Case Studies in Reuse, Remarketing, and Recycling

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Case Studies in Reuse, Remarketing, and Recycling
Presented to The Federal Network for
Sustainability By Robert Houghton
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Reuse Case Study
Healthsouth is the nations largest provider of
outpatient surgery, diagnostic imaging and
rehabilitative healthcare services.

• Installed Base 18,000
• Distribution 2,000 Facilities
• IT Resources 150

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HEALTHSOUTH Practices

• Life Cycle -- 3 Years
• Own vs. Lease -- Own
• Software Platform
• Oracle ERP, HRMS, CRM and CTB
• Hardware Standard
• Compaq and Sun
• Mobile Technologies
• Blackberry / RIM

• Y2K remediation stockpiled over 13,000 assets
• Recovery and storage costs per asset 50

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Economic Reuse
Strategic Alternatives to Resale or Recycling
Testimonial
We took a problem that nobody wanted to deal
with and now our CEO is on the front page of the
Birmingham paper giving away computers to needy
kids. It is a great program and we continue to
use it.

• Refurbish and Reuse
• Web Inventory
• Testing
• Software Imaging
• Repair
• Upgrade
• Cleaning
• Repackaging

Redeploy
Economic Value
Employee Sale
Donate
Social Value
Ken Livesay, CIO HEALTHSOUTH
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Considering Disposition Alternatives
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Program Costs at Healthsouth
Recovered Assets To Date 21,116 Hard Drives
Secured 7,762 Monitors Safely Disposed 3,356
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Remarketing / RecyclingCase Study

• Software, Inc. is a large software developer
  operating a diverse range of technology including
  PCs, large servers, and a complex network
  infrastructure.
• Key priorities Data Security, Asset Tracking,
  Cost.

U.S. install base 60,000 Distribution 58
facilities, 1 major and 7 regional campuses.
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Equipment Condition Summary
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RedemTRAC Process
Optimizing unsorted technology from multiple
locations with complete reliability and
accountability.
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Remarketing Results
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Additional Statistics

• 12,587 hard drives sanitized
• 1,463 items repaired
• 7,781 items recycled
• Net cost per unit 16.95, incl. freight

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Costs Compared
Testimonial
Savings Over Internal Costs
Staff productivity increasedwe gained better
control of our idle assets. Mike Bowman Verizon
Wireless
Redemtech amounts include fixed Enterprise costs.
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The Enterprise Solution to Technology Recycling
www.redemtech.com