If we need a piece of equipment we make our people cost justify it.....
How much to buy, how much to lease, expected return on investment, depreciable life, will it reduce labor cost, increase maintenance cost.... big deal to buy something around here.
We just bought a copier. Cost justified it by reduced labor cost, reduced paper cost, reduced per copy cost, reduced outsourced copy costs, etc.
Might seem like a lot to do for a copier, but this copier cost us just a shade under $20,000.
(it also has a scanner, will be hooked to our computer network and will eliminate two laser printers/toner use in our office)
This copier will pay for itself in 16 months, so it was worth the expenditure.