How Total is a Total Cost of Ownership?

Total Cost of Ownership: A Differentiated Approach

The purpose of this paper is to develop a differentiated approach to the cost management tool, Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). Existing TCO related literature has investigated the tool from a focal buyer perspective and has consequently neglected to study TCO from an inter-organisational perspective. Based on empirical data, this paper develops a differentiated approach to the use of TCO consist...

Total Cost of Solid State Storage Ownership

Simultaneous Allocation Of Reliability & Redundancy Using Minimum Total Cost Of Ownership Approach

This paper addresses the mixed integer reliability redundancy allocation problems to determine simultaneous allocation of optimal reliability and redundancy level of components based on three objective goals. System engineering principles suggest that the best design is the design that maximizes the system operational effectiveness and at the same time minimizes the total cost of ownership (TCO...

Total cost of ownership (TCO) of beamforming- enabled WiMAX systems

Economics of human performance and systems total ownership cost.

Financial costs of investing in people is associated with training, acquisition, recruiting, and resolving human errors have a significant impact on increased total ownership costs. These costs can also affect the exaggerate budgets and delayed schedules. The study of human performance economical assessment in the system acquisition process enhances the visibility of hidden cost drivers which s...