Supply Chain Management Subject HOW DELL IS MANAGING ITS SUPPLY CHAIN Writer Bassam Badran IV Date of delivery 10-10-2012 Due date (submittal) 10-11-2012 Grade 20% References Compiled from several articles in Business Week (1997 through 2001); cio.com (2001); dell.com‚ accessed March 27‚ 2003; Hagel (2002). 1. Principals and Reasons In this project you would understand the concept of managing the supply chain in Dell Computer Company. 2. Results • Dell Supply Chain Components. Knowing
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The Dell Promotion and Price Paper Michael Kunkel University Of Phoenix MKT 421 Robert Walker 01/09/06 The Dell Promotion and Price Paper Promotion is the most important component in the 4 P’s‚ so understanding how to promote a product is crucial to any company. No company knows this better than The Dell Corporation. Dell uses many different promotional methods to get their computer products seen by their targeted consumer markets. In today’s paper I am going to start off by discussing some
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Real world situation – Dell Inc. Dell Inc. was founded in 1984 by Michael S. Dell‚ who developed the supply chain formula‚ which would end up making Dell one of the world leaders in PC sales. When applying the resource-based view and the VRIN-framework to Dell‚ it becomes clear that Dell has a definite competitive advantage. Dell’s success-formula combines several resources which are “unique‚ valuable to customers‚ and difficult to imitate”. What makes Dell so special‚ is the fact that it does
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March 4‚ 2011 Case-Revitalizing Dell I. Diagnosis Question 1: The most critical shifts in Dell’s contextual factors‚ including industry dynamics‚ trends‚ technology changes and shift of the competitive landscape are following: The industry has changed significantly over the last 20 years. The traditional business model in the PC industry was inside-out‚ supplying machines based on orders from distribution‚ resell and retail channels‚ thus following the indirect selling concept. Dell’s direct
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showing anyone who can make a PC could make sales. In Buying Power‚ consumers have great power. There are a high number of users but consumers have a wide variety of brands to choose from and have put much pressure on companies to make satisfactory products at good prices. Customers also have low switching costs. This force along with high demand was also partly responsible for the “vigorous price war” as many companies cut prices to match one another and satisfy consumers. Supplier power was also
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Dell Inc. Discussion Preparation Q1. SWOT analysis of Dell Inc. Strengths Weaknesses • Innovative product design • Not enough retail stores o Insist on new product o Less visibility for Dell design products • Product customization • Low differentiation o Customize products for o Little differentiated from its customer needs competitors besides low
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Dell working capital case Dell’s build to order system created a very different balance sheet. We want to assess their competitive advantage in working capital at the time of the case‚ evaluate how they funded growth at the time (1996) and evaluate potential ways to fund projected sales growth of 50% in 1997 through use of internal funds. 1. Calculate their working capital advantage. To do this calculate days sales of inventory‚ payable days and receivables days to find their cash conversion
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Case Analysis: Dell Introduction Present CEO and chairman of the board Michael Dell founded Dell in 1984‚ as a leading technology provider that designs‚ develops‚ manufactures‚ and supports PCs‚ software and peripherals‚ storage and servers‚ and associated services. With operations in four geographic areas and additional business centers and manufacturing sites in more than 20 locations around the world‚ Dell is able to reach more than 24‚000 retail locations worldwide. Dell’s ability to process
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TABLE OF CONTENT I. ABSTRACT 1 II. INTRODUCTION 2 III. BACKGROUND 4 1. Definition of debt and equity 4 a) Definition of Debt 4 b) Definition of equity 5 2. Example of mix structure capital 5 IV. TECHNICAL SECTION 11 1. Debt Financing – Pros & Cons 11 a) Definition and Classifications of Debt Financing 11 b) Advantages of Debt Financing 14 c) Disadvantages of Debt Financing 15 2. Equity Financing – Pros & Cons 16 a) Definition & Classifications of Equity Financing 16
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Controlling Assets Employed Case : Dell Computer Corporation Summary : Dell Company In 2005‚ Dell Computer Corporation‚ which headquartered in Austin‚ Texas‚ was the world’s largest direct-selling computer company‚ with 57.600 employess in more than 80 countries and cutomers in more than 170 countries. Dell’s climb to market leadership was the result of a persistent focus on delivering the best possible. In less than two decades‚ Dell became the number one retailer of personal computers
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