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New products featuring the latest technology constantly appear one after another on the market. However, the main purpose of corporate systems does not lie in using the latest technology, but in a stable operation. The inclusion of remanufactured hardware products in a customer’s system yields a number of benefits, including a great ROI (return on investment). Hewlett-Packard (HP) offers a broad range of quality remanufactured products through their HP Renew Program.
Remanufactured Products – different to used products. As good as new at lower prices.
“It seems that many people believe that used products are the same as remanufactured or refurbished products, but actually they are completely different” says Masaharu Maeda, Sales Manager of the Equipment Management & Remarketing Sales Department at HP Japan.
HP offers “HP Renew products” (remanufactured products) through its HP Renew Program. HP Renew products comprise of surplus stock as well as products originally for demonstration use. The latest technology is available as more than 80% of products are less 12 months old, which have been remanufactured within one year of being newly released. Included in the remanufactured portfolio are HP ProLiant Servers and Blades alongside HP Business Critical Servers, amongst other enterprise focused products. Says Maeda: “Only those remanufactured products that have passed through a strict quality control process and meet the same standards as new products are shipped as HP Renew products. In other words, they are indistinguishable from new ones”.
All HP Renew products are certified to have passed the rigorous HP Renew Refurbishment and quality inspection processes. A checklist of 23 strict building and testing processes ensuring products are fully restored to meet HP certified standards. The PDF document of the HP Renew Refurbishment Process document can be found on the Refurbishment Process page of the HP Renew website (www.hp.com/apac/hprenew).
“As well as being upgraded to the latest firmware and OS, the original same-as-new HP warranty is also applied. This is the big difference between remanufactured and used products” says Maeda.
For corporate users, the inclusion of manufacturer’s support to provide coverage in the unlikely event of a problem can be argued to be an essential condition of purchase.
Also, with a price around 15% less than new products, the biggest benefit enterprise users gain from using remanufactured products is the cost saving. Being able to obtain products at lower than normal prices, that are as good as new in terms of quality and warranty is a huge attraction.
Integrating remanufactured products into the lifecycle of your system.
In what situations can remanufactured products be useful?
In cases where customers would like to maintain or extend a proven, sta