DELL Dell remains the undisputed leader in inventory management. Dell electronically communicates customer demand to all its suppliers. Dell does not start to build a PC until after the customer has placed an order. "Where most hardware manufacturers have a month to a year of inventory lying on the shop floor, Dell has no more that five to six hours of inventory at one time" says Andy De, Dell's director of product engineering. Dell's SCM system was co-designed by i2. ...

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