Dell Brand Audit Brand Inventory History Dell Computer was founded as PC’s Limited in 1984 by Michael Dell. It is one of the largest hardware manufacturers and computer corporations. Dell Computer mainly develops‚ sells and supports computers and related products and services. Dell grew during the 1980s and 1990s to become (for a time) the largest seller of PCs and servers. As of 2008 it held the second spot in computer-sales within the industry behind the Hewlett-Packard Company. The company
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Memorandum: Dell Business Risk Evaluation Dell Inc.‚ with fiscal 2005 net revenue of $49.2 billion‚ is a premier provider of products and services worldwide that enable customers to build their information-technology and Internet infrastructures. Dell offers a broad range of enterprise systems (servers‚ storage‚ workstations‚ and networking products)‚ client systems (notebook and desktop computer systems)‚ printing and imaging systems‚ software and peripherals‚ and global services. During calendar
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Company G Comparative Income Statements December 31‚ Years 12 and 11 Year 12 #N/A #N/A #N/A Year 11 123‚708‚000 86‚409‚000 37‚299‚000 25‚827‚000 222000 2‚316‚000 28‚365‚000 #N/A 23‚478‚000 267000 2‚163‚000 25‚908‚000 11‚391‚000 2‚349‚000 -45‚000 153‚000 2‚457‚000 2‚261‚231 10.01% -16.85% 7.07% 9.48% 19.85% 183000 384000 -201000 #N/A 117000 366000 -249000 11‚142‚000 66‚000 18‚000 48‚000 2‚309‚231 66.41% 4.92% -19.28% 20.73% 5‚052‚000 #N/A 4‚419‚000 6‚723‚000 633‚000 1‚676‚231 14.32% 24
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Introduction Dell Computer Corporation continues to have successful growth due to its innovative “built to order” business model and customer service focus which includes direct selling. Dell’s ability to maintain low levels of finished goods inventory minimized the cash conversion cycle to a high extent‚ thus minimizing the need for costly working capital. In past years‚ Dell has mainly financed its operations internally and secondly through the issuance of shareholder equity and small amounts
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Business Analysis of Dell Inc. A Strategic Management Case Sailesh R. Pant Strategic Management Class ctober 11‚ 2012 Business Analysis of Dell Inc. A Strategic Management Case Dell Inc. has been renowned for its name in desktop computer sales and its direct model of dealing with customers and suppliers to eradicate interference of intermediaries. The concept of direct model has provided Dell Inc. with competitive advantage in achieving cost leadership and visibility of customer demand
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Dell Computers Strategy Global companies play an important role in the business environment‚ because they connect their business together around the world. A good example of a global company is Dell Inc.‚ an American computer-hardware company‚ headquartered in Austin Texas‚ which develops‚ manufactures‚ sells and supports a wide range of personal computers‚ servers‚ data storage devices‚ network switches‚ personal digital assistants (PDAs)‚ software‚ computer peripherals‚ and more. They design
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Part 4. Is Dell a merchandiser or a manufacturer? Dell Inc. is both‚ a merchandiser and a manufacturer. The company emphasizes its business model on delivering a quality product to fit customers’ needs‚ in the process Dell may create custom-made products from a variety of suppliers and merchandise them as a finished product directly to a customer. On a different scenario Dell may manufacture a product itself and them merchandise or distribute it within its chain of subsidiaries. What information
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because HP acquired Compaq and almost doubled size of the company. In 2001‚ Dell’s ROA and ROE drop to the lowest point through the life of the case. This large drop is due to the net income declined (42.77%) in 2001 compare to 2000. In 2006‚ Dell’s ROA and ROE dropped almost 5% and 7%. This drop also is due to net income declined (27.69%) in 2006. In 2008 Dell’s ROA dropped 2% and ROE dropped 10%. This large drop is due to the recession in 2008. Using leverage to maintain higher returns to investor
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Dell is a key competitor in the computer hardware industry. Dell provides its products to the general public‚ governments‚ businesses‚ and educational institutions. Dell operates primarily on two business segments – computers and servers. Dell’s business-level strategy is composed of a focused differentiation approach. In turn‚ the corporate-level strategy Dell uses is a global approach. Dell’ s mission is to be the most successful computer company in the world at delivering the best customer
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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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