Given the huge role of enterprise mobility in the modern enterprise, it makes sense to mitigate risk by keeping an inventory of smartphones on hand to support the needs of a growing team as well as cover faulty devices and those in for repair.
By taking advantage of imei’s Hot Swap and Buffer Stock services, companies avoid having to wait for new devices to be available in the supply chain. Likewise, there’s not waiting around on hardware to replace faulty devices or for those undergoing fixes through imei’s Device Lifecycle Managed Services.
What are Hot Swap and Buffer Stock services?
The aim of our Buffer Stock and Hot Swap services is to help ensure there’s enough spare devices to support business continuity when your team needs new devices, or their existing ones fail. Devices available through Hot Swap and Buffer Stock services are all set up to your corporate operating environment requirements, policies, and security parameters.
For example, when there are supply chain issues, it may be difficult to get hold of the latest devices for your team, potentially leaving your employee without their preferred means of communication and productivity. This is when using our Buffer Stock service comes to the rescue. It provides for an inventory of your total device requirements, helping ensure your team has access to their preferred devices, regardless of unpredictable shortages.
In the same way, when a broken device potentially leaves an employee without their trusted work tool, through our Hot Swap service, we hold a pool of devices on your behalf that can be used to quickly provide employees with a new device. A replacement device is dispatched from your Hot Swap pool while our team manages the repairs through our device lifecycle managed services.
Up to 50 devices and accessories, such as cases and screen protectors, can be managed as part of either Hot Swap or Buffer Stock services which are held at our secure Service Centre. The services also keep tabs on the number of devices and accessories you have available, helping ensure you’ve always got a sufficient inventory on hand, limiting downtime.
Part of imei Lifecycle Managed Services
imei Hot Swap and Buffer Stock services are available through the imei Lifecycle solution for mobile device fleet management. This offering provides a complete solution for managing devices, including device repair, retirement, warehousing, logistics, shipping, and hot swap and buffer stocks services.
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