@iimidr.ac.in | +918085722442 Rahil Maniyar | p10rahilm@iimidr.ac.in | +917879278890 Sandeep Kumar | p10sandeepk@iimidr.ac.in | +919752830949 Contents Executive Summary 2 Situation analysis 4 Industry 5 Competitor Analysis 5 Market Developments
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faced by Dell‚ Inc. (“Dell”‚ the “Company”) and recommendations are given as to where the Company needs to alter its strategy at a business level as well as a corporate level. Broad recommendations include foraying into the retail space at a more aggressive pace‚ laying greater impetus in fast emerging markets such as China and India‚ and focusing more on R&D efforts in order to ensure that higher levels of innovation are achieved by the Company. Introduction Dell‚ Inc. (“Dell”‚ the “Company”)
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IBM Case Study 1.) IBM advertises itself as a company that provides service and business solutions. It used to be positioned as a computer hardware company‚ but as more companies like HP and Dell began to pop up they were forced to move away from this image. I recently had the pleasure of speaking with an IBM sales person‚ and he said that they very much rely on the value of their products‚ rather than competing on price. IBM positions themselves as having better‚ but slightly more costly
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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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based on the issues related with potential acquisition of Compaq by HP. Case tells about circumstances of computer hardware industry at 2001‚market was highly competitive‚ frequent and fast product introduction in market ‚continuous improvements in product/price characteristics market needs quick customization in products and service offerings to being profitable. Through differentiation and cost leadership strategy how IBM and Dell not only survived but earned a huge profit Compaq had net loss of
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