SOWT for Dell inc. case Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities When an opportunity arises, the company is able to increase its output which consequently increases the company's profits. This is facilitated by the chances and opportunities of reducing its operation costs, presence of a wide client's base, or its ability to offer a demand gap. The existence of a company in the industry is to optimize every available opportunity to achieve its objectives in the industry. Mostly company realizes
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return industries due to the fewer requirements of capital and common products that require minimum R & D and efforts for production. In the category of business technology involving personal and business, computers have become a commodity and Dell Computer Corporation has evolved with the growing market. The competition is fierce in this sector and margins can be low. The lower end computers with high-speed internet capabilities have become the main selling force. As dial up internet continually
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Managerial Finance Reflection Essay 5th July, 2015 DELL’S WORKING CAPITAL Dell computer Corporation, a company with a Build-to-order manufacturing system, focused mainly on selling directly to the customers. It was their Core Strategy. The company has reported impressive growth in FY-1996 and is predicting a future growth of 20% annually. Positive Inferences - DELL The primary advantage for the growth of the company is their Inventory Management. It followed the build-to-order strategy
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comparison to their netbook cousins, but they can operate with a lot more applications that are powerful. They are twice the weight, have larger screens and more effective CPUs, but their battery life struggles to attain even a whopping 3 hours in some cases. These are
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SITUATION ANALYSIS In 1984, at the age of 19, Michael Dell founded Dell Computer with a simple vision and business concept; that personal computers could be built to order and sold directly to customers. Michael Dell believed his approach to PC manufacturing had two advantages: (1) bypassing distributors and retail dealers eliminated the markups of resellers, and (2) building to order greatly reduced the costs and risks associated with carrying large stocks of parts, components, and finished goods
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organization in? Dell Computers was founded by Michael Dell in 1984 with the aim of providing consumers with computers that meet their needs. The Dell organization is in the business of making personal computers. Dell does not make most of the parts it uses for the computers but buys them from other companies. The computers are then assembled from stock parts. The company has become synonymous with customer satisfaction since it was established in 1984. The developments made by Dell computers on the
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. Dell Case: Question 1 :: What are the advantages to Dell of having manufacturing sites located where they are? What are the potential disadvantages? Answer: Dell’s manufacturing sites are in Brazil, China, Malaysia, Ireland, and the U.S. Advantages of these locations are that some of them are low cost (Brazil, China, Malaysia and, relatively, Ireland), they have educated work forces that are highly productive, and they are near large regional markets. Dell Case: Question 2
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Through the years Dell went from producing PC’s to software, hardware, workstations, electronics, printers, tablets, mobile devices networking, storage devices, servers, security products and other electronic devices and information technology systems but it all started with just building computer systems. Dell doesn’t just sell products to personal consumers, Dell also targets government, healthcare, education and small and large corporations. Michael Dell founded Dell Company; hence the name
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[edit] History [pic] Michael Dell, Founder of Dell. [edit] Origins and evolution | |This article or section may contain an inappropriate mixture of prose and timeline. | | |Please help convert this timeline into prose or, if necessary, a list. | While a student at the University of Texas at Austin in 1984, Michael Dell founded the company as PC's Limited with capital of $1000[4]. Operating
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BY LINDA UWAOMA, SHANSHAN LI, REHANA DAYANANDA AND ANDREA VAN DER WEST OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT REPORT- DELL COMPUTERS ! Table of Contents OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT REPORT- DELL COMPUTERS ...................................................1 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT REPORT- DELL COMPUTERS ...................................................2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY..............................................................................................2 INTRODUCTION ..................................
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