SRS Expands Asset Management Program to Include Mobile Devices

Sims Recycling Solutions (SRS), with Americas headquarters in Chicago, has announced the expansion of its U.S. asset management services to include mobile devices such as phones, smartphones and tablets. All refurbishing and reselling will be coordinated from SRS’ West Chicago facility, though the service will be available nationwide. To ensure the proper handling of the equipment, SRS says it has hired technicians and quality assurance inspectors dedicated to grading, testing and repairing mobile devices.

 

“As an extension of our existing asset management services, we have added new ones that simplify the task of managing mobile devices,” says Steve Skurnac, president, SRS, Americas. “By using our established global infrastructure, technical expertise and strategic partnerships, Sims is able to fully support the needs of those customers with broken, end-of-life or surplus devices. Our customers can be confident that the same secure, certified and environmentally sound procedures we use to process other electronics will be used to refurbish, remarket and recycle their mobile devices.”

 

As a further step to strengthen its mobile device services and to protect its customers from two problems that plague the used mobile device market—stolen devices and fluctuating prices—SRS says it has signed an agreement with CheckMend to develop a proprietary system called Price Base. 

 

Through its partnership with CheckMend, Sims says it can perform the due diligence required to assure customers that devices the company offers for resale are legitimate. Sims says it has integrated the CheckMend application into its inventory management system to automatically check cellphones and tablets when they arrive at an SRS facility. Items with negative report results will be flagged and dealt with on a case-by-case basis, the company says.

 

The Price Base system gives Sims the ability to research every available mobile device and know its current value so Sims can competitively price used devices, the company says. 

 

SRS operates 16 sites in Arizona, British Columbia, California, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey, Ontario, Quebec, Tennessee and Texas.