Process and Logistics Management

Inventory Lifecycle Automation System

Case Study

Overview

PROJECT: delaPlex developed a digital management system to automate operations and eliminate manual processes. The enterprise software application delivers advanced capability to provide real-time visibility and systematized control to significantly improve ITAD processes and overall results.
CLIENT: Apto Solutions

Client Need

Apto needed to create a smart, secure, and comprehensive method for re-purposing and tracking used IT equipment and assets. A critical component of this process required integrating their IT asset disposition process with inventory warehousing and asset deployment.

Product Challenges

Apto needed to easily track received assets, produce client receipts, and generate real-time reports, including status data for client accounts and assets and devices prior to the resale/recycle. To accomplish these capabilities, the solution required a single web-based application using an Enterprise Layered Security Strategy.

The delaPlex Solution

delaPlex developed a digital management system to automate operations and eliminate manual processes. The enterprise software application delivers advanced capability to provide real-time visibility and systematized control to significantly improve ITAD processes and overall results. The system delivers end-to-end, digital life-cycle automation, including inventory management, customer data, and sales processes. Smart, centralized decision-making affords Apto a higher level of confidence in data and brand protection.


How We Did It

The delaPlex dedicated team of software developers conducted an industry requirements analysis, implemented a client-specific IT infrastructure and deployed an enterprise level 2 security

Project Management Tools
GitLab

Systems Integrated
QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions 13.0 and Salesforce SaaS CRM

Multi-Source Data Integration Tools
Talend | JasperReports Server | Integration of ecoATM | FutureDial APIs | Remote Data Sharing (RDS) Server

External systems were integrated using both .NET and PHP technology stacks to deliver a wholly functional IT Asset Disposition Management System.

.NET

ASP.NET | MVC-4 with Razor | C# | Entity Framework | LINQ
JavaScript | jQuery | AJAX | JSON | XML | jqGrid | Microsoft SQL

PHP

NetBeans | Sublime Text 3 | Laravel | MySQL | jQuery | AJAX | JSON | XML | Bootstrap


About the client

Apto Solutions has been instrumental in the evolvement of the IT Asset Disposition (ITAD) industry from a loosely controlled collection of equipment brokers to a tightly controlled industry based on service, best practices, and oversight. As a global ITAD Leader that develops advanced software tools to make IT asset disposition easy, automatic and transparent, Apto gives their clients everything they need to manage the associated risks and complexities with confidence and maximum value recovery.