1. Supply chain
1.1. Dell fabric
1.1.1. Penang, Malaysia
1.1.1.1. Notebook order confirmation
1.1.2. Limerick, Ireland
1.1.3. Xiamen, China
1.1.4. Eldorado do Sul, Brazil
1.1.5. Nashville, Tennesee
1.1.6. Austin, Texas
1.2. Outsource
1.2.1. Supplier logistics centers
1.2.1.1. E-mail from Dell
1.2.1.1.1. Every two hours
1.2.1.1.2. Quantitie of parts
1.2.1.2. Min by min order update
1.2.1.3. Deliver and unload within 90 min
1.2.1.3.1. Dell manufacturing plant
1.3. Dell fabric
1.3.1. Employees have 30 min
1.3.1.1. Unload the parts
1.3.1.2. Register bar codes
1.3.1.3. Put in bins
1.3.1.3.1. Ready for assembly
2. Offshoring
2.1. The Intel microprocessor
2.1.1. The Philippines
2.1.2. Costa Rica
2.1.3. Malaysia
2.1.4. China
2.2. The memory
2.2.1. Korea
2.2.2. Taiwan
2.2.3. Japan
2.2.4. Germany
2.3. The graphics card
2.3.1. China
2.4. The cooling fan
2.4.1. Taiwan
2.5. The motherboard
2.5.1. Codesigned
2.5.1.1. Taiwan
2.5.1.2. Texas
2.6. The keyboard
2.6.1. China
2.7. The LCD display
2.7.1. South Korea
2.7.2. Japan
2.7.3. Taiwan
2.8. The wireless card
2.8.1. China
2.8.2. Taiwan
2.8.3. Malaysia
2.9. The modem
2.9.1. China
2.10. The battery
2.10.1. Malaysia
2.10.2. Taiwan
2.10.3. South Korea
2.10.4. China
2.10.5. Mexico
2.11. The hard disk drive
2.11.1. Singapore
2.11.2. Thailand
2.11.3. The Philippines
2.12. The CD/DVD drive
2.12.1. Indonesia
2.12.2. The Philippines
2.12.3. China
2.12.4. Malaysia
2.13. The notebook carrying bag
2.13.1. China
2.14. The power adapter
2.14.1. Thailand
2.14.2. China
2.15. The power cord
2.15.1. China
2.15.2. Malaysia
2.15.3. India
2.16. The removable memory stick
2.16.1. Israel
2.16.2. Malaysia
3. Workflow
3.1. Order
3.1.1. Over telephone
3.1.1.1. Dell employee
3.1.1.1.1. E-mail: order management system
3.1.1.1.2. Order release: production system
3.1.2. Over Dell.com
4. Insource
4.1. Manually moved to boxing line
4.2. Placed in protective foam and a shuttle box
4.2.1. Label
4.2.1.1. order number, tracking code, system type and shipping code
4.3. Penang, Malaysian Airport
4.4. Shipped from Nashville
4.4.1. Tenured by UPS shipping