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3/15/13
Well Dell computers have six factories world wide which has its very own logistics system where many parts of the computers are held. Dell will call up one of those factories for parts and those parts will be where it needs to be within minutes. Dell would rather use the help of multiple suppliers rather than one big one in case something goes wrong down in supply demand. Sale and delivery takes about a few hundred companies and a lot of big wigs to make this happen. No two countries will ever go to war if they are both packing the same supply chain.
Yes, Al Qaeda has a supply chain they just work off other supply chains from other businesses. They use their source of religion to manipulate the chain of supply. They use it for recruitment for trainers and followers, raise money, and to pass along the tools they use in their operations. They have used our technology to their advantage.
Curse of the oil is when one there is no taxing on oil and when a country has no one looking out for how the oil is being used. Companies are laughing all the way to the bank all awhile abusing the system since there is no one taking care of the oil business. Since there is no tax money on the oil, there is no money to contribute to make some of those countries a little better.
It is definetly a complicated process that goes into the building of a Dell laptop. I always thought that dell manufactured their own hardware themselves. It is kind of like dell is not a computer manufacturer, but more like a companay that puts the pieces together.
ReplyDeleteI liked what you said about how Al Qaeda "use[s] their source of religion to manipulate the chain of supply." I think that's a really interesting point to bring up. Thanks for your post!
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