How Have Computers Changed Over Time

To many of us, it seems as if computers have been around forever. However, the first computer became available around 1940’s. The average cost of a computer was $50,000 and their design was nothing like we are used to today. Computers back in the day were bulky, and could only perform a single task; they did not have an operating system. “In 1953 the International Business Machine (IBM) 650 and 700 series computers made their mark in the computer world. During this generation of computers over 100 computer programming languages were developed, computers had memory and operating systems” (B., Steitz). As time went on, computers became cheaper and popular among businesses. Shortly after, computers were commercially available as a portable

On the other hand, Level 6 manufacturing includes the same components along with a motherboard installed into the chassis. As stated in the book, L5 manufacturing is higher overall in manufacturing cost and in logistics costs as well. The reason for L5 having higher manufacturing and logistic costs is because L5 chassis are shipped on water, motherboards are shipped via air, and having a motherboard increases air-freighting costs. Another reason is because L5 is integrated inside a dell facility with third party integration in the United States. Finally, L5 manufacturing and logistics separate logistical costs from chassis and

to become pro-environmental, pro-social, and traditional pro-economic, both internally within the organization and externally across the supply chain” (Zhu and Sarkis, 2004). That being said, answer for question two is sustainable to an extent, because Dell and its lead times are the integration that will take place after a few weeks. 3PI can be controlled by Dell having its own factory. Option three provides a better reginal and global supplier quality engineering and by doing so, it allows Dell to manage shortages in a more efficient way because it has control over its