From procurement to recycling, every device is a financial, security and sustainability decision. Here is how leaders should think about the full lifecycle.
Assets are capital, not consumables
Laptops, servers and mobile devices represent a significant share of technology spend. Treating them as consumables hides their true total cost of ownership (TCO) and leaves residual value on the table.
A connected lifecycle — requirement, procurement, deployment, ITAM, refresh, decommissioning, ITAD, recovery and second life — turns each stage into a managed decision.
Risk sits at the edges
The highest risks appear at the start (wrong specifications, weak contracts) and at the end (unverified data erasure, non-compliant disposal). A lifecycle view puts governance on both ends.
What to do next
Start with a single source of truth for assets, align procurement and disposal policies, and measure value recovered alongside spend.
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