Question

Visit the website of Intel Corporation and research about the company on the internet. As best you can, identify Intel’s production and assembly locations. What types of products does Intel produce? Do you think Intel is following a centralized or a decentralized production strategy? Explain your answer. Where does Intel conduct much of its R&D and why is it performed there?

Answer 1

The business Intel Corporation is a varied business with a wide area of scope of work. The business is considered the best in making Semiconductors which is the bulk of its production. The business today is Global business in Client computing group, Data Center operations, Internet of Things, Non-Volatile memory technology, Intel Security group, and Programming solutions for the other businesses. The business is decentralized due to the expanse of the business it has to be present in various locations due to the processes and diversity of business aspects.
The Intel products are such that it follows a decentralized structure. This is for two reasons for whine one is that the business has many products that have its demands in separate markets so that the market edge can be maintained in cost and efficient deliveries. The other one is that the business in its course of time has acquired many businesses and processes which are located worldwide. The days of the World Wide Web has given the Business of IBM it is needed strength to be multinational yet competent in aspects in terms of quality and needed strengths to be the way it is. However, the production of the most competent product like the microchip that is key for any computer to mobile phones are been made and assembled in the US which keeps the intellectual property of the business intact. The failure of Windows 8 was a good lesson for the business to centralize each aspect as needed in a centralized manner which can be further used to make the strengths concentrated in each place its present and also be efficient in given the diverse services as per the market needs. This would make sure that the quality and team needed for a particular product to be successful gets the best of the team in one place which can be further used as per the needs in other innovations or operations as well.

The process side R&D can be done in various locations but a centralized assembly and monitoring are needed as well. The best location for the R&D is the headquarters which have each of its wings specialists to do the job. The intellectual property of the business is key in such a competitive market which makes it to do so centrally for the safety of the innovations and changes as per the needs of the markets.