Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Equipment

  • Limit photocopying
  • Assign User ID apparatuses to all photocopiers
  • Balance photocopier loads and eliminate under-used machines
  • Install more photocopiers that print double-sided
  • Establish control over retirement of equipment and streamline the paperwork involved
  • Pursue and compare lease or purchase options instead of rentals when procuring office equipment
  • Standardize workspace requirements and equipment according to job responsibilities
  • Install less-expensive telephones at locations that do not require all functions
  • Provide personal computers and printers for use by students with pre-paid computer cards
  • Charge for computer lab time
  • Charge for computer paper
  • Charge for computer printouts on laser printers
  • Charge more for computer printouts on laser color printers
  • Charge more for computer printouts on color paper
  • Consolidate computer lab repair budgets on color printers
  • Perform life-cycle cost analysis on equipment
  • Consolidate computer lab repair budgets and use the most cost-effective repair technicians

Faith is a fine invention
For gentlemen who see;
But microscopes are prudent
In an emergency!
-Emily Dickenson, Faith is a Fine Invention

2 comments:

  1. Colleges and universities frequently obtain funding for acquisition of equipment but lack the resources to maintain them. Life-cycle cost analysis can help determine the optimal timing where maintenance costs surpass ownership costs.

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  2. Colleges and universities frequently obtain funding for acquisition of equipment but often lack the resources to maintain them. Life-cycle cost analysis can help determine the optimal timing where maintenance costs surpass ownership costs.

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