Dell, Inc.
E- commerce
Dell Inc.
• Dell, Inc. is a global information
technology company, which

designs,

develops, manufactures and
distributes computer systems
Business activities

Large Enterprise

Public
Small and Medium
Business

Consumer
Organizational
Environment
• Economic Factor

Throw out the Legend brand PC
Built a factory in Xiamen(China)

next day

delivery too 400
cities

O 4.4%
to
Organizational
Environment
• Long Term Objectives
focusing on markets

globally

20% of the
Asia market
take over

globalize the company
through

e-business
Organizational
Environment
• Operating Environment
offers

free

technical support

Online order brings convenience
superb relationships with
their suppliers

the suppliers win every
time

Dell wins
Organizational
Environment
• Remote Environment

Expanding

internet market

VARIED by market segment
Globalize the company successfully is
through e-business
Functions
Enterprise
computing

Businesses
&
organizations

Dell
PowerEdge
servers

OptiPlex
desktops

Power Vault

Latitude
notebooks

Dell | EMC
storage
systems

Precision
workstations

Individuals
and smallbusinesses

Desktops

Inspiron
notebooks
Competitive Analysis
IBM
Sun

HP

Microsystems

Dell
Competitive
Advantages
“Virtual
Integration”

Real value
customer service
features

Tailoring
Manufacturing to
customer needs
Impact of E-Commerce
• Dell was quick to set up the ecommerce
processes
• Selling online allows the whole process to be
automated and more efficient
• 1997 the company recorded $1 million in
online sales
• By 2000 the company’s internet sales had
reached $50 million a day
Definable market
• Targeting and sequencing

Dell
individual and home users
small and medium size business
large enterprises
public sectors
Payment Method
Payment
Method

Credit/debit card
Pay with PayPal
Pay with dell business
credit
Gift card
Dell.Inc,

MARKETING STRATEGY
Product:
• Dell is not reliant on singular production or
supplier's chain for Equipment production
• . By assigning each regionalized production
center particular component for production
not only have diversified the risk of
concentration of labor and production costs
but also depending on particular
infrastructure
Price
• Reflect the affordability of the local
consumers
• Xiamen (China)
• to provide products and services at the local
prices
Place
• Always available at the nearest dealers
• Objective of gaining their trust in Dell
products
Promotion
• “Be Direct"

attitude
Sales promotion
• 1.Broken down market
• 2.Pricing strategy
• 3.Advertising strategy
Distribution Strategy
Direct modes in compressed product
production lines, supplemented by online
purchase at great development of its direct
sales model.
Online

technical services and technical support

• users answer questions
• escalation on Windows
• software upgrades informed
SWOT Analysis
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Strengths:
Agility
the master of customization
the power to the consumer
directly selling to the consumer
to implement the latest technology
Weaknesses
• no proprietary technology
• is not creating something based on
technology that is exclusively theirs
• their high dependency on component
suppliers
Opportunities:
• expanded markets of Europe, China, and
India.
• flourish with its low-cost leadership
• growth in the business, education, and
government markets.
Threats:
• Competition
• entry into the low-cost leading segment
• another company will do something similar

Dell, Inc. e-Business