stuff but usually forgets to check the small details.New Products and Technologies: Everyday companies are introducing new products, technologies and new ways of doing things. Our customers want to take advantage of these at a good price. In the past it took so long to get new technologies and products out to the field that they were usually out of date when the got there. We still have units receiving 486 computers even though the Pentiums have been out for a while now. Many of these older machines were ordered years ago and are just coming in now. Shorter timelines in getting new equipment are needed. In order to help us accomplish this the DoD has begun to relax many of the policies and rules covering the acquisition of commercial products and services. These new changes we have increased the amount in dollars that can be purchased locally by means of Impact (Workcenter VISA cards) cards as well as broadening what can be bought with them. This has allowed us to purchase many new state-of-the-art items such as Pentium computers, Network routers, Modems, and other types of communications equipment at prices much lower than those charged through more traditional supply avenues. The delivery times are also much faster with days or week's verse's months or years (NPR, 1993).In the past year we have made great use of the Internet, trade shows and meetings with commercial communications companies to discuss new product and service developments. Out of one of these product demonstrations we found a new device developed by the Pairgain Corporation that compress 24 two wire circuits into one two wire circuit. We have been able to suggest this equipment to our cable shop as a very cost-efficient alternative to installing more cables to locations that are full.WORKCENTER QUALITY User Friendly Equipment:Most of us are not rocket scientist, we want hardware and software that we can operate with the least amount of setup time and train...
