The name of the company was changed to 3M India Limited in Dec 2002. 3M in India has manufacturing facilities at Bangalore‚ Ahmedabad‚ Pune & Pondicherry with more than 1800 employees. For the Financial year ended March’11‚ 3M India posted a net sales of Rs. 1176 crores with net profits of Rs.99 crores The 3M technology solutions expertise has been tried and tested for performance‚ safety‚ value & productivity in markets that include Aerospace‚ Railways‚ Highways‚ Defense‚ Security‚ Mining
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Subject: Dell’s Direct Business Model Date: 04/08/05 Will Dell’s direct business model continue to provide a competitive advantage as fellow competitors Compaq‚ IBM‚ and HP emulate Dell’s direct model? Dell’s direct business model bypasses the dealer in the supply chain and sells computers directly to customers‚ building each to order. Dell does not manufacture the computer components; they merely assemble computers based on components that are available in the market. Dell’s use of technology
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Dell Computers Sales Function Paper Week One MKT-445: Sales Tools and Strategies The company chosen is Dell Computers. Dell is a computer sales-oriented company that began in 1984 by Michael Dell in Austin‚ Texas. Dell Computers focuses on customer satisfaction. This does not stop at the final purchase of a computer. This satisfaction started with the idea and the design‚ manufacturing‚ packaging‚ the sale‚ and continues with the technical support after the sale has been made. Without the
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Direct Instruction Model Anthony Panichelli EDU 381 Curriculum & Instructional Design Instructor: Anita Gadsden September 10‚ 2012 “The purpose of the Direct Instruction model is to teach knowledge and skills that are already
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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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Dell 4p’s of the Marketing Mix COMPANY BACKGROUND [pic] [pic] Introduction of Dell Inc. Dell Inc. is a multinational technology corporation that develops‚ manufactures‚ sells‚ and supports personal computer and other computer related-products. Dell Inc. based in Round Rock‚ Texas. Dell Inc. employs more than 82‚700 people worldwide. Dell Inc. grew during the 1980s and 1990s to become (for a time) the largest seller of PCs and servers. As of 2008 it held the second spot in computer sales within
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Strength 1) Dell ’s Direct Business Model which consist of the five principles: Most efficient path to the customer - through direct relationship with no intermediaries to add cost and confusion Single Point of accountability - so that resources necessary to meet customer needs can be easily marshaled in support of complex challenges. Build-to-Order - provide customers exactly what they want in their computer systems through easy custom configuration and ordering. Thus eliminates the maintenance
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from department store outlets and relying on catalog and online shopping‚ Littlewoods is adopting a different strategy from other leading online and direct mail-order companies‚ such as Lands’ End. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of Littlewoods’ approach. Both Littlewoods and Lands’ End have a similar business model i.e. they are both direct marketing by mail-order retailers with the internet as an added distribution channel. However‚ Lands’ End is a click-and-mortar retailer in that they
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firm aims at maximization it sales revenue (price x quantity0 rather than its profit. Hence his hypothesis has come to be known as sales maximization theory & revenue maximization theory. According to baumol‚ sales have become an end by themselves and accordingly sales maximization has become the ultimate objective of the firm. Hence‚ the management of a firm directs its energies in promoting and maximizing its sales revenue instead of profit. The goal of sales maximization is explained by the
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1. Direct and Indirect Signals/Retail Sales A key aspect of economics is the collection and analysis of the vast amounts of data generated throughout global economies. The interpretation of this data can provide important signals for the future direction of the economy. There are two forms of signals that arise from the various economic data that is collected. The first are direct signals‚ which measure the movement in what is being measured. These usually take the form of a given macro
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