• DocumentCode
    1680980
  • Title

    Power supply procurement, defining the value of your supplier, total cost of ownership

  • Author

    Pasqua, Paul N.

  • Author_Institution
    Zytec Corp., Eden Prairie, MN, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    1996
  • Firstpage
    47
  • Abstract
    Purchasers must be able to evaluate the total cost of procurement when choosing a custom switching power supply. This paper goes beyond the initial purchase price and explores the complex forces that can affect the total cost. Nineteen different parameters are identified, discussed, and quantified
  • Keywords
    economics; switched mode power supplies; custom switching power supply; power supply procurement; purchase price; total cost of ownership; Costs; Instruments; Life estimation; Lifetime estimation; Marketing and sales; Power supplies; Power system reliability; Procurement; Switches; Warranties;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, 1996. APEC '96. Conference Proceedings 1996., Eleventh Annual
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-3044-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APEC.1996.500420
  • Filename
    500420
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1680980