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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1. What is Saturn’s strategy? * Improvement in the Labor-Management Partnership. Changing the established relationship between GM and its unions * Clear definition and articulation of company’s mission and values. Challenge to the established norms of customer service. Making sure that every employee is aware of his goals and the ultimate purpose * Improvements in design and manufacturing process. Most GM cars were criticized for obsolete designs and engines. Saturn wanted to change that perception
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Landmark Square‚ Stamford‚ Connecticut 06901‚ paul_carbonneau@mckinsey.com Robert Moore‚ Bill Reeves Dell Inc.‚ Mail Stop 6363‚ Austin‚ Texas 78682 {robert_a_moore@dell.com‚ bill_reeves@dell.com} The Tauber Manufacturing Institute (TMI) is a partnership between the engineering and business schools at the University of Michigan. In the summer of 1999‚ a TMI team spent 14 weeks at Dell Inc. in Austin‚ Texas‚ and developed an inventory model to identify inventory drivers and quantify target
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WRITERSHARP INC. (Case Study) I.THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK Writesharp Inc. Is thinking of customer’s satisfactions through listening to what usually a customer demands in terms of how will the pencil they are producing should be. Writesharp Inc. is particular with the effects of change of the feature of their current product line. II. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM How will Writesharp Inc. improve the quality of its product that will satisfy the customers and performance of its
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Dell Computer Corporation Dell Computer is maintained and increased their competitive advantage. They want to maintain a low cost position to maximize the value passed on to customers‚ while driving costs lower and lower. They also want to drive aggressive pricing and profitability gain share. Dell wants to always put customers first and remain aggressive about driving improved customer value across all Dell business. Employee support of Product Leadership‚ Customer Experience‚ and Globalization
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Mobile Computing to the Skies While Keeping the Mobile Workforce Connected Aviall Inc.: From Failure to Success with Information Technology Continental Airlines:This Callis Being Monitored chapter 2 COMPETING WITH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY GE‚Dell‚ Intel‚and Others:The Competitive Advantage of InformationTechnology The U.S.Department of Commerce: Using IT to Tap Experts’ Know-HowThrough Knowledge Management Shareware Grows Up: ClOs are SavingMoney by Pooling Resources and Software CDW and Harrah’s
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HBS CASE: BUILDING A SOCIAL MEDIA CULTURE AT DELL Answers from Chenghao Zheng (Chuck) 1. Why has Dell been successful at building a social media program? Dell developed a social media program that helped solve customers’ problems‚ improve Dell’s reputation‚ and educate customers. It depended on social media to improve sales‚ predict trends of the market and create the better brand perception online. The company builds the business case for social media‚ which creates an astonishing model to reduce
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CASE STUDY QUESTIONS Chapter 1: Foundations of Information Systems in Business CASE I: 1. How do information technologies contribute to the business success of the companies depicted in the case? The information technologies contribute to the business success of the companies through immediate responds‚ first to the needs of the customers on how the company will satisfy each and every customers and the monitoring of the fast changing trends in business through the use of information technology
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I. INTRODUCTION 1. About the company Dell Inc. (formerly Dell Computer) is an American multinational computer technology corporation based in Round Rock‚ Texas‚ United States‚ that develops‚ sells‚ repairs and supports computers and related products and services. Bearing the name of its founder‚ Michael Dell‚ the company is one of the largest technological corporations in the world‚ employing more than 103‚300 people worldwide. Dell is listed at number 44 in the Fortune 500 list. It is the
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Computer Security IV Chapter 1 (40) Question 1 a) Look up “the paper that started the study of computer security.” Prepare a summary of the key points. What in this paper specifically addresses security in areas previously unexamined? b) Consider the information stored on your personal computer. For each of the terms listed‚ find an example and document it: threat‚ threat agent‚ vulnerability‚ exposure‚ risk‚ attack‚ and exploit. Question 2 The next day at SLS found everyone in technical support
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