Collaboration Exercise “Is $80,000 enough?” Group A Allyson Brito Anne-Katrin Strupp Jennifer Upadhyay Mariyam Hussain Noha Mahmoud Tatiana Castillo

Current Computer Distribution Job Title # of Employees Computer System Computer Type Product Manager 8 B LAPTOP Telesales 12 A DESKTOP Department Admin 2 Marketing Communications Manager 4 Marketing Analyst C (DESKTOP) B (LAPTOP) Both, a DESKTOP & LAPTOP for each analyst Marketing Programs Manager 6 Manager (YOU) 1 C

Current Specifications & Future Computer Requirements Class A Main Memory, RAM & Disk Storage B Main Memory, RAM & Disk Storage C Current Specifications 265MB, 0.5GH, 30GB 512MB, 1GHz, 80GB 1GB, 2GHz, 2x125GB Next Year’s Requirements 1GB, 1GHz, 80GB 2GB, 2GHz, 150GB 4GB, 2GHz-dual, 2x250GB All computers have to be either upgraded or newly purchased in order to fulfill the requirements mentioned above. In addition, all computers will be upgraded to Windows Vista & Office 2007.

Class A Computer Upgrades Ten class A users can use computers from class B since they already have the required specifications. Additional six class B computers have to be upgraded to a main memory of 1GB in order to be used by class A users.

Class B Computer Upgrades Five class B users can use the computers from class C after a main-memory upgrade to 2GB. New computers will have to be purchased for the remaining 17 class B users since an overall upgrade of all specifications would be more expensive than purchasing a new computer with the mentioned requirements.

Class C Computer Upgrades All Class C users will receive brand new computers with the required specifications.

New Purchases of Class B & C Computers After upgrading existing computers, 17 class B & five class C users receive a new Dell computer. The decision for Dell is based on a low-price agreement that the companies already have for several years. All computers are laptops that give the users more mobility than desktop computers.

Selected Laptop Computers Class B: FastTrack Vostro 1520 - $739 Class C: FastTrack Latitude E6500 - $1,268

Cost Sheet for Upgrades & Newly Purchased Equipment New Laptop Purchases Class A: N/A Class B: $739.00 Class C: $1,268.00 Specification related Upgrades Class A: $35.00 Class B: $45.00 Class C: N/A Other Upgrades & Fees / Computer Vista Software Charge: $75.00 Office 2007 Software Charge: $100.00 Network & Server Charge: $1,200.00

Is $80,000 enough? => Total Sum of $78,463 ! Class A B C # of computers 16 22 5 # of upgraded computers 6 # of new purchases 17 Total costs of upgrades $3,010.00 $4,075.00 $875.00 Total costs of purchases $12,563.00 $6,340.00 Total annual fee $19,200.00 $26,400.00 $6,000.00 Total $22,210.00 $43,038.00 $13,215.00 => Total Sum of $78,463 !