DELL's global supply chain
by serhat demir
1. Order management system
1.1. Personal information
1.2. Shipping address
1.3. Credit card information
1.4. Billing address
2. Production system
2.1. 6 factories
2.2. SLCs
2.2.1. Different suppliers
2.2.2. Staging areas
2.2.3. Just-in-time manufactering
3. codesigned
3.1. Austin, Texas, and Taiwan
3.1.1. Dell engineers
3.1.2. Taiwanese notebook designers
3.2. motherboard's basic design
3.2.1. ODM (original design manufacturer)
4. Demand shaping
4.1. reshape the demand
5. Assemblation
5.1. labels
5.2. all parts
6. software
6.1. downloading software
6.1.1. Microsoft
6.1.2. Norton Utilities
6.1.3. other popular software applications
6.1.4. according to the customer
6.2. boxing line
6.2.1. protective foam
6.2.2. shuttle box
6.2.3. label
6.2.3.1. Order number
6.2.3.2. Tracking code
6.2.3.3. System type
6.2.3.4. Shipping code