DELL Research Paper 1. A history on the origins of the company. a. Dell was founded by Michael S. Dell in May 1984. b. Mr. Dell began the company from his University of Texas dorm room. c. He bypassed the retail outlets and sold his computers directly to consumers. This allowed him to eliminate the retail mark-up and sell his PCs at about 40% of an IBM PC. d. In 1988 the company went public and began selling to larger customers such as government agencies.
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INTERNAL ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS An organization ’s external environment has three components: the remote environment‚ the industry environment‚ and the operating environment. The Remote environment is made up of economic‚ political‚ social‚ technological‚ and ecological factors. The industry environment is made up of entry barriers‚ supplier power‚ buyer power‚ substitute availability‚ and competitive rivalry. The operating environment is made up of competitors‚ customers‚ labor‚ and suppliers
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DELL’s Working Capital 1. How was Dell’s working capital policy a competitive advantage? Dell has achieved low working capital by keeping its work-in-process and finished goods inventory very low. The competitive advantage Dell achieves from this is that its inventory is significantly lower than its competitors‚ it does not require large warehouses for stocking the inventories and Dell is also able to adapt the fastest to technology changes in the components. The competitors would find it
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Dell Enhances Online Marketing Capabilities and Improves Site Performance with Commerce Server 2000 Published: September 2001 To improve performance and enable complex online marketing campaigns‚ Dell upgraded its online commerce platform from Microsoft Site Server 3.0 Commerce Edition to Commerce Server 2000. The flexible component-based architecture and extensive prebuilt functionality in Commerce Server enabled Dell to implement its new campaign capabilities in just six weeks of development
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in every activity in the value chain. Ideally‚ low cost strategy is centered on the capability of Dell to produce and deliver products of competitive quality at lower costs. Cost leadership strategy is much more than cost reduction initiatives that get lot of prominence in strategic planning and review session of Dell as a means to improve the bottom line of a company by improving its efficiency. Dell uses efficient cost structures to protect their markets from the competitors by responding to competitors’
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COST LEADERSHIP STRATEGY Dell Computers have been the industry leader with there cost-leadership strategy. They strive to provide technology and support at a lower unit cost than their competitors. They are a direct model company. Their unique relationship with customers gives Dell the opportunity to know exactly what their customers want and offer products that their customers need. They have a strong focus on being a "market taker" rather than a "market maker". Capitalizing on their ability
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Dell Case Study - Harvard Business Pregunta 1: Capital de trabajo ventaja competitiva de Dell- Una de las mayores ventajas que tiene Dell es su ventaja competitiva en no tener que gastar tanto capital en su inventario y almacenamiento. Dell construye sistemas informáticos después de que la compañía recibe órdenes de compras de sus clientes. Como resultado de esta práctica prudente‚ el trabajo de Dell‚ en el proceso (Wip) y el inventario de producto terminado como un porcentaje del
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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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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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* CASE STUDY 4: MICHAEL DELL LEADERSHIP ORGANIZATIONS & MANAGEMENT LECTURER: NORZAN BINTI ABDULLAH *Trait theory of leadership *Dominant traits that Michael Dell possesses *transformational leadership *4 I’s of Transformational Leadership *Types of Powers *Michael Dell’s Power *Contents *Q1. Apply the Trait theory of leadership‚ identify and describe the dominant traits that Michael Dell possesses? *The trait theory of leadership is a theory based on the personality traits and characteristics
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