asset lifecycle management
You want to have a hassle-free service! And this is why you should choose Spartan. We provide Physical Asset Management, Data cleansing, Reporting / Compliance, eWaste disposal, Transport / logistics / shipping. All of these are part of Spartan’s Asset Lifecycle Management (ALM) competency.
What is IT asset lifecycle management?
According to Gartner, 80% of the total cost of ownership of a PC is incurred after purchase.
Controlling costs throughout the lifecycle requires effective use of people, processes, and technology. However, this is not enough. This is why Spartan has adopted a best practice approach as the primary driver behind its effective lifecycle management.
Using this Cradle-To-Grave best practice methodology of IT Asset Lifecycle Management (ALM) allows you to:
| Reduce Cost | Increase Quality of Service | Reduce Risk |
| Lower administrative costs at each phase of hardware and software lifecycles | Standardize infrastructure | Protect investments in hardware and software assets |
| Leverage existing infrastructure investments | Provide business continuity across the organization | Ensure compliance with corporate security policies |
| Improve reliability of updates, removing the need for people to manually fix incorrect updates | Increase business productivity by reducing downtime | Reduce risk of being out of license compliance |
| Transform IT from a cost centre to a service centre |
If these are not enough, we can further expand the list. Spartan’s IT Asset Lifecycle Management also helps you to:
Improve matching of an asset to its intended function or business need. Most of the time, an asset is deployed beyond its effective useful life, or a product that does not fit your purpose is selected. A careful analysis of the user’s needs will most often identify appropriate equipment selections and/or the benefits of upgrading hardware or software to increase user productivity.
Procurement – looking beyond the initial purchase price, companies can benefit by considering all related sourcing costs, warranty coverage, and expected maintenance costs over the equipment life. Leasing equipment that includes the maintenance support can reduce costs, improve cash flow, and provide more predictability to operational expenditures.
Identify unused or under-used hardware or software licenses. Companies can avoid unnecessary IT expenditures by maintaining accurate records of assets, and by redeploying assets across the business. A systematic review of software deployed across an business can also highlight software utilization not covered by licenses.
Maintenance – older equipment will often cause a higher number of incidents and problems, which converts to a higher managed service cost. An effective asset management system can track the number of incident calls attributed to the age of equipment and drive appropriate asset upgrade decisions to minimize lifecycle costs. This same process can point to an excessively higher incident rate attributed to certain types or brands of equipment, leading to strategies that reduce business’s costs. You now have the option to see what brands are best suited for your needs.
According to Gartner, companies that systematically manage the life cycle of their IT assets will reduce the cost per asset by as much as 30 percent during the first year, and between five percent and ten percent annually during the next five years (0.8 probability).
