Managing multiple Apple IDs in the office

Hi folks,
I'm at a small design studio, with 17 Macs. At the moment staff use their personal Apple IDs for updates etc - the problem with this is we have various freelancers who come in and use different macs. Is there an easy way to manage Apple IDs for multiple Macs - ideally…
An Apple ID would be associated with the Mac, not the user's email address. This would solve the problem we currently have when people leave or join the company, and when we have freelancers in.
Could we set up an office 'IT@…' email and use the same Apple ID across multiple Macs? How would this affect purchases of software - iWork for example - where we'd want that software purchased for multiple Macs?
What I really want to avoid is having to tie each Mac, and its software to a specific email address - which may be out of date in weeks or months.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Rob

You should speak to the folks at the Apple Business division about volume licensing for businesses. The way you currently are doing it also violates the Mac App Store Terms of Agreement which only issues you a consumer license. They can also give you advice regarding deployment of software over multiple Macs at once
.http://www.apple.com/business/vpp/

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