Finance & Control
80% of a workplace is invisible to finance.
of a workplace's total cost is invisible. You see the purchase, not the management, support, replacement and disposal.
Source: Gartner / Interlaced, Hardware Lifecycle Management
Lifecycle management makes the other 80% visible and predictable.
Sound familiar?
Costs explode after year 3
Support costs rise 118% between year 3 and 4 of a laptopYet 24% of organisations only replace devices once they fail. The result: unpredictable spikes, higher costs, and a finance team always behind the curve.
Emergency replacement eats your margin
Unplanned replacement costs 3 to 5 times more than plannedEmergency shipping, overtime, lost productivity. And devices left on the shelf too long lose 40-60% of their residual value before anyone processes them.
You don't know what each department spends
IT costs are reported as one big line itemWithout lifecycle data, chargeback per cost centre is impossible. Variation across departments is enormous, but finance only sees the total.
Source: Dell TCO Research
Employees lose workdays to bad hardware
The average employee hits 14 IT disruptions per weekNexthink analysed 9 million devices across 474 organisations. The result: hundreds of thousands of lost hours per year. Much of that comes from ageing hardware and unmanaged devices.
How lifecycle management solves this
Quarterly forecast simulations
The platform simulates replacement moments based on configurable parameters: organisational growth, expected failures, target lifespan per device type. Per quarter, per department, per type. You know what's coming and what it costs.
Flexible financial model
Choose the model that fits: all workplace costs in a predictable monthly model, or the purchase separate and the service as a monthly line. Either way: no surprises. The platform supports both models and can be configured per client.
Chargeback and residual value
Every workplace is linked to a cost centre. Devices leaving the organisation move through remarketing. That returns 20-30% residual value instead of writing down to zero. The per-device disposal log keeps processing transparent.
TCO insight per workplace
The platform makes the full Total Cost of Ownership visible: purchase price, management costs, support, repairs, and disposal costs. Per workplace, per department, per period. Finance gets the data needed for budgeting and reporting.
Cost is only part of the story
Financial control connects directly to compliance and sustainability. If you want to control costs, you also need to know what happens to devices after use.
Conversation
We discuss your situation, current challenges, and what lifecycle management can deliver.
Setup
The platform is configured for your organisation. Device policy, integrations, and processes.
Operational
From day 1, orders, returns, repairs and replacements are processed automatically.
See also: CFO| HR | IT | CIO | Sustainability
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Mark Leemans
Co-founder, Afterservice