Comments on: Dell's dirty words: Outsourcing, proprietary

Speaking at a conference in Boston, CEO Kevin Rollins expounds on his philosophies about all things IT.
Photos: Inside Dell's plant

Dell is nearly 100% Outsourced in design, development, and manufacturing

Dell can NOT be philosophically opposed to outsourcing because, at it's core, it's simply a marketing company, not a technology company. It defines products, then outsources the actual design and assembly of these products to Taiwanese and other Asian ODMs (Original Design Manufacturers. These ODMs ship the parts to the US (and other places around the world), configure them in what they call "manufacturing plants" (they're "configuration and final assembly", not "manufacturing"), then ship them directly to customers.

They have outsourced high paying jobs in electronic and mechanical design and lower paying jobs in assembly and test overseas as part of their normal way of doing business (as has every other PC manufacturer). How can their CEO be against it? Without it they'd be out of existence.

Design , development is not their business

In todays world one cannot be a master of all trades.
Dell's business is not concerned with designing. For example the processor they use(intel) is not their business.It is intel which constantly does research on improving the performance of the processor.

dell is primarily concerned with coming up with assemblies give the desired performance. For example,the lightest laptop. They might have used products from different companies but at the end the idea of which products to use and how to assemble such that the size and weight are minimum was their business and this in NOT outsourced.

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Dell Outsourcing: The Begginng of the End

Twice...wrong batteries and chargers delivered to wrong address, wrong product, and phone help that is impossibile to understand. Share holders sell your stock! GOOD BYE DELL. Outsourcing is killing your business. Concept: Bad Service=Bad Product.