About Dell

Tier one PC computer manufacturer.

 

In 1984, Michael Dell started a business called PC's Limited while he was a student at the University of Texas. The dorm-room headquartered company sold IBM PC-compatible computers built from stock components. In 1985, the company built its first "own designed" computer, advertising directly to consumers in magazines and amazingly grossed $73Million in its first year.

 

In 1988, the company changed its legal name to Dell Computer Corporation and began global expansion, starting in Ireland.

Dell became the first technology company to introduce a product-recycling goal (in 2004) and completed its global consumer-recycling programme in 2006.

 

In education, Dell Corporation has played a key roll. It has been a leader for years and has had several different versions of the "Intelligent Classroom".

The most current definition is: "through its ability to stimulate learning on multiple levels, technology can enhance the classroom experience for both teachers and student".

 

From its early beginnings, Dell operated as a pioneer in the "configure to order" approach to manufacturing — delivering individual PCs configured to customer specifications. In contrast, most PC manufacturers in those times delivered large orders to intermediaries on a quarterly basis.
To minimize the delay between purchase and delivery, Dell has a general policy of manufacturing its products close to its customers. This also allows for implementing a just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing approach, which minimises inventory costs.