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We get asked regularly by our members why we collect data on so many different metrics, what we do with that data, and how they should then use that data to their advantage?

In this guide, we will look at these questions and try to help you see the bigger picture of reuse data, and how it is more valuable than simply knowing how many items have been traded and to whom.

Every so often we get requests from customers along the lines of....

These items are definitely not required internally- we want to send them straight to charity.

Now you can send items straight to charity!

Within the admin settings panel, you will find ‘Control Partners’, a section that will enable admins to allow items to be immediately assigned to third parties.

Log in as admin> settings> control partners......

Warp It Admins have expressed an interest in having more control of user behaviour.

In this case we had a request from Sussex Community NHS Trust to get agreements from members when they were adding or claiming certain categories because these categories were associated with specific risks. 

We have had similar requests in the past so we looked into it further.

There maybe certain risks around electricals, ward equipment and even some types of furniture and members need to know about these risks or agree to statements around these risks.

By now, you’re probably quite familiar with the process of internal claims, but what about opening up your assets to third parties? In this article, we are going to talk about one of the features we’ve introduced to help smoothen the communications between you and third parties.

One thing that we are occasionally asked is whether customers can account for assets that have been claimed outside of the system either internally or by 3rd parties. 

The reason this is asked is that there may have been a period of reuse before implementing the system that you want to track, or a charity may have turned up on site and taken extra assets that you want to account for. 

When your organisation signs up to Warp It, you will receive your own unique web address and domain, which follows this format: www.getwarpit.com/organisation_name, or www.warp-it.co.uk/organisation_name

One of the most attractive features of Warp It to users is that we track the value of each trade, both financially and sustainably, so that we can help to demonstrate the value of reuse.

The importance of this is that people need to be aware of the impact of their reuse activities. Once this impact can demonstrated as positive and progressive, as well as cost and environmentally saving, the more others in the organisation will take notice and get involved. This is significant.

One thing that we are occasionally asked is whether customers can send assets straight to a charity and bypass the internal reuse phase.

The reason this is asked is that when you add an asset usually, it gets advertised to internal and then later to whoever has been defined as ‘priority two’, and ‘priority three’ (see this article about share days).

However there are some cases where you might want to avoid internal reuse- the item might not be corporate colours, the item might be non compliant or outdated. As such you donot want internal staff to claim it!

Make no bones about it the Procurement Department hold the keys to sustainability in any organisation.

It is therefore important that the procurement department take an active role and demonstrate leadership. In this article we give you an easy win to raise the profile of the Procurement Department and demonstrate leadership.  

The purpose of this article is to highlight some of the issues that are caused when organisations do not reuse surplus furniture and equipment & we also illustrate 6 benefits of having a reuse system.

This article is also very important for those who wish to encourage their procurement departments to engage more with reuse.