Many changes have occurred in IT asset disposition, transforming the industry into a landscape of broader services. These changes include new facets of traditional ITAD services that adjust to clients’ evolving needs, such as support for remote workers, ESG reporting, reverse logistics, reimaging and asset redeployment, and employee buyback and donation programs. These value-added ITAD services benefit enterprises that partner with vITAD providers like HOBI.
Support for Remote Workers
During the last five years, one service has become more necessary than any other: support for remote workers. Remote working has taken hold in the business world, creating many obstacles for those working from home. Support for remote workers via remote management provides services that help navigate a remote environment. HOBI’s remote box program offers strategies for safe and quick collection, evaluation, and equipment redeployment on our clients’ behalf. vITAD services like remote management enable ITAD providers to continue providing IT asset disposition services for clients, whether in-office or remote.
ESG Reporting
Another vITAD service that has gained popularity over the past several years is ESG reporting. To provide transparency and accountability, ESG criteria focus on three areas regarding how well a company performs relative to environmental, social, and governance issues. By disclosing environmental, social, and governance data, companies can shed some light on ESG performance and compliance, improve investor transparency, and become more environmentally aware.
Reverse Logistics
Third-party logistics providers, or 3PL, are hired by other companies for warehousing, order fulfillment, and reverse logistics. A 3PL provider oversees a company’s supply chain and logistics operations. Hiring a 3PL provider allows companies to save time and benefit from accurate and precise services. HOBI has more than 30 years of experience in the industry and provides customized 3PL services, including warehousing, transportation management, forward deployment, remarketing, refurbishing, repair, and recycling.
Re-Imaging & Redeployment
Many IT assets still have some use left after retirement, and some companies opt to increase asset value with re-imaging and asset redeployment. Re-imaging often occurs before asset redeployment, which is the repair, refurbishment, and remarketing of retired IT assets. Redeployment maximizes the value of old IT assets and saves budget funds by utilizing assets already in storage. Asset redeployment also helps prevent e-waste from being sent to landfills by keeping electronics in circulation longer, which keeps them out of the waste stream altogether.
Employee Buyback & Donation Programs
Companies utilizing ESG can also achieve social ESG goals by partnering with a vITAD provider that offers services like employee buyback and donation programs that enhance community involvement. Employee buyback options for clients allow companies to benefit their employees by giving them an opportunity to purchase used IT equipment. Donation programs help bridge the digital divide by providing refurbished electronics to those who do not have access, such as nursing homes or schools. HOBI offers school donation programs to provide electronics for students in need.
As the next generation of ITAD, vITAD services benefit companies that partner with IT asset disposition providers, protect the environment, and extend asset life cycles.