Question

Your boss Lilly Riley wants to purchase devices such as tablets or laptop/tablet combination for the 10 Field Sales Employees. The company would like the Field Sales Employees to be more accessible and have the ability to respond to customers more efficiently and in a timely manner. Ms. Riley has asked you to research the purchase of a device that will meet the needs of these employees. You will need to convince Ms. Riley that your tablet solution is the best solution for this group of employees. In order to persuade Ms. Riley to purchase your solution, you will need to research different devices and software that meet the needs of the Field Sales Employees. The following criteria should be considered. Ms. Riley is on a tight budget but wants the best solution. Cost $600 per unit, apps and accessories – device will need to access the organizations warehouse inventory application which does have a mobile interface. Connectivity WIFI and 4G data plan. Include the cost of data plan for each device. Processor Processing speed must be powerful/fast enough to multitask Display Easy to read and use Size Device must be readable and practical Accessories Chargers, cases, etc. Warranty 2 years or more Dual Cameras Front and rear facing for Skyping or Facetime, taking photos of items in the field Operating System Apple, Android, Windows Software Available Apps, productivity software such as word processing , spreadsheets, browsers etc. Any costs associated should be included in the costs for the devices. She has given you a budget of $600 dollars for each unit. There are ten Field Sales Employees. You will need to research vendor websites and evaluate and select an appropriate device using the minimum requirements listed above. Since Ms. Riley has stated that the device should also have 4G capability, you will need to consider the cost of the data plan. The data plan should be included in your analysis but is outside the $600 for each device. However, the total expense for 4G support should be included in your analysis. The point is to get the most for the money you have allocated for the device and Ms. Riley to purchase your recommended solution. Use appropriate persuasive techniques and memo etiquette. Be sure to use a memo format.

Answer 1

Proposal to buy Apple Ipad

To:        Lilly Riley

From:    ------ (Please write your name here)

Date:     10-Feb-19

Re:        Your call from 09.02.2019

Message

I have done research on different types of tablets from all software environments as per your request. The best one we can buy with $600 dollars is the latest generation Apple iPad 9.7 inches. I compared these all types of current generation tablets, this is far most the best tablet money can buy at our price point. The best part of the deal is we can get the tablet cheaper than our target price. In Apple store we can buy this table at a price of $559.00 with a 128GB ram and LTE connectivity.

As most of our employees use iPhone as their daily driver, iPad will be handy for their use. And with an extra of $69 we can also provide them apple care. So we can save the product from damage in any accidents.

The present generation iPad is the most powerful iPad. This tablet can handle very heavy application without the compromise on battery life. They can easily get a 12 hours of battery life on our work. As we all know Facetime is the best video communication. This iPad comes with a best front facing camera which is very handy for high resolution calls.

A our field representatives will be traveling all time we need to provide them with a fastest network for connectivity. Aspresent LTE is the best and cheap network across our country is Republic wireless. It costs $15 for unlimited calls + data + messages. So we can use this Republic Wireless for our ten employees.

According to my research this is the best options for an LTE tablet and LTE network. Furthermore, we can ask for corporate discounts from the seller for the future purchases so that they may reduce the price further more. Thank you Ms. Riley for assigning the work, Waiting for your replay.

Thank you