Total cost of ownership in pallet pools management

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...

The Total Cost of ERP Ownership in Mid-Size Companies

Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) remains a significant factor that influences Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) strategies and decisions. While “total” costs can and should include a wide range of factors, recent Aberdeen research has shown that the cost of software, services, and maintenance are those which are most often measured and considered when evaluating software or measuring the Return o...

Lowering the Total Cost of Ownership in Industrial Applications

Approximately one-third of embedded designers surveyed on the adoption and use of FPGAs for embedded applications responded that they perceived FPGAs as too expensive to use in their designs. However, a look at the total cost of ownership (TCO) at the system level (as measured by development, enhancement, replacement, and maintenance costs over the lifetime of the product) reveals that Altera® ...