Assess performance of Hardware Asset Management

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• Customize tabs in Hardware Asset Workspace

  Adjust the content shown in the tabs of Hardware Asset Workspace views to meet your specific business needs.

• Work with hardware normalization

  Asset Management Hardware Model Normalization enables users to normalize the details, such as manufacturer, product, model, and device type, of your hardware and consumable models. Data from the models is compared against the data in the Hardware Model Normalization Content Service.

• Manage asset bundles from your inventory

  Create asset bundles from existing assets in your inventory to track, reserve, or deploy a group of assets as a single entity.

• Manage your inventory through pallet assets

  Manage your inventory effectively using pallet assets.

• Manage loaner assets

  Request a loaner asset or consumable for a short period. You can also prepare the loaner asset or consumable for deployment and reclamation by using loaner asset tasks. Deploy the loaner asset or consumable for a specific period, and reclaim it on the return date.

• Donate assets to charity organizations

  Use the Asset Donation flow to donate hardware and consumable assets of your organization to charity organizations.

• Use Advanced Shipment Notification

  Use Advanced Shipment Notification (ASN) to automate and create asset records when your assets are in transit.

• Manage RMA requests

  Initiate a Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA) process by submitting an RMA request to initiate an RMA process with your vendor. You can repair or replace a faulty asset.

• Create an inventory stock order request

  Create an inventory stock order request so that you can order new hardware in bulk for your stockrooms. After your request is approved, the Hardware Stock Order flow takes you through the process of requesting, sourcing, and receiving your order.

• Create a disposal order

  Create a disposal order for hardware or consumable assets. You can create a disposal order for an asset reaching its end of life cycle or an asset that is no longer functional.

• Use a hardware asset request flow

  Use a hardware asset request flow for requesting, sourcing, and deploying hardware catalog items from the Service Catalog application.

• Audit your inventory

  Perform scheduled or blind audits of asset stockrooms and other locations such as offices or datacenters.

• Request a Hardware Asset Refresh

  Use the Hardware Refresh request flow to track the aged hardware assets that are nearing the end of their life cycle. Replace them with new hardware assets.

• Manage your expiring contracts for leased hardware assets

  Use the lease contract expiration flow and decide on what to do before your leased hardware asset contract expires. Get notifications about the lease contracts that are nearing their expiration dates.

• Reclaim hardware assets

  Reclaim hardware assets efficiently and store them in the inventory, reassign, send it for repair, or dispose of as required.

• View RFID information of assets

  View the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) information of assets to manage and locate important assets easily.

• Manage the lifecycle of hardware models with calculated lifecycle templates

  Manage the complete lifecycle of hardware models by creating calculated lifecycle templates and associating these templates with the models.

• Receive asset warranty details from Lenovo

  Connect to the Lenovo Warranty API and get the warranty details of your hardware assets.

• Manage stockrooms

  Manage the assets in the stockroom by using appropriate stock rules, service locations, and distribution channels.

• Track shipments using the integration framework

  Track your shipments in real time by integrating your ServiceNow instance with your third-party carrier's application through the integration framework provided by the IT Asset Management application.

• Track asset location using indoor maps

  Locate and track the consumables and hardware, bundle, and pallet assets in your organization by using indoor maps. Indoor maps provide an interactive interface that enables you to visualize the location of your assets within your campuses, buildings, floors, and places.

• Manage refresh of assets using Zero Touch Refresh

  Enable your employees to request hardware refreshes through an external vendor by using the Zero Touch Refresh flow on your ServiceNow instance. This process enables you to eliminate having to maintain a local inventory of new assets.

• Configure the Total Cost of Ownership of assets

  Configure the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of assets by creating rate cards for each task in a Hardware Asset Management workflow.

• Manage Hardware Asset Management subscriptions

  Save on Hardware Asset Management licensing cost by choosing only the Hardware Asset Management Resource Categories that you use.

• Manage repair of defective assets in your stockroom in the Hardware Asset Workspace

  Optimize your inventory by getting the defective hardware assets in your stockroom repaired using the Repair flow.

• Manage picking hardware assets within your stockroom for Hardware Asset Management workflows

  Enable the Asset pick task explicitly for your stockroom and provide granular location details of the asset to facilitate asset picking within your stockroom.

• Manage hardware asset tasks using the Mobile Agent application

  Manage hardware asset tasks such as repair tasks and asset pick tasks using the intuitive Mobile Agent application.

• Manage asset put away using the Hardware Asset Workspace

  Enable the Asset put away task explicitly for your stockroom to put away the assets from the receiving bay in the designated aisle-space. View the open Asset put away task and close it after specifying the aisle-space value to move the asset in the stockroom.

• Audit your hardware assets by using Asset Attestation

  Improve the asset utilization by auditing the hardware assets assigned to your employees and validating if the employees are using the assigned assets.

• Acknowledge receipt of assets on the Employee Center portal

  After receiving hardware or consumable assets that were in transit and reserved for you, confirm their receipt on the Employee Center portal.

• Update associated Decision tables for HAM flows

  Update associated Decision tables for Hardware Asset Management (HAM) flows to trigger a new or customized HAM flow.