PHASE ONE
Quastion I:
Hewlett-Packard (HP) Development Company was formed in the year 1939. HP headquarter is situated in Palo Alto. Hewlett-Packard is one of the largest information technology (IT) firms in the world. The Chief Executive Officer of HP is known as Leo Apotheker (Hewlett-Packard Development Company, 2011). HP is a company that manufactures and assembles personal computers, laptops, printers, and computer accessories. HP also provides software, printer and computer installation services. HP has penetrated in more than one hundred and seventy countries from different continents. It specializes in exploration of technology to provide services to both individual people and companies through solving their challenges and providing solutions to their problems. It provides technological infrastructure and products that include high technology supercomputers and handheld gadgets such as Personal Digital Assistants (PDA).
HP mainly concentrates on three major technology sections that have the energy to transform HP’s consumers’ enterprises and personal lives. They include information: systems, environmental issues, and the digital world. Moreover, it has three working groups which steer the company’s management and leadership in main technology areas and they include: enterprise business products that deal with software engineering and networking skills; printing and images such as inkjet, printing products and laser-jets; and finally personal systems which include personal computers, computing services and installations. HP struggles to be an asset to the society in every community and the world at large.
HP has been exporting one million and above printers every week, it also ships more than forty eight personal comp...
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It has come to my attention that the functionality of my computer system is quite limited for the company’s day-to-day actions. It gives me great honor to propose, a new set of systems that will replace the dated systems that I currently use to complete my job. I am confident that these machines will allow me to think of new creative, ideas that will create new innovative marketing strategies for the company.
In the current process, the localization is done at the factory and then shipped. The DCs which deal with the printers only follow a standardized process which involves – receiving of products from various suppliers and stock them, pick to fill customer orders, shrink wrap the completed orders and label them and ship the order. These DC’s centers doesn’t have the equipment nor the competency to accommodate “integration” or manufacturing (assembly)
Dave Packard and Bill Hewlett were attending Stanford University near Palo Alto, California in the early to late 1930s and both majored in electrical engineering. After they both graduated, they decided to put their minds together and manufacture electronics. Their first product that was developed was the “resistance-capacitance audio oscillator” in 1938, which was used to check sound equipment for Walt Disney Studios. Once their first product hit the market, they decided to start the company Hewlett-Packard or HP in Dave Packard's garage with an introductory capital investment of $538 United States dollars. But before the company was called “Hewlett-Packard”, both Dave and Bill tossed coinage into the air to decide who got their name first in the organization. Dave Packard won, but decided for the name to be the “Hewlett-Packard Company” anyways. Hewlett-Packard opened their company to the world on November ...
The Hefty Hardware case study presents multiple critical issues that will impact both short-term and long-term growth and development of the company. The first issue is the communication gap and lack of integration between stakeholders in business and the Information Technology division. The second critical issue is the lack of shared knowledge and each department working on projects in essentially silos. The third critical issue is internal company politics driving the executive-level decision making process. Solutions to the above issues will need to be addressed with utmost urgency to ensure Hefty Hardware’s foothold in the marketplace.
Christensen, C. M. (2006). Hewlett-Packard: The Flight of the Kittyhawk (A). Case Study, 5, 8.
...tions to systems development and more portable devices such as tablets. While retaining its current identity may suffice for passable growth and survival of the company, it can only attain maximum growth if it adapts fully to the changing market environment. However, this entails new challenges and changes that would not be easy to tackle, but as an alternative it holds much more promises for the ICT giant.
To meet and respond to its customers needs, IBM creates, develops and manufactures many of the worlds most advanced technologies, ranging from computer systems and software to networking systems, storage devices and microelectronics. Indeed, IBM has various product lines and services a few of which are: the Personal Computer that was first created in 1981, AS/400 business system, RS/6000 family of workstations and server systems, S/390 enterprise server, groundbreaking ThinkPad notebook computer; the award-winning IBM Netfinity and finally, PC Servers. It is an important supplier of hard disks, random access memories, and liquid crystal monitors.
My report is on the company Hewlett – Packard (HP) which was founded in 1939. I mainly focused on the Personal Systems Group (PSG): business and consumers PCs mobile computing devices and workstations which is one of the major industries of HP. In order to succeed in the business industry a company needs to understand its customer’s needs and create wants for them. HP found out that the customer needed light weight, useful notebook PCs through its Research & Development (R&D) centre. Hence, it created a want; a New Commercial Notebook PC Compaq Evo Notebook N1015v which packs the power and performance necessary for mobility into a stylish design for only $899(US $). HP also finds out about its customer needs through online feedback forms and survey. Via that, HP was also able to understand that not everyone are able to use their products hence it has created this HP accessibility products which can be accessed by anyone including people with disabilities and age – limitations. Example of such product under the PSG industry is the Mobile Speak Pocket which was specially made for the visually impaired people. ( Refer To Exhibit 1a – 1c )
Historically, personal computer companies produced most of the components for a computer which they assembled into their final products and distributed to resellers. The manufacturing of these components was vertically integrated into the organisation. Dell, as a small start-up, could not build this infrastructure. Instead, they developed a model where they developed relationships with organisations that could provide these components, allowing Dell to focus on selling and delivering computers. By selling directly to customers, initially through mail orders and later by using the internet, Dell avoided reseller mark-up. Dell also enabled customers to order customised computers, which Dell then assembled after receiving the order (Magretta, 1998, p.73-74). “Customers got exactly the computer they wanted and Dell saved money making the computers only when they were ordered” (Hill & Seggewiss, 2008)....
"Technology is like fish. The longer it stays on the shelf, the less desirable it becomes." (1) Since the dawn of computers, there has always been a want for a faster, better technology. These needs can be provided for quickly, but become obsolete even quicker. In 1981, the first "true portable computer", the Osborne 1 was introduced by the Osborne Computer Corporation. (2) This computer revolutionized the way that computers were used and introduced a brand new working opportunity.
IDEO was riding on the success of the Palm Pilot, which at the time had become the fastest selling computer product ever. This was a marketplace with which they were familiar, having worked on the Newton handheld earlier fro Apple. The Newton was an example of a disruptive technology, but the need for a truly portable handheld computer could not outweigh the shortcomings of the technology or the value proposition in the marketplace. Working on these types of projects reinforced IDEO’s stature in the industry for not only producing award winning products but also leading consumers in to new ways of interfacing with technology.
The invention of computers has made a huge change in human civilization and society, by changing the way people think. Computers replaced jobs and tedious repetitive thoughts that were done by human originally. People became more and more reliant on computers, and thus, computers became essential to our lives. Computers can manufacture products quickly, and eliminate possible human errors. As technology progresses, new ideas have been brought into computer to make them perform more efficiently. Also, scientists and engineers tend to make things “smaller”, so we can enjoy the benefits from electronic devices anywhere and anytime. Therefore, size and efficiency are two main points for consumers. Desktop computer and laptop computer are representatives for each of these concepts. Although desktops and laptops come from the same origin, they are different in many ways.
The advancement in technology across the world is a major cause of the changes in the workplace. For instance, the advancements in computers are astounding. Mainframe computers have given way to personal computers, then laptop computers, and now hand-held tablets. Findings of a study by IDC, a market research company, showed that by 2015 more people will be connecting to the Internet using tablets, smart phones, and other mobile gadgets compared to those who use the Internet through their desktop computers (Schroeder). Cell phones have also seen a revolution by becoming faster, more efficient and more feature-rich. It is even possible to check email on the way to work using a handheld device. A Nielson fact sheet outlining the usage of various devices in America shows that “there are 223 million cell phone users over the age of 13, and 25% of the mobile devices sold during Q3 of 2009 were smart phones. That is estimated to go up to between 40-50% during 2010” (Heimbuch). Individuals can text, status update, tweet, or reach other seamlessly by mobile devices that can fit in their pockets. Even the printed word may become obsolete according to Aaron Bradley, as outlined in his online article called “A Modest Proposal for Newspapers in the 21st Century.” In his article, he discusses how the printing of newspapers is be...
One of the largest technology company in the world, Lenovo had a humble beginning as a small Chinese firm founded in 1984. The company showed modest growth throughout the rest of the 20th century. It wasn’t until the company’s acquisition of IBM’s personal computer business in 2005 (Martin, 2014) that the company began to gain prominence in the technology industry. Lenovo’s innovation and strategic decision making has allowed the company to evolve on a global platform and enabled it to become one of the leading technology companies in the market today.
We expect to compete as a thriving computer industry. The computer industry has stable growth in the Philippines today. Laptops are now in demand as they replace the need for personal computers.