Dell Case Study. 1. What is Dell’s strategy? What is the basis on which Dell builds its competitive advantage? Dell’s Strategy: The Company was focused on a simple idea of understanding the need of the customer and efficiently providing the most accurate Product that could satisfy the need. And this was done by direct selling cutting the role of middleman hence bringing a change in the Supply Chain. This meant that Dell knew the desire and need of the customer before any of its competitor
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Vision Statement: It’s the way we do business. It’s the way we interact with the community. It’s the way we interpret the world around us-- our customers’ needs‚ the future of technology‚ and the global business climate. Mission Statement: Dell’s mission is to be the most successful Computer Company in the world at delivering the best customer experience in markets we serve. Financial position: As of 2010‚ Forbes estimates Dell’s net worth at $13.5 billion. Net Income $1‚433 million in 2009
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market studies what customers want ‚ and then produces computers for stock‚ while Dell lets customers decide what components they want in their computer. Customers ordering via the telephone or ‚ increasingly ‚ via the Internet. In doing so‚ avoid Dell intermediaries becomes more cost carriers. Where competitors more trying to focus on creating services around the product ‚ thereby creating value for the customer ‚ trust Dell more on the customer already has the implementation knowledge required to do
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Procedures Dell has in Place to Ensure Ethical Behavior Dell Corporation has fostered a culture of integrity where employees thrive as they are proud to work in environment that adheres to the company values both legally and ethically and the laws of the countries where Dell conduct business. The company has established a Global Ethics and Compliance Office along with the “human resources department” and other internal partner organizations to achieve such an ethical environment. The first
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Matching Dell 1. Describe Dell’s strategy. 2. What are the key trade-offs involved in Dell’s strategic positioning? One trade-off is Dell’s strategic positioning of personalized computers refrains it from the benefits of supply-side economies of scale. The personalized products and customer-centric services mean higher cost. The other trade-off is that Dell loses sales opportunities to a variety of distributors by focusing on direct sales. Although the strategic positioning of direct sales can
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Case Study: Dell‚ Inc. 1. History of the company. In 1983‚ Michael Dell started his own business while in college. The company he started was PC ’s ltd.‚ which was the forerunner to Dell Inc. today. Dell started his business with a simple concept which is made to order computers. The computers were to be direct sales to consumers. Dell maximized his profits by bypassing distributors and retailers. Although he his product was sold by retailers he soon took the product out of the stores and
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Patrick Doran EPS 511 1st Metaphor Paper 4/19/12 As a teacher dedicated to consider how children think‚ feel‚ and understand their world‚ I am like a good book. Like a good book‚ once you get started and really get into it‚ you start thinking about it when you are not even reading it. I want to become the main focus point of my students’ attention. I want them to always be interested in what they are about to learn‚ but also very excited about what is coming next. A good book helps people solve
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was Dell’s working capital policy a competitive advantage? Dell had a policy of working with low inventory and it used to make inventory purchases based on the sale orders received. This led to following advantages: No obsolete goods. Defects in raw material manufacturers were easily weeded out. New technological up gradations can be easily set into the system before the competition turns over the existing inventory. Thus Dell had a first mover’s advantage in being abreast with latest technological
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This assignment requires a considerable amount of computer work and written comment. You may need to seek guidance from your tutor along the way. Do not leave things until too late. Each question carefully describes what you are required to do‚ so please follow these carefully. In this minor assignment you will examine data from a fruit and vegetable market that supplies fresh produce to supermarket outlets in NSW and Victoria. The market is conducting an evaluation of sales and price of produce
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PROMOTION By Pablo González‚ Javier Uranga and Miguel Larrea ABOVE THE LINE PROMOTION Above the line promotions use mass media methods. This types of promotion focuses on advertising to a large audience. For example; television‚ cinema advertising‚ online media… etc Media Advantages Disadvantages Television -Huge audiences reached. -Products can be demonstrated. -Some viewers avoid TV adverts. Very expensive. Newspaper and magazines -Relatively cheap. -Reader can refer back. -Rival
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