The US Computer Manufacturing Market is Worth $75 Billion a Year with Approximately 1500 Companies in the Industry.DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c29880) has announced the addition of Computer Manufacture to their offering We are the leading industry intelligence company that helps sales teams perform faster and smarter, open doors, and close more deals. We perform the "heavy lifting" by synthesizing hundreds of sources into an easy to digest format that a sales person can consume very quickly to better understand a prospect's business issues. Topics Covered Industry Overview Quarterly Industry Update Business Challenges Trends and Opportunities Call Preparation Questions Financial Information Industry Forecast Website and Media Links Glossary A term used by Microsoft Word and adopted by other word processors for the list of shorthand, keyboard macros created by a particular user. See glossaries in this publication and The Computer Glossary. of Acronyms Summary Brief Excerpt ex·cerpt n. A passage or segment taken from a longer work, such as a literary or musical composition, a document, or a film. tr.v. ex·cerpt·ed, ex·cerpt·ing, ex·cerpts 1. from Industry Overview Chapter: The computer manufacturing industry in the US includes about 1,500 companies with combined annual revenue of $75 billion. Major companies include IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. , and Dell. The industry is highly concentrated: the top 50 companies hold more than 85 percent of the market. COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE Demand is tied to consumer and business income. The profitability of individual computer companies depends on purchasing and production efficiencies, and on technological expertise. Large companies have economies of scale in purchasing and production. Small companies can compete successfully by specializing in certain products or by developing superior technology. The industry is capital-intensive Capital-intensive Used to describe industries that require large investments in capital assets to produce their goods, such as the automobile industry. These firms require large profit margins and/or low costs of borrowing to survive. and highly automated au·to·mate v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates v.tr. 1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory. 2. ; annual revenue per employee is about $500,000. PRODUCTS, OPERATIONS & TECHNOLOGY Major products include personal computers (PCs); printers; monitors; mainframes; servers; and disk drives. PCs, including desktop, laptops, and workstations, account for almost 50 percent of industry revenue. Input-output devices such as printers, monitors, keyboards, and mice account for 20 percent of revenue, main-frames and servers for 15 percent, and disk drives for 12 percent. The manufacturing process for PCs consists of integrating circuit A circuit whose actuation is dependent on the time integral of a function of the influence. boards, disk drives, and input/output devices into a final product. Companies typically assemble PCs from components bought from other manufacturers. Key components like motherboards are specially made for a particular product, while disk drives and other components may be off-the-shelf parts. Despite automation gains, some assembly work is still labor-intensive. Manufacturers of specialized spe·cial·ize v. spe·cial·ized, spe·cial·iz·ing, spe·cial·iz·es v.intr. 1. To pursue a special activity, occupation, or field of study. 2. devices like printers, monitors, and disk drives may also buy some components from outside vendors. For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c29880 |
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