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October 2005 - Authors: E.L. van 't Hoff & P.T.H.C. van Laer
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White Paper | October 2005
When LCD Monitors can reduce TCO
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- Page 1 When LCD Monitors can reduce Total Cost of Ownership For further information about Philips professional monitors please contact us via www.professional.philips.com October 2005 - Authors: E.L. van ‘t Hoff & P.T.H.C. van Laer White Paper | October 2005...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
6.2 TCO breakdown 7. Significant TCO savings with Philips monitors Specifications are subject to change without notice. Trademarks are the property of Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. or their respective owners. © 2005 Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. All rights reserved. White Paper | October 2005... -
Page 3: Introduction
PC network can add up to 80 per cent of total IT costs. But when they are controlling TCO, most decision-makers still focus primarily on their PCs, software and IT infrastructure. Little attention is given to the life-cycle costs of LCD monitors - despite the significant role that these play in both user satisfaction and productivity. -
Page 4: Defining Total Cost Of Ownership
Retirement: removal and disposal of equipment at the end of its useful life • White Paper | October 2005 LCD Monitor PC unit Figure 3: Power consumption breakdown of a typical PC set-up Deployment Operation When LCD Monitors can reduce TCO PC unit Retirement... -
Page 5: The Tco Of An Lcd Monitor
Reducing TCO is often not considered. This section explains why companies should put TCO high on their list of purchasing criteria for LCD monitors. For each life-cycle phase, a number of recom- mendations are given for minimizing TCO. These recommendations are by no means exhaustive, the focus is on TCO-related issues. -
Page 6: Deployment Phase
Helpdesk facilities should be available to users in their own local language Quality: • Pixel policy: a ‘Perfect Panel’ guarantee is recommended to eliminate possible user dissatisfaction and hidden costs of end-users complaining about faulty pixels White Paper | October 2005 When LCD Monitors can reduce TCO... -
Page 7: Retirement Phase
4.4 Retirement phase Organizations are increasingly faced with the hard costs of disposing of IT equipment at end-of-life. This also applies to LCD monitors, even though these costs are now only a quarter of those for monitors based on conventional CRT technology. -
Page 8: Philips Solution For Reducing Tco Costs
5.1 Reducing TCO with Philips LCD monitors The main ways in which Philips enables users to reduce TCO with its business processes and LCD monitors during the individual life-cycle phases are outlined below: Reducing TCO during the Acquisition phase... -
Page 9: Making Further Tco Savings With Philips Smartmanage
If a display panel has even a single bright or dark dot defect, Philips will replace it free of charge through its industry-leading service network. This is the industry’s first defect-free LCD display policy, and by itself will eliminate many of the helpdesk calls by end-users. - Page 10 With constantly rising energy costs, organizations need to maximize the power-saving capabilities of their assets. Philips LCD monitors already deliver energy savings of 20 per cent higher than the industry average. However, large numbers of unattended LCD monitors, even in standby mode, will have a significant energy consumption after working hours.
- Page 11 – is transmitted automatically between displays and the asset management system. This provides the ability to reduce audit and main- tenance cycle times, ease administrative burdens, secure all the Philips displays in the end-user environment and reduce Total Cost of Ownership.
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Page 12: The Tco Of Philips Lcd Monitors
five years, provides a total cost of ownership figure. The results can be quite telling. This section compares the costs of owning 500 Philips 17” LCD monitors (model 170B) with those of 500 industry-average displays with the same size and comparable display performance specifications. -
Page 13: Tco Breakdown
Calculated saving TCO saving achieved with Philips Table 2: Monitor TCO cost breakdown of Philips versus industry average The above calculations are based on a number of assumptions that have been verified with various IT managers. Some of the assumptions have been derived from Gartner reports about the TCO costs of desktop PCs. -
Page 14: Significant Tco Savings With Philips Monitors
This is why it is important to consider the total life-cycle costs when considering the purchase of new monitors. Philips aims to address all cost-relevant factors in its LCD monitors, providing enterprise users with effective, process-based solutions to control and reduce their life-cycle costs on a structural basis. - Page 15 www.professional.philips.com...