INTRODUCTION DELL COMPUTER, A MASS CUSTOMISER OF LAPTOPS, DESKTOPS AND SERVERS SOLD $51 MILLIONS A DAY IN 2007 FROM $1 MILLION A DA DAY IN 1996- ANNU ANNUAL AL REVENUE IN 2007 IS $51 BILLLION. DELL HAS 33 TOP SUPPLIERS SUPPLYING 90% OF ITS GOODS; SUPPLERS WEB SITES MEASURE UPTO DELLS STANDARD. DELL LINKS SUPPLIERS WEBSITES TO ITS WEB SITE TO ENABLE SUPPLIERS TO KNOW CUSTOMER ORDER PLACEMENT AND DESPATCH DESPATCH COMPONENTS TO DELLS WAREHOUSES DIRECTLY IN TEXAS, IRELAND AND MALAYASIA. SUPPIERS MANAGE THEIR MANUFACTURING AND WAREHOUSING AND REPLENISH DELLS WAREHOUSES; DELL PAYS PAYS SUPPLIERS WHEN COMPONENTS ARE USED. DELL USES A SOFTWARE F FACTORY ACTORY PLANNER TO MANGE THE FACTOR FACTORY Y SCHEDULE SO THAT MACHINES ARE BUILT WHILE PARTS NEEDED FOR THE NEXT 2 HOURS ARE BEING SHIPPED FROM SUPPLIERS HUBS. THE HUB HAS 15 MIN. TO CONFIRM THAT IT HAS T THE HE PARTS AND 1 HR. 15 MIN. TO SUPPLY THE PARTS TO THE PLANT. DELLS EFFICIENT OPERATIONS ARE CARRIED OVER TO ITS SERVICE PROVIDERS AND USED TO LOWER COST AND REDUCE LEAD TIME. BY CAREFULLY CAREFULLY USI USING NG ITS SUPPLY CHAIN EFFICIE EFFICIENTL NTLY Y DELL OPERA OPERATES TES MORE EFFICIENTL EFFICIENTLY Y THA THAN N ANY OTHER COMPUTERCOMPANY.
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JUST-IN-TIME AND LEAN SYSTEMS INTRODUCTION
IF WE ANAL ANALYSE YSE THE PROCESS AND THE RESU RESULLTS SIM SIMUL ULT TANEOUSL ANEOUSLY Y WE COME ACROSS ACROSS ACTIVITIES WHICH COULD BE DISPENSED WITH OR INACTIONS WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED DELAYS WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDEDAV OIDED- THESE ARE WA WAST STAGES. AGES. IN ORDER ORD ER TO DO B BETTE ETTER R WE HAVE TO ELEMI ELEMINA NATE TE W WAST ASTAGES AGES OR REDUNDANCIES. THIS MAY REQUIRE A RELOOK IN TO THE PROCESS. A FRESH NEW APPROACH MAY HAVE TO BE EVOLVED, THE ORGANISATIONAL CULTUTURE MAY MA Y HAVE TO BE CHANGED.