The division operated an IBM mainframe located at Fort Wayne that could be used by anyone in the division with no direct charge. All lease and operating costs for the mainframe were covered in the division’s overhead. When they joined the company, new engineers and other professionals were supplied with a mainframe user account, a personal computer (PC) equipped with a board to enable it to communicate with the mainframe, and several PC software packages for local work. The mainframe arrived in March 1999 on a 5-year lease. A mainframe upgrade in 2001 was driven by the need for improvements in computer-aided design (CAD) response time and an increasing number of users. From 1999 to 2001, 65 new users throughout the factory and front offices were connected to the mainframe.