April, 2005

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Managing the Pipeline

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“I used to have everyone I needed in my business unit,” she told me. “But then we reorganized in the interest of efficiency, and all of my software people were moved into a central group. Before the reorganization, I had a great software architect who helped design all of our new products. Today we’re supposed to figure out exactly what we want before we get a project approved.

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Breaking The Quality–Speed Compromise

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In the hotly contested commodity business of assembling computers, Dell enjoys a 50% cost advantage over its competitors.[1] This commanding advantage comes from Dell’s exceptional responsiveness to customers, flawless operations, and remarkable speed of execution. Conventional wisdom once held that the low cost producer could not provide customized high quality products.