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bhutocracy · 04-22-2005, 01:08 AM

Awesome article. Some cliff notes for the illiterate: Dell sells 140,000-150,000 computers a day, they use a well organised supply line with incredibly short demand times.
Theres are regional factories each surrounded by parts suppliers - all are connected so if at 10am dell is running short of 40gig hard drives an email is sent to the marketing department so that if you call at 10:30am to buy a machine they offer you a $10 upgrade to 60gig and a free carry bag if you take it to "shape demand".
Every two hours a factory emails a supplier with the number of components they need in the next 90 minutes..

Nuts. So very very well oiled.

04-22-2005, 01:08 AM
bhutocracy Not making A Comeback Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 10,218	Awesome article. Some cliff notes for the illiterate: Dell sells 140,000-150,000 computers a day, they use a well organised supply line with incredibly short demand times. Theres are regional factories each surrounded by parts suppliers - all are connected so if at 10am dell is running short of 40gig hard drives an email is sent to the marketing department so that if you call at 10:30am to buy a machine they offer you a $10 upgrade to 60gig and a free carry bag if you take it to "shape demand". Every two hours a factory emails a supplier with the number of components they need in the next 90 minutes.. Nuts. So very very well oiled.