Dell to create jobs in APAC

Source: Reuters

19 May 2008, 1244 hrs IST,REUTERS

KUALA LUMPUR: Dell Inc, the world's No. 2 personal computer maker, expects to continue to grow at several times the industry's growth rate in Asia and emerging markets, on robust demand, Steve Felice, president of its Asia-Pacific/Japan operations, said on Monday.

"We have demonstrated that we can grow at a multiple of the industry, and we intend to keep doing that," Felice told reporters on the sidelines of a tech conference.

According to data from research firm IDC, Dell's unit shipments grew three times faster than the overall PC industry in January-March.

Dell, which ranks behind Hewlett-Packard Co Ltd, said it was increasing staff and investments in Asia-Pacific as demand stayed buoyant, despite the looming threat of a US recession.

"We have no cut-back plans for Asia from a resource stand-point. Very little of the (planned global job cuts) will come out of Asia Pacific," Felice said, adding Dell also sees increasing opportunities for its suppliers in the region.

Last May, Round Rock, Texas-based Dell said it planned to cut about 10 per cent of its workforce, or 8,800 staff. It said in February it had already cut a net 3,200 jobs of those planned, eliminating 5,300 positions, but hiring 2,100 people.


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Snip~ "Felice said Dell will also consider Vietnam for a possible manufacturing location. It has factories in China, India and Malaysia. "Having products supplied from Vietnam is a possibility in the future. It's something we will consider, along with our partners."

Thanks to its relatively low costs, Vietnam is a favourite for companies looking to shift production to cheaper centres in Asia."

Nice..... :sarcasm:

:argh:

especially in a world where fuel prices make international shipping less and less attractive.

Why do Republicans HATE America and Americans and Democracy and Freedom and the Constitution and.........

The only defense I can come up with is that they would need people in APAC if the demand for Dell computers in that area is large, if that is not the promary reason, shame on you Michael Dell! SHAME... Not only are you affecting the people you layoff, you affect the communities...

None?

Sure you heard, but those bastards cuts a assload of jobs in Austin, TX last month.

Dell to shut Austin plant, review finance business
Mon Mar 31, 2008 7:55pm EDT

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Dell Inc said on Monday it would close its Austin, Texas desktop computer plant with 900 workers, as part of a plan to cut expenses by $3 billion annually in 3 years' time.

The world's second-largest maker of personal computers also said it was reviewing "ownership alternatives" for its financing business, which extends credit to customers buying Dell products.

Dell bought out the remaining stake of the financing business in December from CIT Group Inc, which has been hit hard by the turmoil in the credit markets and may be forced to sell itself.

The announcement came ahead of Dell's first analyst meeting in 3 years this week. Wall Street has been calling on Dell, which ranks behind Hewlett-Packard Co in the PC market, to cut costs more aggressively as profit margins have fallen.

http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSN3143312320080331


Relax Dell skips India as job cut target

25 Apr, 2008, 1040 hrs IST

MUMBAI: Indian employees of Dell can breath easy. The computer maker has decided to keep Asia Pacific out of its proposed cut of 8,800 jobs and will actually increase the staff strength in the region, where some of the world’s fastest growing economies are fuelling an increase in demand, a senior company official said.

“There would be no impact of the planned job cuts in APAC. In fact, looking at the growth we have had so far on in the region, we would instead look to add more people to our existing numbers here,” Dell’s president-Asia Pacific (South) Paul-Henri Ferrand told ET, adding, “Cuts would happen majorly in those regions where the growth for us is stagnated, and APAC is certainly not such a region.” The company employs nearly 12,000 people in India itself. Dell says that it grew nearly 50% year-onyear in the Asia-Pacific and Japan markets in the first quarter of this year, while it recorded $8.5 billion in revenues from the region in Q4 of its last financial year.

Earlier this month, the company’s founder and chief executive Micheal Dell had said that the company was seeking to strip out more than $3 billion of costs over the next four years in a move that will see the computer giant cut 8,800 jobs.

In addition to its earlier announcement on the closure of its Texas plant, on Wednesday the company also announced that it would be closing its Ottawa call centre, cutting as many as 1,100 jobs. Prior to this, it has already made a number of redundancies with 5,500 jobs cut out of the 8,000 planned reduction. Dell also has manufacturing facilities in North Carolina, Tennessee, within the US and in Malaysia, Penang, China, Poland and India.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Relax_Dell_skips_India_as_job_cut_target/articleshow/2981474.cms

I hate the crap that big computer maker produce anyways, this is all better reason to avoid them except when it comes to laptops.

after that I built my own If I had the money I'd build a new one guess I'm stuck with my ole p4 3.0 pc :tv:for now.The prices are too freaking high. :argh: