1. components
1.1. Microprocessor
1.1.1. Philippines
1.1.2. Costa Rica
1.1.3. Malaysia
1.1.4. China
1.2. Memory
1.2.1. Korea
1.2.2. Taiwan
1.2.3. German
1.2.4. Japan
1.3. Graphics card
1.3.1. Taiwanese factory in China
1.3.2. China
1.4. Cooling fan
1.4.1. Taiwan
1.5. Motherboard
1.5.1. Korean factory in Shanghai
1.5.2. Taiwanese factory in Shanghai
1.5.3. Taiwan
1.6. Keyboard
1.6.1. Japanese factory in China
1.6.2. Taiwanese factory in China
1.7. LCD display
1.7.1. South Korea
1.7.2. japan
1.7.3. Taiwan
1.8. Wireless Card
1.8.1. American factory in China
1.8.2. China
1.9. Modem
1.9.1. Taiwanese factory in China
1.9.2. China
1.10. Battery
1.10.1. American factory in Malaysia
1.10.2. Japanese factory in Mexico/Malaysia
1.10.3. South Korea
1.10.4. Taiwanese factory in China
1.11. Hard disk drive
1.11.1. American factory in Singapore
1.11.2. Japanese factory in Thailand
1.11.3. Japanese factory in Philippines
1.12. CD/DVD
1.12.1. South Korean factory in Indonesia
1.12.2. South Korean factory in Philippines
1.12.3. Japanese factory in China
1.12.4. Japanese factory in Malaysia
1.12.5. Japanese factory in Indonesia
1.13. Notebook carrying bag
1.13.1. American and Irish factory in China
1.14. Power Adapter
1.14.1. Thailand
1.14.2. Taiwanese, Korean and American factory in China
1.15. Power Card
1.15.1. British Company in China, Malaysia and India
1.16. Removable memory stick
1.16.1. Israel
1.16.2. American factory in Malaysia
2. Order process
2.1. Telephone/Dell.com
2.1.1. Parts got ordered from SLC
2.1.2. Suppliers get signaled about each part in the notebook
2.1.3. Trucks from SLC deliver the parts to Dell manufacturing plant and unload them
3. Design
3.1. Austin
3.2. Problem 2
3.3. Problem 3
4. Assemblage
4.1. Penang
4.1.1. Arrival in Nashville in 4 days
5. Six factories around the world
5.1. Limerick, Ireland
5.2. Xiamen,China
5.3. Eldorado do Sol, Brazil
5.4. USA
5.4.1. Austin, Texas
5.4.2. Nashville, Tennesee