CASE STUDY ANALYSIS REPORT ON SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT OF DELL COMPUTER CORPORATION Submitted By: Asmita Baz ACKNOWLEDGEMENT On the successful completion of the project, first and foremost I thank God, the Almighty without whose blessings the project would not have been a success. I take this opportunity to express my sincere gratitude towards Mr. Subrata Kar (faculty of SCM,Globsyn Business School) under whose guidance I completed this project report. I wholeheartedly thank him
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then being sold. Instead, he would sell directly to customers and build products to order. In one swoop, Dell eliminated the reseller's markup and the costs and risks associated with carrying large inventories of finished goods. 2. How did Dell leverage relationships with both suppliers and customers to achieve integration? Small specialized companies developed to make a specific product that dell uses made it so that they don’t have to focus on that aspect of that business which they couldn’t afford
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Business Analysis of Apple Inc. On April 1, 1976 Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne joined together to form Apple Computer Incorporated. The concept behind their company was the creation of an inexpensive, simple to use personal computer kit. Working out of Jobs' garage in Cupertino, California the trio designed and manufactured their first product in three months. They named this product the Apple I and it went on sale in July 1976 for $666.66. Six months after the release of the Apple I, Ronald
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DELL INC (DELL) 10-K Annual report pursuant to section 13 and 15(d) Filed on 03/15/2011 Filed Period 01/28/2011 Table of Contents UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 Form 10-K (Mark One) x ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended January 28, 2011 or TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from to Commission
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Dell Inc. is an American multinational technology company based in Texas. Dell managed to enter Singapore market through foreign direct investment and relied on the sales of laptops, printers, and many more. In Singapore PC and laptop are used to assist daily activities supported with abundant Internet access, this makes Singapore a good market for computer and peripheral industry. There are a total of 6 parts in this report. In the beginning of this report, a brief history
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DELL INC (4331) 10-K Annual report pursuant to section 13 and 15(d) Filed on 03/13/2012 Filed Period 02/03/2012 Table of Contents UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 Form 10-K (Mark One) x ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended February 3, 2012 or o TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from to Commission
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TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from to or Commission file number: 0-17017 Dell Inc. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 74-2487834 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) incorporation or organization) One Dell Way, Round Rock, Texas 78682 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 1-800-289-3355
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and information Acer_case_10-99.doc 2 Acer: An IT Company Learning to Use IT to Compete Jason Dedrick, Kenneth L. Kraemer, Tony Tsai I. INTRODUCTION Acer Computer is an unusual company in the personal computer industry. Companies such as Dell, Compaq and Gateway focus on designing, configuring, marketing and servicing PCs and increasingly leave the manufacturing to contract manufacturers and OEM producers. By contrast, Acer is a diversified, vertically integrated manufacturer of PCs, components
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The Power of Virtual Integration: An Interview with Dell Computer’s Michael Dell by Joan Magretta Harvard Business Review Reprint 98208 The Power of V i r t ua l I n t e g r at i o n : A n I n t e rv i e w w i t h D e l l C o m p u t e r’ s Michael Dell b y J oa n M ag r e t ta H ow do you create a $12 billion company in just 1 3 years? Michael Dell began in 1984 with a simple business insight: he could by- pass the dealer channel through which personal computers were
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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 from
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