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1.	Introduction		3

2.	Monitors: vital part of the desktop conﬁguration		3

3.	Deﬁning Total Cost of Ownership		4

4.	The TCO of an LCD monitor		5

	4.1 Acquisition phase		5

	4.2	Deployment phase	6

	4.3	Operation phase	6

	4.4	Retirement phase	7

5.	Philips solution for reducing TCO costs		8

	5.1	Reducing TCO with Philips LCD monitors	8

	5.2	Making further TCO savings with Philips SmartManage	9

6.	The TCO of Philips LCD monitors		12

	6.1	Speciﬁcations overview	12

	6.2	TCO breakdown	13

7.	Signiﬁcant TCO savings with Philips monitors		14

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When LCD Monitors can reduce Total Cost of Ownership Content Introduction Monitors vital part of the desktop conﬁguration Deﬁning Total Cost of Ownership Acquisition Deployment Operation Acquisition phase TCO of an LCD monitor Warranty and service Deployment phaseOperation phase Quality Security to prevent hardware theft Retirement phasePower consumption Asset management Reducing TCO during the Deployment phase Philips solution for reducing TCO costsReducing TCO during the Acquisition phase Reducing TCO during the Operation phase Reducing TCO during Retirement phase Making further TCO savings with Philips SmartManage Includes anti-theft measures Maximizing power savingAdjustment without using physical monitor controls Addresses essential corporate IT management needs Centralized management and control SmartManage conﬁ guration set-up Calculating TCO costs of LCD monitors Speciﬁcations overview Related to Gartner TCO breakdownGeneral Signiﬁcant TCO saving with Philips monitors Related to Philips SmartManage and smart TCO LCD monitors