Introduction The cash flow at Warf Computers‚ Inc. is as follows: Operations Net Income $896 Depreciation $191 Deferred Taxes $13 Changes in assets and liabilities Accounts receivables -$37 Inventories -$17 Accounts payable $20 Accrued expenses -$118 Other -$11 Total cash flow from operations $937 Investing Activities Acquisition of fixed assets -$786 Sale of fixes Assets $139 Total cash from investing activities -$647 Financing Activities Retirement of long term debt -$98
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Atlantic Computer is a large manufacturer for servers and other technology products. They have seen great success in the last 30 years since they have been competing in the market. While they have previously dominated the high-end server market‚ they are looking to expand to an emerging market‚ the basic server market. In order to do so‚ they have developed Tronn along with the Performance Enhancing Server Accelerator‚ otherwise known as PESA. Because Atlantic is penetrating new market segment than
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years‚ Dell Inc. has been on a long‚ hard journey‚ experiencing quite a lot of ups and downs. Dell has had several rivals throughout the years such as Hewlett-Packard(HP)‚ Acer‚ Gateway‚ Sony‚ Asus‚ Lenovo‚ IBM‚ MSI‚ Samsung‚ and Apple. Micheal Dell‚ at the age of 19‚ “started the company that would dominate the industry. The computer whiz had $1‚000 and a novel idea: to eliminate the retailer and sell directly to the consumer.”(1). IBM computers were selling at $3‚000 in stores and Dell had realized
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The strategy Dell currently implements is the cost leadership and maximizes the operational efficiency. This strategy is accomplished through the low cost to reach the low price product and service to obtain the larger market share in order to generate more profit. On the other hand‚ Dell attempts their excellent supply chain model to control their inventories in low level and maintain the high quality production. Moreover‚ Dell motivated their employees to be nimble atmosphere to deal with unexpected
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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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The Development of Personal Computers The history of the computer goes back hundreds of years. From the abacus through the modern era the evolution of computers has involved many innovative individuals. It was out of this desire to innovate many fascinating tabulating machines developed. The modern computer‚ therefore‚ evolved from an amalgamation of the genius of many individuals over a long period of history. Many people shaped the world by making the efforts to develop technology.
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DELL COMPUTER CORPORATIION | Strategy and Challenges for the 21st Century | | Table of Contents INTRODUCTION 4 1.1PC and Laptops – Cash Cow 6 1.2 Storage Solutions - Cash Cow 6 1.3 Servers and Networking - Cash Cows 7 1.4 Services - Dogs 7 1.5 Peripheral - Dogs...................................................................................................7 2. ANSOFF’S GROWTH MATRIX 8 2.1 Market Penetration ......................................................
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ILLUSTRATIVE REAL WORLD CASES REAL WORLD CASE 1: HOW DELL IS MANAGING ITS SUPPLY CHAIN http://wps.prenhall.com/wps/media/objects/2519/2580469/images/Realworldcase1.html The Problem Michael Dell started his business as a student from his university dorm by using a mail-order approach to selling PCs. This changed the manner in which PCs were sold. The customer did not have to come to a store to buy a computer‚ and Dell was able to customize the computer to the specifications of the customer. The
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Introduction Atlantic Computer developed a product‚ the “Atlantic Bundle”‚ to meet an emerging basic server market. The Atlantic Bundle is a Tronn server coupled with the Performance Enhancing Server Accelerator software tool “PESA”. Atlantic Computer must decide on the pricing strategy. Situational Analysis The external analysis is as follows: • Customers: The first customer identified has a primary need to host websites‚ “Web Server” customer. The second customer identified has a primary
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Introduction to International Business Case 4: Dell 1. Dell’s most important FSA is their direct selling. Other FSAs are their behavior with the customer and their high level of inventory. These FSAs can be summarized with the 3 golden rules of Dell: ‘never sell indirect’‚ ‘disdain inventory’ and ‘always listen to the customer’. The macro-level requirements for the direct sales model to be successful in Dell’s case are the customers’ behavior in the 1980s. The customers became very sophisticated
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