Monday morning started early (are you noticing a trend here). We piled onto the buses again, this time headed to Dell. Our day started with breakfast at one of their many buildings. Shortly after breakfast we had an experience that I will not shortly forget.
Michael Dell, CEO and founder of Dell computers, came in and greeted us with a short presentation leaving plenty of time for questions. It was an honor to be considered important enough for Michael Dell. We concluded the session with a picture and moved on to our tours.
The tours of Dell were very different than we expected. Dell has been going through big supply chain changes in recent years. They are beginning to outsource much more of their manufacturing, leaving less for us to see. While it was different than expected, it was still interesting, especially getting the opportunity to see their design center. The design center works on the appearance of the dell computers you see today… color, shape, attractive subtle features, and innovative shapes.
After the day’s tour we went to another reception (poor us) hosted by Cisco and Flextronics, the companies that we will be visiting the next day. After dinner we headed out to a local bar for some fusball, American suffle board, and billiards. A relaxing evening of games and fun!
