TU/e notebook program - Technische Universiteit Eindhoven

After the proposal is received, together with a testing machine of the offered kind, the offers
are weighed against each other and the machines are thoroughly tested on various aspects.
With the results of the test and the conclusions of the weighing of the proposals, the delegates
of the departments decide which notebook is to be delivered to the new first-year students.
Between this decision and the actual delivery to the students much has to be done. Specialists
from both the departments and ICT Services produce an installation image for each
department. The image contains all the applications a student needs in the first year of his
education program.
In the meanwhile new students enroll in an education program; most of them participate in the
notebook program, so the employees of STU make sure that a notebook is reserved for them.
Further on in time approximately 1500 notebooks arrive at the location of the service
provider. They place the right image on the notebook that is reserved for a particular student
and make sure that when he connects to the campus network everything works as it should
work. They also pack up the accessories that are being provided to the student, such as a
separate keyboard and notebook standard for RSI prevention, and store the whole package
until the day of delivery. The figure below is the timeline for the process from specification
until delivery in 2008.
Fig. 1.2 Timeline notebook program delivery 2008
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