ion. For Dell this comes in the form of Gateway Inc. Although much smaller than Dell, Gateway provides the same on-line services as does Dell. This means that without leaving your chair you can have two quotes on two comparable computer systems within a matter of minutes. This forces companies like Dell to do things to set them apart from ‘the pack’ and make their product appear better than someone else’s. To do this Dell has had to work hard to get new technology out to the customer as fast as possible. On way they achieved that was by introducing e-commerce capability on their website in 1996. This enables them to turnover their inventory in approximately 5 days thus in turn keeping related cost low. Those lower costs in turn enable them to provide the consumer with low competitive prices. All of this being made possible by e-commerce and the Internet.Dell is based in Austin, Texas, but their products can be bought worldwide. Dell.com is available in over 78 country-specific websites and acquires over 30% of its revenue outside of the United States and 50% of their revenue is a direct result of their website. The Internet has enabled Dell to be a worldwide computer system supplier while only having factories in 6 locations around the globe. In addition to those 6 factories, Dell only has sales offices in 34 countries. This means that $32 billion of revenue worldwide is coming out of 6 factories and sales offices from 34 countries. Even though this may seem like a lot, they are able to reach 40 million people a day on their website. This proves that you can have worldwide customers without having a brick and mortar building in every town.E-commerce has done a lot to revolutionize how we shop, but it has had the largest impact on the economy. The technology sector has produced millions of jobs and made a lot of people, like Michael Dell, rich at a young age. Dell alone employs 40,000 workers worldwide,...
