Part 3 of a 3-part Series

• Proactive Asset Life Cycle Planning -Leverage the ITAM processes you currently have to streamline your ITAD programs.  ITAM solutions begin with an Asset Profiler that allows the IT Manager to record the “birth” of the asset into the company network of assets.  This profiler will then proactively monitor the changes to that asset as it evolves and goes through upgrades and maintenance.  This is business intelligence that enables the IT Manager to remain in control of the network and strive for that .9999 uptime. That same proactive approach to maximizing ROI on capital expenditure naturally extends to IT Asset Disposition (ITAD).  In fact, in today’s economy, it is necessary to have the business intelligence for planning the decommission of your assets based on current remarket values, technology refresh roadmaps and ability to supplement capital expenditure budgets for acquisition of new assets.  The data required to do this already resides in your ITAM database.  It simply needs to be looked at from an ITAD perspective, and managed with equally powerful and easy to use tools to support your business models and decision making.
• Know the Value of your Assets before you Decommission -IT Managers should be able to sit down with their CFOs knowing the financial impact of asset tech refresh and decommission.  This includes current book value or lease buy back value as compared to current remarket value.  All laid on top of depreciation curves to identify the best point in time for replacing your assets.
• Know the Assets that fall below your Preferred Technology Curve -Dynamically monitor your assets as they are upgraded and maintained against your preferred technology curves.  Know which assets are lacking processor speed, disk capacity, memory, or anything quantifiable that would influence a tech refresh decision.
• Know in advance if you will Remarket or Recycle your Asset – By combining business intelligence on market valuation, book value and technology curves you can proactively plan your assets for one of two options:  Remarket or Recycle.  This greatly simplifies your downstream ITAD requirements and puts control of asset ROI profitability back into your core processes.
• Remarket assets yourself in a Trusted B2B Community -Maximize your ROI on assets with market value by utilizing a closed B2B community of Sellers and Buyers.  Buyers that are not brokers or auction site dwellers.  Your trusted high return buyers should be value added resellers, integrators and warranty repair providers that have a business need and revenue model to purchase your asset at a premium.

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