Part Five.ppt

a business of entity accounting basics a competitive edge added value affiliated corporations after-deal service a money-back guarantee a sales quota average branch office business license business order company/conglomerate/ cooperation/enterprise/firm deficit direct marketing excess/Surplus Fortune 500 corporation gross/net incorporate a company inventory and overhead loan and credit make a deal make profit Dell History 1984—Michael Dell founded Dell Computer Corporation. 1985—Dell Company introduced the first computer system of its own design: the Turbo, featuring Intel 8088 processor running at eight megahertz. 1987—Dell was the first computer systems company to offer next-day, on-site product service. International expansion began with the opening of subsidiary in United Kingdom. 1988—Dell conducted initial public offering of company stock. 1989—Dell Company introduced its first notebook. Dell History 1992—Dell was included for the first time among Fortune 500 list of worlds largest companies. 1993—Dell joined ranks of the top-five computer system makers worldwide. 1996—Dell opened Asia-Pacific manufacturing center in Penang, Malaysia. Customers began buying Dell computers via Internet at . Dell introduced its first workstation systems. Dell History 1998—Dell Company expanded manufacturing facilities in America and Europe, and opened a production and customer center in Xiamen, China. Dell introduces its PowerVault storage products and E-Support Direct from Dell online technical support. 2000—Dell Company sales via Internet reached $50 million per day. Dell is No. 1 in worldwide workstation shipments. Dell introduced PowerApp appliance servers. 2001—Dell ranked No. 1 in global market share. Dell introduced PowerConnect network switches. Dell History 2002—U.S. consumers chose Dell as their No. 1 computer systems provider. Dell shipped its first blade server, introduced a standards-based point-of-sale offering for retail customers and entered the p