Dell 's Strategy And Transformation Planning

The Marketing Department is responsible for communications to their customers, consumers and referral sources. It is responsible for ensuring continuity and consistency in the presentation of the business brand. It is responsible for the development and placement of advertisements (print and broadcast), all collateral materials (including brochures, posters, fliers, stationery, business cards, signage, consumer and physician newsletters and publications and the development and maintenance of the consumer website, or organization.) It coordinates the organization’s participation in various community events including job fairs and involvement with charitable organizations. The Marketing Department works with the Centers of Excellence and select programs within the company’s system to develop marketing plans and coordinate the activities outlined in the plans.

The Director provides strategic and visionary leadership who will provide objective assurance and consulting services designed to add value and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the Department’s operations. The Director has the responsibility for establishing, maintaining and managing a comprehensive, high performance and customer oriented internal audit program.

Dell is a computer corporation recognized for manufacturing computer systems through parts assemble. In 1983, Michael Dell saw an opportunity in using IBM compatible computers for a new assembly line that can be sold to local businesses. The idea as explained by Michael Dell, in one of his interview, is that in the early days of computers' manufacturing, companies had to be able to produce every part of the system. As the industry matured, companies started to focus on single parts and to become specialized in creating items that can be assembled with other parts to prepare a computer. As a result, Dell understood that to have a competitive edge in the market, they needed to

Dell’s target market consists of personal computer users and corporate users. Dell is known for their ability to build computers suited to their customers needs. Because their largest customer base is marketed online, their geographic area is unlimited. Since technology is rapidly progressing and moving away from traditional PC’s, Dell has to diversify their products.

The proposal presented herein gives the background information of Dell Computers Corporation highlighting the current operation for the manufacture of computers. The proposal highlights the potential of the company to increase its market share and profitability through change of its culture from order based to inventory base.

Dell Computer Corporation was founded in 1984 by Michael Dell. From the early 1990s until the mid-2000s, Dell was ranked as a PC market leader relying on their distinctive marketing pattern “Direct Model” which undertook direct communication with customers and provided customized products. Recently, the PC industry is facing inconceivable worldwide competition, and Dell is gradually losing their competitive advantages by using its direct model in critical business segments. The company is facing shrinkage of growth, increasing competition, declining quality of customer service, and limitation of expansion. These issues have an enormous impact on Dell’s position as a technological giant in the PC industry.

Founded in 1984 by Michael Dell with the aim of building relationships directly with customers. Dell is a premier provider of PC products and services sought by customers worldwide to build their information technology and internet infrastructures. Through its direct business model it designs, manufactures and customises products and services to customer requirements and offers an extensive selection of software and peripherals.

Finance Department: Avail financial advisory services to establish the organization and handle financial matters initially. By the sixth month, Director of Finance will be onboard to handle financial, accounting, budgeting, cash management and reporting decisions for the company. The role will grow to

e) Operations: This department mainly focusses on standards and provide sufficient training and guidance to the franchisees. They even provide operational assitance to the franchisees and field staff.

Roles and Responsibilities of Production Department head : All the manufacturing process in a Pharmaceutical industry will be completed on the shop floor of the manufacturing area. The production department head will ensure that each and every product which is under manufacturing on the shop floor is completed on time and completing in a correct procedure based on the Masters

Purchasing department or team of a company basically seek to answer these two questions: what we buy and how we buy. The answers to these two questions can change depending to companies size and sector. Indeed, by answering these two questions is the main goal of procurement team or department is to create best value for money and to

Dell was founded by Michael Dell in 1984, while schooling at the University of Texas in Austin. Direct sales model was first adopted: Computers were first sold over the phone and they were built according to the customer specifications (Kraemer K. L, 2000). From a student’s personal company selling no more than 100 computers in its first years of existence, it became a big company of more than 35.000 employees and over 25.000 million dollars sales in 2000 (Koehn, 2001), competing “giants” such as IBM and HP. In 2010, Dell ranks fifth in the computer industry (World's Most Admired Companies, 2010).

The Managerial Economics of Dell Incorporated “Our business is about technology, yes. But it 's also about operations and customer relationships.” (Dell, n.d.). Dell Incorporated produces electronics products, including, but not limited to; laptop computers, desktop computers, audio equipment, monitors, and printers. Michael Dell dropped out of college in his freshman year in 1984 and founded his new computer business under the name of PC 's Limited with $1,000 and a vision for designing, manufacturing and selling technology. Within four years, the company was renamed Dell Computer Corporation and went public. Within this time, Dell raised its market capitalization from $1,000 to $85 million. In 1992, Dell debuted on the Fortune 500, which made Michael Dell the youngest CEO leading a Fortune 500 company. By 1999, Dell was ranked No. 1 in PCs in the United States, No. 1 worldwide in PCs for large and medium businesses, and No. 1 in worldwide workstation shipments. By the year 2000, dell.com had reached sales of $40 million per day and by 2001, Dell became the No. 1 computer systems provider worldwide. In 2006, Dell became the first in the industry to offer free product recycling for consumers worldwide. And in 2013, Michael Dell and the private equity firm, Silver Lake Partners, bought back Dell from public shareholders, becoming a private company once again. Between 1984 and 2013, Dell has designed, manufactured,

Technological development: There is well organized R&D department which keep on working for marketing research for new trends and designs. They always try to work with advance technology and keep on introducing new designs in the market after every interval of 6 months.

5. Quality Control Head - Under the Logistics Manager. Makes sure that all of the products they produce are uniform and are of the same quality. In charge of spotting for defects in their products