Many small and medium-sized businesses underestimate the internal time required to provide IT equipment to employees. Ordering, setup, support, and returns quickly add up in day-to-day operations.
This calculator is designed to help you identify the true cost of IT and show what your team is actually investing today.
Growing teams, remote work, and increasing device complexity have significantly increased the internal IT workload in recent years. What used to be a minor administrative task is now a real operational burden for many SMEs: New employees need devices that are ready to use right away, data protection requirements make offboarding more time-consuming, and hardware issues land directly on the desk of the in-house IT manager—regardless of whether they’re currently working on a strategic project or not.
At the same time, expectations are rising: Employees want modern devices, fast response times, and seamless processes. For many internal teams that handle IT management as a secondary task, this is becoming increasingly difficult to achieve.
The time spent on IT equipment is rarely listed on an invoice, but it is a real cost. When IT managers, office managers, or CEOs spend hours each week managing equipment, that time is taken away from other tasks.
Companies that outsource their IT equipment management to a lifecycle partner report three main benefits:
The result isn't just a nice-to-have: it's tied-up capacity that can be redirected back into product development, sales, or organizational development.
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