How H-P Reclaimed Its PC Lead Over Dell – WSJ.com Today’s WSJ article doesn’t focus on the Dell layoffs (although it does mention them, as did the Evolving Excellence blog post on the layoffs), but rather the competitive dynamics between…
Dell, in Shift, Will Offer PCs at Wal-Mart – New York Times I recently wrote about Dell’s move away from strict adherence to the direct selling model (and Mark Spearman talked about the idea and how Dell shot him down…
Dell Could Go Beyond Its Direct-Sales Model In Bid to Bolster Growth – WSJ.com Dell’s Founder Is Rethinking Direct Sales – New York Times Dell Computer (now Dell, Inc.) is known for its famous “Direct Model.” It’s almost trivia at…
Lean opportunities coming to Central Texas I’ve been critical of folks who lump Dell into the “lean” world, since Dell hasn’t really done much according to the Toyota model (previous posts on Dell). Dell developed its own model, the Dell…
Goldman upgrades Dell on turnaround hopes Here’s another contrast between Toyota and Dell, particularly striking in context of my recent podcast with Norman Bodek: Dell shares rallied nearly 3 percent Monday after Goldman Sachs upgraded the stock to “buy” from…
ARNnet – Dell hires Solectron CEO, forms operations group A frequent theme of mine is that Dell should not be lumped into the category of “Toyota Production System” companies even though many people (including some respected lean gurus) call Dell…
Dell rings Bell to run US – Sunday Times – Times Online: It’s a common phrase in the manufacturing world, the “make or buy” decision. One of my pet peeves came up in an article about Michael Dell returning to…
Deming listed the annual review process as one of the “deadly diseases” of management. From this website: “Evaluation of performance, annual review, merit rating. nourishes short-term performance annihilates long-term planning demolishes teamwork promotes competition builds fear promotes playing politics destroys…
Lean Six Sigma Academy Blog: The Toyota Way Here is s news story that Ron, at the Lean Six Sigma Academy Blog, found on YouTube. The video is below and I had a few comments. First off, the reporter says…
News From PC Magazine: Can You Really Buy An American PC? Yes you can, it depends on what you mean by “American.” Dell has always built desktop PC’s and servers here in the U.S. By “built”, I mean “assembled”, as…
Dell: Facing Up To Past Mistakes I’ve written about this before and I think this article highlights some of the key differences between Toyota and Dell. Dell’s “Direct Model” has often been compared to Toyota and is sometimes called “lean”.…
Independent Online Edition > Business News Dell has been on the bad side of Wall Street for a while now, the stock is some 30% lower than it was in 1999. I might comment more later on Dell’s troubles, there…
