market‚ the organization can identify which customers that can match with their products and services. In Dell‚ the segmentation is a backbone for them. There are two segmentation criteria in Dell; segmenting consumer market and segmenting business market. In the segmenting consumer markets‚ there are geographic‚ demographic‚ socio-economic‚ behaviour and psychographic segmentation. In Dell‚ the purpose to segment the consumer markets is focus to the personal users or for home users. The geographic
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different situations where we have to tailor our type of speech‚ a quick example would be speaking with friends‚ you are more relaxed‚ and less informative‚ whereas if you were presenting to a class‚ you would be more formal and informative. Dell Hymes ‘speaking model’ is and effective and precise method to use when considering elements of communication‚ and planning speech. Even using specific components alone can be useful to everyday communication. It’s effectiveness is displayed through
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Dell’s Working Capital We can see from the exhibit 4 that sales in 1996 was 52% higher than that in 1995. To support that growth‚ Dell needs to increase its operating assets. Total Assets (% of sales) 45.87% Loss:Short Term Investments (% of sales) (13.93%) Operating Assets (% of sales) 31.94% The increase in Dell’s operating assets should be the change in 1996’s forecasting operating assets and operating assets in 1995. So operating assets should be increased by $5‚296M*31.94% - $3‚475M*31
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delivered during fiscal years 2000-2008? Use the financial ratios presented in the Appendix of the text (pages 240-241) as a basis for doing your calculations and drawing conclusions about Dell’s performance. Selected Financial Statement Data for Dell Inc.‚ Fiscal Years 2000 – 2008 (in million‚ except per share data) | February 1‚ 2008 | February 2‚ 2007 | February 3‚ 2006 | January 28‚ 2005 | January 30‚ 2004 | February 1‚ 2002 | January 28‚ 2000 | Results of Operations | | | |
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Recommendations (1) Dell has to keep their simplicity into business models instead of creating it in complete way. (2) Dell should take serious consideration about their customer service in online marketing platform‚ not only providing many kinds of user engagement but they have to maintain it as well. (3) Dell should be more creative into their design features customization to attract more customers. Strengths 1. Good business model 2. Low inventory cost 3. High market shares 4. Customizable
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Dell – Kelby Allen The just-in-time (JIT) inventory method is a method of inventory management. “The goal of these concepts‚ contrary to popular belief‚ is not to reduce inventory‚ although that ’s an appealing side benefit. Instead‚ JIT (like its imitators) is a continual process aimed at eliminating waste and solving problems throughout the supply chain” (Minahan‚ 1997‚ p. 45). Since its inception in 1984‚ Dell Corporation‚ Inc. has set itself apart from competitors through innovation and creativity
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1. What are the key challenges DELL should be concerned with as it enters the large-scale server market? (3 Points) Unlike PC market‚ the support service was more critical for server market since a problem in server even for a short time could cause serious problem in the customer’s business. Competitors such as Hewlett-Packard and IBM had begun offering variety support service aggressively to enhance the quality of their service. DELL‚ through a business model that focuses on direct PC sales‚
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resources and taking both risks and rewards associated with the venture. Entrepreneur is a person who is able to exploit an opportunity or who has a bright business idea‚ organizes it‚ puts it into action though a business venture‚ and is prepared to take financial risks. All entrepreneurs are very different from each other. They all have a different entrepreneur mindset that contributes to their success. Their entrepreneur mindset might have to do with their personality or even in the field which
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It is due to lack of awareness of entrepreneurship that how much it is important for our country. How it can help in improving economy of Pakistan. Many international surveys rank Pakistan was one of the most corrupt countries in the world. Entrepreneurs are cautioned. Although it has strong potential to be an entrepreneur’s efforts to become wealthy over might‚ without having to move up to the ladder gradually this overconfidence and lack of understanding for the proper business techniques causes
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INTRODUCTION ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- From Adam Smith to Joseph Schumpeter‚ those who study the development of societies have considered entrepreneurial capital accumulation as the engine that drives economic growth (c.f.‚ Van Stel‚ Carree & Thurik‚ 2005). For entrepreneurship to take root‚ it must be possible to accumulate capital are at a rate exceeding immediate consumption. There are two ways to achieve the minimum
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