The most important aspect of an Imaging & Output (print, copy, fax) assesment is the Total Cost of Ownership calculation and analysis. That’s what this application focus on  – no fluff.  The TCO tool has been designed, created and developed by our Dotnet Developers for people who would conduct real-world Managed Print Services (MPS) Assessments.
The tool features:
- A 9,000 product data base
- A complete list of TCO cost elements
- A complete list of industry-average cost factors per element (no one else has this)
- Easy-to-use yet comprehensive
- Includes only those elements needed to confidently assess an environment and/or win MPS deals
- Developed by MPS experts who actually optimize environments and win deals in the real world.
Some of the features that we incorporated
- Log-in
- Basic Study Inputs
- Study Assumptions
- Device Treatment
- Financial Assumptions
- TCO Cost Factors and Values
- Device Fleet Input – From Drop Down Menu
- Cost Calculations and TCO Summary
The various Modules that we worked on
(Web-based version) Purchase and Download
The user logs onto our website and selects “purchase†to purchase a license to use the TCO Tool. After inputting the required purchase information (name, address, credit card information, etc.), the user will be asked to create a user name and password. The password: at least 7 characters long, must contain one upper and lower case letter, must contain a number. Once the user name and password have been created and typed in, the user will be presented with the home page of the tool.
(Web-based version) User Authentication
Upon first use, the user must create a user-name and password. This user name and password must be used to gain access to the TCO Tool.
(Web-based application) User log-in
For the web-based version of the tool, the user will have to authenticate by providing a valid user name and password to log-in to the tool.
(Windows-based application) User Install
After installing the software, users will be asked to input a code (e.g. registration key) to un-lock the tool and grant them with access. Once the registration code has been typed in, the user will be presented with the home page of the tool. After this initial registration, the user will access the tool simply by launching the application.
Technology Domain:
ASP.NET, WPF, MS SQL 2008
