An organization’s IT hardware inventory constitutes a significant capital investment in order to perform company operations. Because hardware represents a critical asset and often holds organizational data, it is important for the company to track each component from purchase and deployment to decommissioning and disposal.

This customizable policy, written by Scott Matteson for TechRepublic Premium, describes the guidelines by which the organization tracks, processes, and decommissions IT equipment.

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  HARDWARE LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT PROCESS

  All organization equipment must be tracked from purchase approval to disposal. Upon receiving purchase approval, the IT department must log an entry for every authorized hardware component within the organization’s asset tracking database.

  The following information must be tracked for every hardware component the organization purchases:

  • Manufacturer.

  • Model number.

  • Serial number.

  • Operating system.

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