SmartAsset Scales IT Asset Recovery with Remota’s End-to-End Logistics Solution
About
SmartAsset
SmartAsset is a leading FinTech company that helps people make smarter financial decisions. They offer free tools and calculators for taxes, banking, home buying, and retirement, and connect investors with fiduciary financial advisors.
Remota’s quick support, clear communication, and genuine dedication to our success make it feel like our business is their own.
Gilbert Villegas, Director of IT, SmartAsset
The 
Challenge

SmartAsset’s IT team faced increasing friction in managing hardware logistics for a distributed workforce. Key issues included:

  • Difficulty managing hardware returns from offboarded employees
  • Slow and inconsistent laptop repair and grading processes
  • Lack of a compliant, secure process for end-of-life asset recycling
The 
Remota Solution

To streamline SmartAsset’s IT asset lifecycle, Remota delivered a suite of tailored services:

  • Compassionate offboarding with dignity and efficiency, ensuring a high hardware return rate
  • A fast, compliant laptop repair workflow, with a transparent grading system to guide next steps
  • Certified recycling and secure data destruction to eliminate risk and support SmartAsset’s sustainability goals
  • A buyback program that helped SmartAsset recover part of its original hardware investment

The 
Results

Through its partnership with Remota, SmartAsset unlocked measurable operational efficiencies across its IT asset lifecycle. From smoother employee transitions to faster repairs and sustainable asset recovery, the results speak for themselves

40%

improvement in helpdesk hardware ticket resolution time

100%

on-time delivery for all new hire onboardings

A double-digit increase

in laptop return rate, resulting in thousands of dollars recovered