Sometimes organisations set up their own reuse platforms. This is great! Really, it is!

Our mission is to make reuse mainstream and so it warms our cockles when we hear this!

Competition is healthy and it might just help us stumble upon the next idea for improving Warp It.

This article is for those institutions that are looking to improve their online platforms. 

The following explains the Warp It processes, so that you can take our best ideas and apply them to your platform. Aren't we generous!

 

First things first- our aim is to make reuse as automatic as possible.  We try to remove all of the bottle necks and friction point so that reuse is easier than buying new or ordering waste disposal.

 

Wherever we can save time or make things easy we know that the person will come back again to the system as it was easy! Thus making reuse normal. 

Topics: Reuse program: Planning stage

This is a reuse cheat sheet designed to help you decide the best actions to take to get support to start or improve a reuse system in your organisation.

Topics: Reuse program: Planning stage, Action plans

Many of the organisations we talk to do not have any kind of asset reuse going on.

Some are right at the start of their reuse journey.

Topics: Facilities management, Reuse program: Planning stage

How to say no to distraction and get stuff done... 

 

I allow myself to get distracted so easily. Notifications, websites, colleagues, meetings i don't need to be at, other work that is easier than what I need to be doing.....

Topics: Guidance for projects, Warp It admin, Reuse program: Planning stage

We assume you are here because you want to get reuse embedded into your organisation.

 

We also assume you have tried "word of mouth" reuse and realised you did not get the scale you needed.

 

We also assume you tried to carry out reuse using emails,  but realised that is was way too messy, too hard to track and took too much manual input for all parties.

 

We also assume you might have also tried using a spreadsheet and realised the downfalls. 

 

The next obvious step for any forward thinking organisation is to develop your own system!

 

So you are thinking about developing a software system to track all the trades so that reuse becomes almost automatic?

 

Great!! You are in the right place!

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How do i set up a furniture reuse network to redistribute surplus assets?

 

You can do it alone... or you can get an off the shelf product. Here we weigh up the pros and cons.

Topics: FAQ, Reuse program: Planning stage

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This resource will be handy for anyone engaging interns of any type. However we are particularly focussing on engaging interns as part of a surplus assets reuse program.

Topics: Report, Warp It admin, Reuse program: Planning stage

If you’ve landed on this page it means one of two things...

A) You’re thinking about rolling out a reuse project, or

Topics: Reuse program: Planning stage, Action plans

Ready to introduce a reuse programme, or improve on the existing system?

Read ahead and find out the best practice for using a meeting plan to get more buy ins and increase support from your stakeholders.

Topics: Buy in, Reuse program: Planning stage

Warp It’s founder, Daniel, was talking to Jonathan Latko from Temple University in Philadelphia about how he made a business case for the development of surplus asset reuse in the university.

One of the most striking things he shared was how he would look at an existing process and do a time-motion study on it.

Topics: Buy in, Facilities management, Reuse program: Planning stage