Virtual Realms: The Effects on Individuals and Society Social Media‚ currently the most dependent and addicting entity the world has ever known. Facebook‚ Twitter‚ Instagram‚ Myspace‚ Snap Chat‚ etc. the list goes on and on‚ everyone is on it nonstop for twenty hours a day‚ seven days a week‚ and three hundred and sixty five days a year‚ no matter the time‚ place‚ or day. Social Media also happens to be equivalent to the OASIS‚ the monopolistic online virtual world that plays a major role in
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1. Why did Dell decide to invest in Brazil? Dell decided to invest in Brazil because of its strategy to expand internationally. Dell had operations in many countries but did not have any manufacturing plants in Latin America‚ which was the fastest growing market for computers. Brazil was the ideal place for its manufacturing plant in Latin America because it presented a huge potential market for Dell since it was Latin America’s largest country with over 170 million people. Dell felt that the
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HOW ONE CAN LEARN FROM THE DELL EFFECT Fall 2008 HOW ONE CAN LEARN FROM THE DELL EFFECT ABSTRACT Dell has entered the computer industry for a short period of time but the impacts of Dell will last a lifetime. Dell introduces a new business plan that no other computer producer has ever used and this just in time production allowed Dell to cut many costs. Because of the advantages in costs Dell was able to offer their products at a very competitive
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Dell’s Competitive Advantage The following are just some ideas: Dell keep the competitive advantage by bringing assembly and distribution closer to its customers. Dell’s manufacturing‚ logistics and shipping strategies make it possible to customize computers for individual consumers at low cost and for low price. Days of inventory. Dell days of inventory is 7.11 in 2000 and 5.73 in 2001. These incredible numbers allows it to pass on component price declines faster than anyone else in the industry
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1. Evaluate the attractiveness of the PC industry. In short‚ at the time of the Matching Dell case study the PC industry was essentially in a boom‚ and particularly in the United States. Steady growth and expansion continued from the first waves created in the mid-1970s by firms like Apple‚ and exploded in the 1980s with IBM’s first PC offering. Companies likely envisioned a huge potential for growth due to the fact that PC had become attainable as a household commodity‚ and was almost certainly
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Tesco’s Virtual Store: From South Korea to the United Kingdom Tesco introduced a virtual store concept in South Korea that has been successful. I would recommend that Tesco introduce a similar store concept to the United Kingdom. There are similarities between the Seoul and London markets that give confidence that a similar store concept would be successful in London as well. Both cities are of a similar size‚ about 9 million people‚ with similar average incomes (Exhibit 5). The virtual store model
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Dell – Supply Chain Management Case Study 1 Case Contents 1. Introduction......................................................................................................2 2. Dell – Company Overview ...............................................................................2 3. Dell Products and Services .............................................................................3 4. Dell – Key Facts ................................................................................
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4. Is Dell’s strategy working? What is your assessment of the financial performance that Dell’s strategy has delivered during fiscal years 2000-2008? Use the financial ratios presented in the Appendix of the text (pages 240-241) as a basis for doing your calculations and drawing conclusions about Dell’s performance. Selected Financial Statement Data for Dell Inc.‚ Fiscal Years 2000 – 2008 (in million‚ except per share data) | February 1‚ 2008 | February 2‚ 2007 | February 3‚ 2006 | January
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Matching Dell 1. Describe Dell’s strategy. 2. What are the key trade-offs involved in Dell’s strategic positioning? One trade-off is Dell’s strategic positioning of personalized computers refrains it from the benefits of supply-side economies of scale. The personalized products and customer-centric services mean higher cost. The other trade-off is that Dell loses sales opportunities to a variety of distributors by focusing on direct sales. Although the strategic positioning of direct sales can
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From: XXXXX To: XXXXX Subject: Ford Motor Company vs. Dell Computer Corp: Supply Chain Strategy Date: March 17‚ 2007 Summary: As per our meeting earlier this week‚ here is the information you requested regarding the supply chain strategy of the Ford Motor Company. I have also included a quick comparison to the strategy used by Dell Computers in attaining my final recommendation. Ford ’s Dilemma: The director of supply chain systems at Ford has two options to consider before implementing
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