06 Apr 2008
Dell Abandons Its Customization Roots

On the way to irrelevance.

Dell intends to scale back it's build-to-order model service, while increasing sales of prepackaged systems. The goal: $3B USD savings by 2011. The downside: customers expect Dell to build-to-order. The deeper downside: Dell will outsource more production and assembly.

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