Course: Supply Chain Management (SCM) Assignment One – Singular Unit 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
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Dell Supply chain strategy Dell‚ Inc becomes one of the largest technological company in the world because of their specific supply chain strategy. The traditional supply chain strategy includes five components - supplier‚ manufacturer‚ distributor‚ retailer and customer. Firstly‚ supplier needs to send the raw material to manufacturer. Secondly‚ after the production process in manufacturer‚ manufacturer will send the finished good to distributor. Thirdly‚ distributor will distribute the product
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1. What are the key differentiators that made Dell’s supply chain strategy so effective for nearly two decades. Dell operates by an on-line business model equipped with mass customized manufacturing which provides instant web communication protocol with customers at anytime and anywhere. Customers able to compose their own configuration from order list and free from bounding with fixed configuration. All packages are made upon request with no finished goods available‚ there is no depreciation
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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 choices that customers
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QUESTION 1 Why does L5 incur higher manufacturing and logistic costs than L6? In L5‚ the chassis (without motherboard installed) are shipped to the US first and followed by the motherboards being airfreight to the US as shown in Figure 6-4. This indicates a higher logistic cost from airfreight if motherboard is not manufactured in time to be shipped (via ocean) from China to US where motherboard is in need to be assembled with the empty chassis to satisfy surge demand. At the same time‚ if
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Introduction to Supply Chain Management (SCM) System Supply chain management (SCM) is the combination of activities which help a company to improve the methods to make a product or service and deliver it to customers. (Larson‚ 2004) SCM encompasses the planning and management of all activities involved in sourcing‚ procurement‚ conversion‚ and logistics management activities. More importantly‚ it includes coordination and collaboration with other people who are associated with the business like
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Information Systems in Supply Chain Management ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Chao Hsuan‚ Liu (41845491) ABSTRACT Information systems (IS) for the supply chain management have become critical tools for synchronizing information among the customers and suppliers of a supply chain (McLaren et al.‚ 2004). Moreover‚ the supply chain concept has become a concern because of global competition and increasing customer demand. Thus
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Impact of Information Sharing Strategies in Multi-level Supply Chain Xiongwei Zhou‚ Feicheng Ma‚ Ling Zhang‚ Xueying Wang School of Information Management Wuhan University Wuhan‚ P.R.China E-mail:daweycs@126.com.fchma@whu.edu.cn Abstract- Information sharing is a major strategy to counteract the bullwhip effect. Previous research suggested that applying different ISS(information sharing strategy) to the supply chain may improve the supply chain performance under a simplified two-level supply chain
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Euro area after the international financial crisis‚ demand growth has become very slow during the recent years (IMF‚ 2013). Thus‚ ABC Company is planning to launch its international strategy in order to increase its overall profitability by entering into foreign markets. As with ABC Company’s FDI destination‚ it focuses on two countries‚ namely China and Japan. China is the largest developing country in the world which has been experiencing rapid economic growth for a long time‚ while Japan is
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study of Dell supply chain management Liu Xingrui 920514-7482 tml10xlu@student.hig.se Xiao Ziye 920801-6619 tml10zxo@student.hig.se Peng Yunyi 930204-9128 tml10ypg@student.hig.se Liu Siqi 921026-9628 tml10slu@student.hig.se Date Summary Dell’s supply chain is typical paragon among the computer manufacturing industry. The advantage of supply chain lead to a rather strong marketing performance for dell than it ever had been. This paper takes an overview of Dell’s supply chain and strategies
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