What people keep running into with IT asset management
Complaints tagged IT asset management, each raised by more than one person. One-off posts are not included.
3 recurring problems · 25 people · 5 forums we read
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- 11How to liquidate unsold physical inventory without massive lossesUnsold physical inventory ties up capital while ongoing storage fees eat away at remaining value. This leaves sellers trapped between paying continuous holding costs or dumping products for pennies on the dollar.
- 8How to get laptops back from remote employeesEquipment returns often fall into a gap between HR and IT, leaving nobody with a clear view of what is still sitting with former employees months later. IT usually finds out late and has to manually figure out if the person has a box, create shipping labels, and continually follow up. These unrecovered devices end up eating software licenses because they must remain in the inventory system until they come online to receive a lock command.
- 6How to build an IT department from scratch aloneAs the first IT hire, you get overwhelmed trying to balance daily firefighting with long-term strategy while fixing every workflow problem in sight. Falling into this trap expands your scope so uncontrollably that basic user complaints go unattended and core infrastructure gets neglected.
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