IT asset disposition is among the few things many might believe would never change, but as the world changes, so does the ITAD industry. Doing business in a digital era has significantly increased the use of technology over the past decade, making IT asset disposition a crucial industry to protect the environment. As technology has evolved, so has ITAD, which now includes several new facets of the industry and its core service offerings.
Traditionally, ITAD covered the basics of logistics, data sanitization, certification, onsite services, and more, but the industry is changing. This digital age requires more sophisticated ITAD services as clients become more educated on the environmental repercussions of irresponsible IT asset disposal. These new facets are part of significant change in industry standards, a concept HOBI pioneered as vITAD or value-added IT asset disposition. This new era of ITAD includes enhanced communication services like ERP integration, non-traditional asset services, mobility and data centers, and donation programs that help accomplish social ESG initiatives.
ERP Integration
Technology has changed the way we communicate and the way business is conducted. Experiencing a pandemic thrust the idea of remote working into the spotlight, and digital communication became the primary form of communication. ERP systems are an enterprise’s organizational method used for many things, including supply chain management, order management, procurement, and analytics. ERP integration connects your ERP system with other on-premise and cloud applications a business uses, enabling the ERP system and the other apps to stay in sync. ERP integration helps employees collaborate and communicate more effectively in a world dominated by digital communication by enabling your ERP system and other apps to stay in sync.
Donation Programs
Remote working resulted in an increased demand for IT assets. Many chose to use personal devices, while others preferred to continue using office equipment, but either way, the need for technology became a prominent issue. Many remote students had no access to technology to complete assignments, creating a digital divide between those without access. Some ITAD enterprises offer donation programs that enable clients to provide used IT equipment to those in need. This helps bridge the digital divide and allows enterprises to achieve social ESG goals by giving back to their communities.
Non Traditional Assets
Conducting business digitally created the need for cloud computing, and storing data has become almost entirely digital in the business world. vITAD covers ITAD services for non-traditional assets that are now more utilized than they once were, such as data centers and mobile devices. Mobile assets and data centers have grown tremendously in the last decade due to the digital shift in business. Mobile devices are convenient for communication, and data centers have replaced file cabinets as the primary means for storing large amounts of data. Value-added ITAD services provide mobility-managed services such as repair, refurbishment, asset redeployment, and data center services, including decommissioning, relocation, data destruction, and remarketing.