Here is How Dell Notebooks Are Made Step B ... ... I want to see the video too!

E1505Guy · 06-14-2006, 05:42 PM

I want to see the video too!

2006CBR1000RR · 08-10-2006, 03:02 PM

This is the best thread I have read on the internet in a long time. Amazing...simply amazing!

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Originally Posted by balinor17

Great read,but it's unfortunate that all those jobs are not here in the USA.

If they were, your $1000-$3000 computer would be a $2000-$4000 computer.

sleey0 · 08-12-2006, 12:41 AM

SGMD1 · 08-16-2006, 09:40 AM

This is from Friedman's The World is Flat, right? Has anyone read the rest of the book? I've been meaning to read it because apparently it's full of cool stuff like this Dell passage.

skylegend · 10-11-2006, 02:10 PM

Cool read. I got my XPS M1210 from Ireland and am in the UK. From telephone call to delivery was thursday and i got it the following Tuesday, only cause i wasn't home when they tried to deliver it on Monday. So my system went through all that in a matter of hours. Thats why i suppose that DELL are so reliable..Thanks for the info

rickster · 10-13-2006, 04:28 PM

I also enjoyed the read.

redpanther · 10-27-2006, 10:43 PM

Very nice read, I had wondered about the motherboards.

Nooorm · 10-29-2006, 11:56 AM

Amazing process they have. I guess when you are as big as they are, you can require that sort of response from suppliers.

jsunoa · 11-07-2006, 01:53 AM

Wow, very good read indeed.

CrabbyPatty · 01-15-2007, 04:14 AM

They must have smaller plants right? I ordered and e1505 and it shipped from Patrick, Nevada USA

shootz · 04-15-2007, 05:08 PM

enjoyed the read, thanks!

shootz · 04-15-2007, 05:12 PM

Interesting read, thanks for all of the input

MrAnthonyWong · 05-15-2007, 11:33 PM

technically it did. thats another gateway location. they all come from tenessee, but maybe they trucked it to patrick and then it went to ups. patrick is only where UPS took over the package.

reviewer27 · 06-11-2007, 11:03 PM

go walmart!

Kodiak kid · 08-20-2007, 04:40 AM

Interesting read. but would like to throw my .02 in here....

any type of manufacturing is a numbers game. I work in the pharmaceutical world as a tech on the automation systems that manufacture cartridges and vials of insulin. The company I work for is located in denmark...HOWEVER, I work at the plant in the U.S.

We compete with our 3 other manufacturing plants to maximize company profit (here is the numbers game)... By our work ethics and everyone's input to reduce cost and waste, we have blown by our other plants by simply working smarter. I firmly believe that if Dell utilized some of our strategies, then they would have more plants in the U.S. and less overseas. I absolutely HATE working by #'s but the #'s speak for themselves. We change a process by a small adjustment and we can increase our units/hr by over 6,000.... 6,000 Vials of medication per hour is a definite increase in company output...all just by thinking as a group with the same goal.

Sorry for the lengthy post...but I believe Dell becoming a "global" company could have been avoided or at least slowed down if they thought smarter and not so much looking for the cheaper way.

06-14-2006, 05:42 PM	#1
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08-12-2006, 12:41 AM	#3
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10-27-2006, 10:43 PM	#7
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11-07-2006, 01:53 AM	#9
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08-16-2006, 09:40 AM	#4
SGMD1 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 48 Credits: -314	This is from Friedman's The World is Flat, right? Has anyone read the rest of the book? I've been meaning to read it because apparently it's full of cool stuff like this Dell passage.

10-11-2006, 02:10 PM	#5
skylegend Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 15 Credits: -326	Cool read. I got my XPS M1210 from Ireland and am in the UK. From telephone call to delivery was thursday and i got it the following Tuesday, only cause i wasn't home when they tried to deliver it on Monday. So my system went through all that in a matter of hours. Thats why i suppose that DELL are so reliable..Thanks for the info

10-13-2006, 04:28 PM	#6
rickster Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: OC Posts: 430 Credits: -1	I also enjoyed the read.

10-29-2006, 11:56 AM	#8
Nooorm Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 151 Credits: -285	Amazing process they have. I guess when you are as big as they are, you can require that sort of response from suppliers.

01-15-2007, 04:14 AM	#10
CrabbyPatty Sucky sucky..five dollah! Join Date: May 2004 Location: San Francisco area, California Posts: 976 Credits: 137	They must have smaller plants right? I ordered and e1505 and it shipped from Patrick, Nevada USA

04-15-2007, 05:08 PM	#11
shootz It's not me... Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: OR Posts: 25 Credits: -133	enjoyed the read, thanks!

05-15-2007, 11:33 PM	#13
MrAnthonyWong Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 75 Credits: -322	technically it did. thats another gateway location. they all come from tenessee, but maybe they trucked it to patrick and then it went to ups. patrick is only where UPS took over the package. __________________ Anthonyware 744 Dell 19" UltraSharp Flat Panel\|Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe Gaming Motherboard\|AMD Athlon 64 x2 Dual-Core Processor 4200+\|2GB 3200 Dual Channel Kingston DDR RAM\|Ultra xFinity 600 Watt ATX Power Supply w/ Dual 80mm Cooling Fans\|BFG GeForce 7800 GTX OC 256MB PCI Express Graphics Card\|120GB + 300GB 7200RPM Seagate Baracuda Hard Drives\|300GB 7200RPM Maxtor One Touch External Hard Drive\|(2) Blue LED 80mm Fans\|(1) 120mm Blue LED Fan\| \|*Pictures*\|

06-11-2007, 11:03 PM	#14
reviewer27 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 26 Credits: -330	go walmart!

08-20-2007, 04:40 AM	#15
Kodiak kid Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 2 Credits: -339	Interesting read. but would like to throw my .02 in here.... any type of manufacturing is a numbers game. I work in the pharmaceutical world as a tech on the automation systems that manufacture cartridges and vials of insulin. The company I work for is located in denmark...HOWEVER, I work at the plant in the U.S. We compete with our 3 other manufacturing plants to maximize company profit (here is the numbers game)... By our work ethics and everyone's input to reduce cost and waste, we have blown by our other plants by simply working smarter. I firmly believe that if Dell utilized some of our strategies, then they would have more plants in the U.S. and less overseas. I absolutely HATE working by #'s but the #'s speak for themselves. We change a process by a small adjustment and we can increase our units/hr by over 6,000.... 6,000 Vials of medication per hour is a definite increase in company output...all just by thinking as a group with the same goal. Sorry for the lengthy post...but I believe Dell becoming a "global" company could have been avoided or at least slowed down if they thought smarter and not so much looking for the cheaper way. __________________ Inspiron 8600 1.7Ghz, etc, etc E1505 2.0 Ghz, etc, etc XPS Gen 5...lotsa goodies and a few others....

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