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  • Acorn Systems' IT Chargeback solution provides quick, trusted results for some of the largest companies in the world.

  • IT Chargeback helps organizations manage their consumption of IT resources. Because IT Chargeback makes IT cost allocation simple, fair, predictable, and controllable, organizations can understand the relationship between their IT consumption and their IT expenses.
  • The most robust IT Chargeback implementations trust Acorn's consumption driven Activity Based Costing engine to more precisely drive costs to products and business units. Whether your organization is calculating unit costs in spreadsheets or implementing Activity Based Costing for detailed usage-based allocation, Acorn has an IT Cost Allocation and IT Chargeback solution that fits your needs.
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  • With Acorn's unique IT Chargeback solution, both IT and Business Units benefit

  • IT generates reliable unit costs, cost allocations and invoices within hours.
  • Business units understand unit costs and consumption volume to better manage IT expenses.
  • IT management understands spend and volume variances.
  • Accurate reports give IT Management a clear view of resource utilization – hardware, software and
      people – to reduce costs or expand the business.
  • Acorn's IT Chargeback solution includes:

  • Rate-based cost allocations or usage-based cost allocations, using a consumption driven Activity Based
      Costing model.
  • Data integration and data capture.
  • Web-based reporting with robust drill-down for IT as well as business units.
  • Invoice and cost analysis reports.
  • Forward thinking IT organizations approach IT Chargeback as a journey to increased accuracy and granularity for maximum accountability and cost management. Only Acorn offers a solution that takes you from the simple to the complex without interruption.
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  • IT Value Management
  • By Steven R. Anderson and Lawrence S. Maisel
  • A better understanding of the value of IT drives smarter demand for services, better management of costs, and better utilization of IT resources. Learn how several leading companies are deploying a new framework that aligns their strategies with their technology assets and abilities to plan, measure, and manage operational performance with complete transparency and financial integrity.
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  • New Approach to IT Charge-back
  • Steven Anderson and Leslie Haight, Acorn Systems
  • This white paper discusses how an effective IT Chargeback system has the functionality and capability to achieve key business goals.
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  • Acorn Systems Provides: IT Chargeback Software, IT Value Management Software, and Customer Value Management Software
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