Utility costs for the plant assembling the Latitude computer line of products

Production

Part $2$

Value Chain Business Function

b$.$

Distribution costs for shipping the Latitude line of products to a retail chain

Distribution

Part $3$

Value Chain Business Function

c$.$

Payment to David Newbury Designs for design of the XPS $2-$in$-1$ laptop

Design

Part $4$

Value Chain Business Function

d$.$

Salary of computer scientist working on the next generation of servers

Research and Development

Part $5$

Value Chain Business Function

e$.$

Cost of Dell employees' visit to a major customer to demonstrate Dell's products

Customer Service or Marketing

Part $6$

Value Chain Business Function

f$.$

Purchase of competitors' products for testing against potential Dell products

Design or Research and Development

Part $7$

Value Chain Business Function

g$.$

Payment to business magazine for running Dell advertisements

Marketing

Part $8$

Value Chain Business Function

h$.$

Cost of cartridges purchased from outside supplier to be used with Dell printers

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