Purchasing - April 19, 2001

Dell Computer is perhaps the best known build-to-order OEM. The company has popularized the notion of build to order (BTO), and other OEMs are trying to emulate Dell's use of the model. Those OEMs are looking to accomplish what Dell says it has: meeting demand for computers with the features that customers want while maintaining low inventory levels.

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• E-Procurement
• Lender looks to preserve rep as technlogy leader
• Electronics Purchasing
• What's Hot
• Supply conditions improve for 2-mm HM connectors
• Industry experts see cell phone usage plateau
• More resources available to buyers at start-ups
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• SRAM market will have sharp decline in demand, prices
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