Dell Pc Inventory Management & Supply Chain Management

Introduction

Since the first Dell PC was introduced in 1986, Dell has continued to shape the industry by breaking new ground and pioneering critical developments in home, small business and enterprise computing. Dell leads enabling standards and technologies through industry groups and strategic partners. They partner, rather than compete, with top industry technology suppliers and original development manufacturers.

Dell has grown by both increasing its customer base and through acquisitions since its inception; notable mergers and acquisitions including Alienware (2006) and Perot Systems (2009). In recent news, Dell has acquired EMC for $67 Bn.

Its product line includes – Desktop computers, Notebook computers, Network servers, Workstations and Storage products. It offers a total of 1.6 million different configurations for all its product lines.

In 2013, Michael Dell and private equity firm Silver Lake Partners bought back Dell from public shareholders to accelerate their solutions strategy and to focus on the innovations and long-term investments with the most customer value.

Dell Computer was the highest appreciating tech stock of the 90s. This success was grounded not in marketing or product, but primarily behind the scenes in a revolutionary approach to supply chain. Its success was a combination of

Direct Sales

Inventory Management

Supplier Integration

Quality control

Core elements of Dell’s strategy include:

Mass customization

Partnerships with suppliers

Just-in-time component inventories

Direct Sales

Customer Service and Quality

In our study of Dell we will be concentrating on the rise of Dell as a pioneer in Inventory and Supply Chain Management with the help of internal initiatives such as BPI (Business Process Improvement). We will analyze Dell’s growth strategy from the view of Operations and how it has helped shape the company we see today in front of us.

Inventory Management & Supply Chain Management

Just-In-Time or JIT is a production model first implemented by Toyota Motor Corporation in the 1960s. It emphasized the need to have just the required amount of accessories, in just the required quantities, and in just the required time needed for production and distribution. With JIT inventory, the exact amount of goods arrive at the moment they are needed, not a minute before or after. Only a small amount of products are held in inventory. This means, at any given time, Dell would have little to no products