dell on earth

ON EARTH !

AN EXAMPLE OF A GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN

This is a Dell Inspiron 600m Notebook

And here is the global supply chain which produced it…………..

Designed in Texas and Taiwan

Assembled in Malaysia

Graphics card made in China

CD/DVD drive made in the Philippines

LCD display made in Japan

Memory made in Germany

Hard disk drive made in Singapore

Microprocessor made in Costa

Rica

Memory stick made in Israel

Power cord made in India

Power adaptor made in Thailand

Every Dell computer comprises components which are made all over the world

The Supply Flow Lines for 0ne Dell Computer

Dell’s six factories around the world assemble computers

made of components produced in many countries ……..

Look at the map which follows and then comment on the distribution

of Dell suppliers

Global HQ

Factories

Microprocessor

Memory

Graphics card

Cooling fan

Motherboard

Keyboard

LCD display

Battery

Wireless card

Modem

Hard disk drive

CD/DVD drive

Carry bag

Power adaptor

Power cord

Memory stick

This presentation is based on data in the article ‘Global is Good’ published in the Guardian 21.04.05