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To: Dorine Essey who wrote (133381)	6/18/1999 8:52:00 AM
From: Mohan Marette	Respond to of 176387

Dell's in-house notebook assembly creates flexibility Dorine: Here is something interesting. ==================== By Jerry Mahoney American-Statesman Staff Published: June 18, 1999 Convinced no one assembles PCs as efficiently as it does, Dell Computer Corp. is building portable notebooks virtually from scratch to customer specifications at manufacturing plants in Austin, Ireland, Malaysia and China. That's a departure for Dell and for the PC industry. Most companies outsource at least the basic notebook assembly to Asian plants, because the smaller size of components complicates manufacturing, and then finish assembly in their own facilities. The most notable exception is Toshiba, the No. 1 notebook company in the world. Bruce Stephen, an analyst at International Data Corp., said that by controlling the entire process, Dell realizes greater flexibility, including over price cuts. With immediate access to components, Dell now can offer price cuts more quickly on portables, said Paul Kirchoff, director of Dell's Inspiron line of consumer portables. Moreover, said Mike Crook of Dell's Latitude notebook division, controlling the process from start to finish better enables Dell to integrate more robust, profitable components.