Dell on earth
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ON EARTH ! AN EXAMPLE OF A GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN
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2005 ppt showing spread of Dell's business. Suggest used to allow homework for investigation either of how this has chnaged since 2005 or to research an alternative
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ON EARTH !
AN EXAMPLE OF A GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN
This is a Dell Inspiron 600m Notebook
And here is the global supply chain which produced it…………..
Designed in Texas and Taiwan
Assembled in Malaysia
Graphics card made in China
CD/DVD drive made in the Philippines
LCD display made in Japan
Memory made in Germany
Hard disk drive made in Singapore
Microprocessor made in Costa
Rica
Memory stick made in Israel
Power cord made in India
Power adaptor made in Thailand
Every Dell computer comprises components which are made all over the world
The Supply Flow Lines for 0ne Dell Computer
Dell’s six factories around the world assemble computers
made of components produced in many countries ……..
Look at the map which follows and then comment on the distribution
of Dell suppliers
Global HQ
Factories
Microprocessor
Memory
Graphics card
Cooling fan
Motherboard
Keyboard
LCD display
Battery
Wireless card
Modem
Hard disk drive
CD/DVD drive
Carry bag
Power adaptor
Power cord
Memory stick
This presentation is based on data in the article ‘Global is Good’ published in the Guardian 21.04.05
