Kerr Deliveries case

study
Presentation
Introduction
• Robert Kerr has run a successful delivery company in NSW
since 1995. He has 14 administrative staff, 8 sales staff and 33
delivery personnel who use bicycles, cars and vans to deliver
across Sydney and regional NSW. Due to his business
expanding at a rapid rate, he is going to begin operations in
Canberra, Melbourne and Brisbane in three months’ time.
• Robert plans to hire 6 additional administrative staff, 5 sales
staff and 17 extra delivery personnel to operate the various
locations in Canberra, Melbourne and Brisbane. As well as
purchasing new computers for staff at the new locations, he
has decided to replace all existing computers within the
business because they are getting old and running slowly.
Objectives
The purpose of this research is to study each of the brands of
desktops, laptops and PDAs in terms of features, performance and
functionality. To carry out purchasing in the future. The
requirements are as follows:
• 20 new desktops
• 13 new laptops which are lightweight
• 50 PDAs with the latest GPS tracking
• All computers should contain the latest version of Microsoft
office software and antivirus software.
correction: I have get above figures by calculating the total working
days in a week which would be 5 days a week as each staff need
to have 2 days off so Robert has suggested me to get 20 desktops,
13 laptop and 50 pdas but when did the research I find that we
only need 16 desktop 9 laptops and 50 pdas.
Methodology
Resolving issues of accuracy and relevance of internal and external information.
• I used a method to collect data in research using surveys. Surveys are a good way of
gathering a large amount of data, providing a broad perspective. Surveys can be
administered electronically, by telephone, by mail or face to face. Mail and electronically
administered surveys have a wide reach, are relatively cheap to administer, information is
standardized and privacy can be maintained.
Data collecting methods you are considering using. Explain how reliable, valid and efficient
they are.
• To give you the information I collected are reliable and accurate. I used to collect
information from a reliable source and reference with statistics clearly. This will help the
screening accuracy of information as well.
Use online and non-electronic sources.
• Online Resources: -An online source is material you find online. It can be an online
newspaper, magazine or television website such as NBC or CNN. Peer-reviewed journals,
webpages, forums and blogs are also online sources. Some other names for online sources
are electronic sources, web sources and Internet sources. Since so many sources are
available online.
• Non-electronic sources: -I researched the required information from books, journals and
library articles. Including technology magazines is a good source of information.
Research Process
Online and non-electronic information to meet research requirements.
Online research:
• The Best Desktop Computers of 2018 :
http://in.pcmag.com/desktop/36887/guide/the-best-desktop-computers-of-2018
• The Best Laptops of 2018 :
https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2369981,00.asp
• Information technology : http://news.mit.edu/topic/computers
Non-electronic research:
• Technology Magazine and Computer
• Computer Introduction Articles
Business technology you will use to manage research information.
• The business technology I use to manage research data is:
• Software : Excel, Word
• Computer
• Database
Research Analysis
• Desktops: Dell XPS 27
• The research desktops both 3 brands including Dell Precision 5720 All-in-One Microsoft Surface Studio, and XPS Dell 27
• When the data were compared in terms of price Dell XPS 27 cheap, installation cost and cheaper software Dell and
Microsoft and the functionality Dell XPS 27 is appropriate and can meet the needs of the enterprise by a local RAM16
GB
• So I think new desktops are Dell XPS 27.

Price component Dell Precision 5720 All- Microsoft Surface Dell XPS 27
in-One Studio

Hardware-cost $4,000 $5,500 $1000

Software cost $900 for Standard for $1,000 for Standard for $500 for Standard for standard
standard version standard version version
 

Support service-annual $1,500 $2,500 $1,500

Graphics Card AMD Radeon Pro WX Intel HD Graphics 630 AMD Radeon RX 570
7100
RAM 32 GB 8 GB 16 GB
Research Analysis
• Laptops : Acer Swift 1
• The research laptops both 3 brands including Acer Swift 1, Microsoft Surface Book 2, and Alienware 17 R4.
• When the data were compared in terms of price Acer Swift 1 cheap, installation cost and cheaper software Alienware and Microsoft. And
the functionality Acer Swift 1 is appropriate and can meet the needs of the enterprise with an Intel Pentium N4200 processor, 4GB of
RAM and a 64GB eMMC storage drive, which provided adequate performance in our tests. With 10 tabs open in Google Chrome --
including streams from YouTube, Pandora and Netflix, along with a few rounds of Bubble Witch Saga. I didn't experience lag.
• So I think laptops both 13 machine to purchasing should be a Acer Swift 1.
Price component Acer Swift 1 Microsoft Surface Book 2 Alienware 17 R4

Hardware-cost $1500 $5,500 $5,000

Software cost $500 for Standard for $1,000 for Standard for $2,000 for Professional version
standard version standard version
 

Support service-annual $N/A $1,500 $1,500

Graphics Card Intel HD Graphics 505 Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080

RAM 16gb 16 GB 16 GB
Research Analysis
• PDAs: Acer
• The research PDAs both 3 brands including HP, ASUS and Acer. When the data were compared in
terms of price Acer cheap, No significant costs in the software installation and no annual service
charges and the functionality PDAs is appropriate and can meet the needs of the enterprise with
the latest GPS tracking. So I think PDAs both 50 machine to purchasing should be a Acer.

Price component HP ASUS Acer

Hardware-cost $8,000 $5,500 $1,000

Software cost $1,000 $500 $N/A

Support service-annual $2,000 $3,500 $N/A

Interoperability Limited Limited Exceptional

Brand Dell xps 27 Acer swift 1 Acer