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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Research Publication Date: 12 November 2010 ID Number: G00208603 Case Study for Supply Chain Leaders: Dell ’s Transformative Journey Through Supply Chain Segmentation Matthew Davis Faced with ever-changing customer needs‚ product commoditization‚ unique global requirements and new‚ low-cost competitors‚ Dell embarked on a three-year journey to segment its supply chain response capabilities. The company designed its supply chains based on a mix of cost optimization‚ delivery speed and product
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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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Hotel strengths: Great health club/pool/outdoor area with excellent service. Nice view from rooms in SW corner of building. Quick room service. The hotel is well located to shopping and business districts and central to tourist attractions. | Our major strengths lie in the hotel properties which are positioned at prime locations in key cities. Our business hotels are placed in close proximity to prime commercial and business hubs in the cities‚ and within comfortable distances from Airports
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many ways‚ the Dell story is a textbook example of American entrepreneurship. Michael Dell began by selling computers from the trunk of his car and quickly rose to being CEO of a highly respected computer manufacturer. Dell’s business model was simple: make computers to order and deliver directly to the customer. As the company grew‚ it encountered growth problem. A maturing industry caused Dell to rethink it’s business model and this case study asks the question‚ “Should Dell continue with its
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My character strengths and attributes and I perceive them to contribute to my desire to become a good professional counselor and works with deaf and hard of hearing population are to be a good listener‚ be an excellent communicator‚ be able to appreciate diversity‚ be friendly‚ be flexible‚ and have a sense of humor. My weaknesses are not able to be authoritative and mediation and they may present the potential challenges in my journey to becoming a professional counselor. The first thing that comes
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Matching DELL History: IBM Market Leader in Mainframe –market share 61%‚ starts PC business in ’81‚ in 2 yrs market share is 42% IBM Strategy : • Purchase PC components as against manufacturing inhouse (Main frame) • Open Architecture : OS – Microsoft‚ Microprocessor – Intel ‚ reason‚ to encourage application developers and enhance Peripheral market • Sales : o Largely corporate clients - thought its huge sales force o Retail clients through value added resellers –
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Q3 - OE_Strengths What do you see as Delta’s particular strengths? "Culture/people‚ consistency‚ accountability‚ our financial health‚ if you will‚ and our risk taking. In terms of culture‚ our people are Delta. I know it’s cliché and we say it a lot‚ but everything we do is because of the people we have. The people are the productivity that we have. Our financial success is because of our people. Our customer service‚ which drives our financial success. Our operational reliability. Everything
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Dell: New Horizon case analysis Problem Dell being one of the most successful companies in the PC industry has a very different path than its competitors. Having a unique strategy‚ Michael Dell has succeeded on positioning it company among its rivals. After many years of success the company is now evaluating it potential to expand. The fast growth of the PC industry opened doors to many industries and challenging Dell’s growth share and revenue. In
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I suppose my most crucial weakness in writing is that I have trouble writing non-fiction. many times I feel can’t be as creative in nonfiction as a result of everything has to be real. Another weakness I struggle with is restrictions in my writing creativity‚ repeating words‚ and following up on abrupt endings to chapters. When I write I write for myself‚ I prefer not to writing for other people. In my opinion‚ writing for other people isn’t writing assignments or schoolwork; I write those for
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