英语翻译For Dell's Limerick plant,at least 40 per cent of compon

英语翻译
For Dell's Limerick plant,at least 40 per cent of components are produced and supplier on a jit basis,a further 45 percent of components are held in supplier hubs,located close to Dell's factory.The suppliers restock their own warehouses and manage their own inventories,delivering to the factories on an entrustment stock basis.Bulky finished subassemblies,such as monitors and speakers are treated differently.Instead of shipping them to Dell's factories,they are sent directly to the customer from the suppliers' hub,saving Dell $30 per item in freight costs.Dell is billed for the components only when they leave the suppliers' warehouse in response to a customer order,so that the components themselves are likely to spend only half a day as Dell's own inventory.The supplier receives payment about 45 days later.
Where the suppliers of essential components cannot be assembled quickly,Dell is pressing the suppliers to shorten their own lead times,but in the meantime,their components must be built to forecast.Fortunately,demand for components is much more predictable than demand for finished goods,though shortages of some critical components continues to be a problem across the industry,Here again,the direct sales method places Dell at an advantage over those makers who use traditional routes to market.Because Dell communicates directly with its customers,it is able to shape demand through its telephone sales by guiding customers towards configurations using readily available components