DMD Systems | Computer Recycling Processes

DMD Systems Recovery takes pride in maintaining a "cradle to the grave" asset management solution for your business. We can assure our customers that recycling their assets through DMD Systems will remove any environmental or legal worries that most companies have with IT asset recycling. With the use of custom software and asset reporting, DMD Systems Recovery can provide detailed information about your assets as they enter our warehouse. These comprehensive reports include information such as asset numbers, serial numbers, manufacturer, configuration, and equipment status. This allows for your company to provide a complete chain of custody for your equipment.

Recycling Process

The recycling process begins at the supplier's offices. DMD Systems Recovery offers two types of services, asset pickup & asset packaging. The difference between the two services is whether the assets are prepackaged and ready for pickup or DMD Systems employees are needed to disconnect the equipment from your network, stage, and prepare the equipment for transport. After the equipment is prepared for transport, one of DMD System's trusted transportation experts will arrive at your dock to load the equipment and transport it to our warehouse. During the transportation phase, the equipment is locked in the trailer and sealed with a numeric seal that is verified upon arrival. After the seal is verified at our dock, a lot number is assigned to all of your equipment to track your assets through the audit and reporting phase.

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Audit Phase

During the audit phase, pallets are broken down and equipment is analyzed to determine value. If the equipment does not have a potential resale value over $50, the equipment is inserted in to our auditing system and marked as recyclable material. Equipment that is typically marked as scrap are CRT monitors and computers older than four years, Laptops older than six years, and smaller equipment that has no resale value. Equipment that potentially has data on it is transferred to our data destruction area where our technical experts use Department of Defense approved software to clean your company's data from the drive. The serial number of the computer and the drive are captured in to our tracking system where the status is changed from pending to wiped or destroyed, and the status of drives can be reviewed at any time.

When the equipment has had the data removed, it is moved to the audit line where it is entered in to our custom inventory system. During this phase, we capture the serial number, asset number(s), quantity, manufacturer, description, and condition. Each piece of equipment is assigned an identification number that can be used later to track specific pieces of equipment.

Testing & Condition

After a piece of equipment has been audited, it reaches another decision making phase; testing and condition. All of the equipment is tested to make sure that all of the equipment is functional. Computers are ran through a visual inspection, checking for bad components or damage, as well as a 6-phase hardware test that stresses each main component in the system to test for potential failures. Printers, monitors, networking equipment, and other IT assets all go through similar tests to insure operation.

Remarketing

When the assets pass visual and hardware tests, they are prepared for remarketing, charitable donation, employee repurchasing plans, or redeployment to another location. While some units may pass most visual and hardware testing, occasionally, the will need some different levels of parts replacement or repair. These can be small aesthetic repairs or component level replacement. If the cost of repair or replacement does not outweigh the potential for remarketing, the unit is marked as recyclable material.

Redeployment

After an audit has been completed, DMD Systems believes that even the recyclable materials deserve a second chance at redeployment. These systems are typically taken apart by our engineers and each component, such as disk drives, memory, processors, etc., are retested and manufactured as individual components. After this step has been performed, the remaining equipment is recycled for chips on the circuit boards, copper wiring, or any other components that may be reused in future televisions, monitors, or common household equipment.

Documentation

After an audit has been completed, DMD Systems compiles the data that has been collected and sends it to your company for analysis and removal of the assets from your inventory. After the audit documentation has been reviewed, DMD Systems will issue a Certificate of Destruction and Transfer of Ownership to release your company from any further liability.

Quality Control

DMD Systems Recovery management will perform unplanned asset performance and quality checks to make sure that the process is being followed and to find any improvements that can be made. In the event that an auditor or system fails the asset performance and quality check, the entire process is performed again. In the event of multiple failures, a solution is quickly instituted to prevent future failures.

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IT equipment or components that are determined to be too old, broken, or undesirable are broken down to their basic materials and distributed to whatever appropriate recyclers that can most efficiently process the materials. These recyclers must be approved by DMD and other authorities determined by the level of security and environmental risk

DMD makes your life easier by implementing a comprehensive de-installation, documentation, and transportation plan that allows you to be hands-off the asset disposal process. Whether handled directly by DMD personnel or coordinated through a qualified subcontractor, DMD assumes responsibility for the entire process - from de-installation to final transport.

Once a part, system, or component passes the refurbishing stage, every effort is made to reuse it in its current form. DMD first determines whether it can be used to repair a system or a larger peripheral that can then be made fully operational. If no larger components can benefit from the refurbished part, it is remarketed globally to wholesale repair markets or through internet marketing sources.

After evaluating each item marked for processing, DMD takes those items deemed usable and puts them through a rigorous testing process. This establishes current condition and determines what is needed to bring the item up to manufacturer's specifications. DMD is comprised of a very capable and competent staff that holds many certifications, degrees, and industry affiliations. For a complete listing please view our Affiliations Page.

During the evaluation process, hard drives and other sensitive media are set aside to either be wiped or destroyed. These units are scanned in to our destruction database with their serial number and the serial number of the original unit. After the data has been destroyed, through wiping or physical destruction, their status is updated and the drives are reused or recycled. Our Data destruction Report gives you the peace of mind that your data is safe in our hands.