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SWOT Analysis of Dell Corporation

&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;left&semi;margin&colon;0px 0px 0px 0&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">Dell Corporation was founded by Michael Saul Dell &lpar;one of the richest people in the world&comma; with a net worth of US&dollar;14 billion in 2010&rpar; in 1984&period; The company is headquartered in Round Rock&comma; Texas&period; Dell employees more than 96000 people worldwide&period; The Company operates in four global business segments&colon; Small and Medium Business&comma; Large Enterprise&comma; Public and Consumer&period; The SWOT analysis of Dell Corporation is given below&colon;&NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>&&num;160&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3>Strengths<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p> &&num;160&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Dell is one of the biggest technological corporations in the world&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Dell is scheduled at 38 number on the Fortune 500 &lpar;2010&rpar;&period; Fortune also lists it as the Number 5 most admired corporation in its industry&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Dell has huge acquisitions and mergers&period; For example acquisition of Perot Systems &lpar;2009&rpar; and Alienware &lpar;2006&rpar;&period;&&num;160&semi; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">The company has experienced management and leadership&period; For example Michael Dell&comma; at the present is the computer industry&&num;8217&semi;s longest-tenured &lpar;CEO&rpar; chief executive officer&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Dell is a highly innovative company in the industry and has very strong E-commerce and supply chain management&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Dell is the largest firm in the Austin and 2nd biggest non-oil corporation in Texas and 5th largest in Texas by revenue&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Direct selling to the customers by understanding customers&&num;8217&semi; needs and preferences is important strength of the company&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Dell manufactures products near to its customers and use just-in-time &lpar;JIT&rpar; producing approach to minimize the cost&period;&&num;160&semi; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Dell has strong customer base&period; Approximately two-third of Dell&&num;8217&semi;s sales is generated from government agencies&comma; large corporations and educational institutions&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">The company is renowned for its distinctive Direct Model&comma; Industry-leading growth&comma; award-winning customer service&comma; and consistent strong financial performance&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Dell has differentiated itself from competitors by providing potent systems to the clients or customers at competitive prices&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Dell has the industry&&num;8217&semi;s most efficient procurement&comma; manufacturing&comma; and distribution system&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<h3>&&num;160&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3>&&num;160&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3>Weaknesses<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p> &&num;160&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Dell is highly dependent upon its suppliers which may cause great troubles in quality&comma; manufacturing and services&period;&&num;160&semi; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Dell&&num;8217&semi;s center of sales is the government institutions and corporate customers which has affected its ability to form relations with customers&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">The company does not have proprietary technology&period; It changes its technology at very fast rate&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Management and Leadership rotate around just one person&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">There is no diversification and the company is only focusing the PCs business&period;&&num;160&semi; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<h3>&&num;160&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3>&&num;160&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3>Opportunities<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p> &&num;160&semi;&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad2" id&equals;"quads-ad2" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;

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