Dell is set up in 1984 by Michael. Dell was founded and headquartered in Austin, Texas. Michael. Dell's philosophy is simple: create a computer in accordance with customer requirements, direct shipping to customers. Dell can make the most effective and clear understanding of customer needs, and then quickly respond.
Dell's direct model eliminates the middlemen, thus reducing unnecessary costs and time for Dell to better understand customer needs. Dell's direct sales model that allows companies to a competitive price, for every consumer to customize and provide a powerful system with rich configuration. By an average of three days of inventory update, Dell to the latest relevant technologies to the consumer, but also much faster than those running slow, take distribution pattern of the company.
On the firm's direct sales philosophy under the guidance, after 20 Duonian the Fa Zhan, Dell company has moved from one thousand U.S. dollars of venture capital development would increase the industry's fastest, most profitable of the company, the leading advocate of the direct business model and leader. Dell's global sales in 2008 amounted to 57.9 billion U.S. dollars, approximately 78,700 employees worldwide, ranks in the Fortune 500 25. In the fourth quarter last fiscal, the company earnings of 144 million, operating profit was 8.01 billion, in cash and investments totaled 12.5 billion U.S. dollars; Dell's direct sales Web site
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