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This 16 page paper examines DCDW Corp. The paper starts by looking at the background of the company, how it competes and its’ core competences. An in-depth financial analysis is then undertaken, with the use of many ratios. The paper then considers the drivers using the cost-volume-profit model, makes some projections for the income statement and then considers the potential of these projections by examining the industry performance and projected development. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
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16 pages (~225 words per page)
File: TS14_TEcdwcase.rtf
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only with this information that informed judgement can be made, indeed, it the need to look at an investment in terms of good business sense was the strategy that made
Warren Buffet millions. Therefore when looking at an acquisition, the idea of synergy and increased value may be attractive but the business itself also has to be viable. To undertake
an analysis in this manner we can look at the company and its sector, how it is performing and how we project it the industry it operates in and this
company will perform. The potential target is CDW Corp. 2. Background to CDW CDW Computer Centres Inc are in the technology sector, selling brand name hardware, software and accessories
to businesses. The competitive advantage they seek to compete with is differentiation, competing by offering total solution packaged in a customer centric fashion. The range of products stocked is extensive;
over 80,000 and the names that most business will recognise are all stocked, including IBM, Hewlett Packard, Intel, Cisco, Microsoft, IBM, Toshiba and Sony. With these range of name many
solutions are multi-branded, an advantage which differentiates them from direct suppliers which supply only a single range, such as Dell, or even buying direct from the manufacturers. The company operates
with two main sectors, the corporate sectors, any consumer sales will be undertaken by the corporate department, the second department deal with the public sector, with sales to local, state
and federal governments as well as educational establishments such as schools and collages (CDW, 2004). The second department is called CDW Government Inc and is a separate business unit (CDW,
2004). The ability to offer 25 hour a day support for the customers has also be a positive selling point in this very commercial sector, This company that began
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