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IT LIFE CYCLE APPROACH
GIVES LERNIA A HEAD START
The benefits of financing
Lernia is the number one Staffing Agency in
Sweden with 150 offices in 100 cities. They
respond rapidly to changing industrial skill requirements, which helps to differentiate their
business and has lead an enviable growth record. In turn, this makes big demands of their
IT logistics: faultless service is crucial.
Lernia sees a variety of advantages in financing
IT devices. They need a standardised stock of
hardware equipment with an agreed life cycle.
Financing helps them to plan and manage IT
equipment refresh. Lindström knows it makes
his job easier: “We constantly replace older hardware with new, to provide great service to our
users. Financing means that there’s never a cash
crisis, and budget planning becomes routine.”
Here is what Sebastian Lindström, their CIO,
based in central Stockholm has to say about sustainable IT and the challenges of digitalisation.
Sustainable solutions for a better future
“It’s very straight forward: If IT devices don’t arrive
as planned, we lose business. Today, we have
built a simple system for IT returns: the user sets
up a return in the IT portal with just a few clicks.
Then 3 Step IT dispatches a new computer and
the old computer is returned in the same prepaid box.”
Sustainability is a growing concern for companies and organizations. The life cycle approach
shows very clearly how the IT department can
play its part in the circular economy. The sustainable way that Lernia manages IT equipment
saves costs and the environment.
A focus on users
Swedish organisations have always had raised
environmental sensitivities. Now with new taxes on waste, there’s a business advantage in reducing operations’ environmental impact. From
Lindström’s perspective, “Sustainability and the
environment have always been important topics
for us at Lernia. Working with partners who prioritise these issues, and who can demonstrate
the effects of working more sustainably, is one of
our top priorities.”
Lernia needs to provide its employees with reliable IT devices; desktops, laptops, smartphones,
and tablets. It increases productivity at all stages.
With appropriate modern equipment, employees
can work flexibly and responsively, wherever
they are, at any time.
The reliable refresh process that 3 Step IT provides Lernia saves users’ time and helps to improve productivity. Lindström highlights one particular aspect of the service: “When a new device
arrives, it’s already configured and ready to use
immediately. This is an important detail, and a
key part of the service that 3 Step IT gives us.”
Like so many others, Lernia are grappling with
digitalisation. It’s hard to say how it will affect
their business in the long term since there are
many choices in the complex digital jungle. Modern equipment allows greater choice when they
deliver digital innovations which should help
Lernia preserve its competitive edge. The future
looks bright and green, thanks to Lernia’s way of
deploying technology.
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