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Buying devices and subscribing to them don’t differ mainly on price. They differ on when you pay, who does the lifecycle work, and who carries the risk of devices aging out. That’s why most Device as a Service vs buying comparisons go wrong. They set a monthly fee against a device price and stop there. […]
Read moreThe device procurement partner you choose decides how fast devices arrive, how consistent your fleet stays, and what each device costs over its working life. The unit price on the quote is the smallest part of that decision, and it’s the part most evaluations spend the most time on. This guide is for the three […]
Read moreWhen you acquire a company, you also acquire its mobile devices, its device management platform, its carrier contracts, and its repair arrangements, usually with very little documentation. The deal team rarely looked at any of it. If you’ve just been handed integration of the acquired company’s devices, the first 90 days decide whether this becomes […]
Read moreIT projects are often derailed by device work that never shows up in the project plan. A warehouse management system (WMS) upgrade, for example, can slip a full quarter without anything going wrong in the project itself. Broken handhelds, new hire setups, lost phones, and replacement shipments rarely appear in project reporting, but they come […]
Read moreWhen a device rollout falls behind, the instinct is to push harder on the same plan. That rarely works, because the plan is usually why it stalled. If you’re mid-rollout with sites waiting and leadership asking for a new date, the next week matters more than the original schedule. You need an honest picture of […]
Read moreIf next year’s plan includes several new stores, depots, or distribution centres, the device process that handled one opening may not handle six. What works when IT can give a single site its full attention tends to break when openings overlap. Planning season is the right time to check. Once the openings are scheduled, the […]
Read moreSearch “technology lifecycle management” and you’ll get three different markets wearing one label: software that tracks IT assets, consultants who plan infrastructure end-of-life, and services companies that physically source, stage, fix, and retire your devices. If your problem is the third one, the claim that separates the options isn’t service scope. It’s who performs the […]
Read moreMost organizations can’t give an accurate count of their mobile devices, and the first time anyone notices is when someone senior asks for one. The device management console says one number, the carrier bill says another, and finance has a third. If you’ve just been asked for that count and realized nobody knows the answer, […]
Read moreWhen new devices arrive at a store, depot, or warehouse and don’t work out of the box, the problem started long before the box was opened. Somewhere between the order and your loading dock, the setup that should have happened didn’t. If you’re the operations leader dealing with it, the effect is simple. Staff are […]
Read moreIf your fleet still runs Windows CE or Windows Embedded Handheld, those devices haven’t received security updates from Microsoft in years. The question isn’t whether to migrate. It’s how to do it without stopping the operation that depends on them. Many of these devices are still working, which is exactly why they’re still in service. […]
Read moreWhen a device rollout fails, the device is rarely the problem. The failure usually sits in the steps between the purchase order and the first scan, where nobody owned the handoff. If your rollout just missed its date, arrived half-configured, or worked at some sites and not others, leadership is going to ask what happened. […]
Read moreSeasonal workers need working devices on their first shift, which means the devices have to be ready weeks before the people are. Most peak-season device problems start with a forecast that counted heads but not handhelds. If you’re staffing up for the holidays, back-to-school, or a harvest or construction season, the device plan is part […]
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