Dell sets up a supply chain school

By Tuo Yannan | China Daily | Updated: 2012-03-05 08:10

A Dell PC store in Shanghai. The United States-based company will cooperate with Chinese academic institutions to help local companies establish effective supply chains and share Dell's practices in customer-driven supply chain management. Jing Wei / for China Daily

BEIJING - Dell announced the establishment of its first Dell Supply Chain Management Institute in China on Feb 20. Located in Xiamen, the Institute will cooperate with two universities to explore the theories and new concepts of supply chain management, along with the challenges faced by enterprises in manufacturing, service, energy and other organizations such as governments, healthcare and educational industries in the globalized market.