Encompass recently announced the appointment of Jim Scarff to the newly-created position of Vice President and General Manager of our Green Choice Parts reclaimed electronics components program. Jim is being tasked with aggressively expanding the program that reintroduces quality, functional spare parts back into the supply chain.
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Robert Coolidge
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Green Choice Parts are defined as any part that would have been discarded, scrapped or otherwise eliminated from the supply chain, including overstock and core parts. We supply a range of components under the Green Choice Brand, such as printed circuit boards, power supply, motherboards and lamp assemblies. The parts are offered through a dedicated website: greenchoiceparts.com and are also prominently promoted on encompassparts.com when available as an equivalent to an OEM part.
We are dedicating more resources to the program because we recognize its value to servicers, manufacturers, retailers, TPAs ad a way to control parts costs, reduce product replacements, obtain hard-to-find parts and improving the environment by minimizing electronic waste. According to the EPA, more than 2.5 million tons of e-waste is produced each year in the U.S. As prices for consumer electronics continue to plummet and technology advances, more and more working units are bound to be
thrown away as cutting-edge models come on the market. Tearing down these units and harvesting the good working parts helps combat the growing problem of what to do with the mass of unwanted electronics.
Our core business is supplying manufacturer original parts, so offering an alternative may seem like a conflict. But we see reclaimed parts as an opportunity for OEMs to recycle their parts and reduce warranty costs, excess and obsolete inventory
and product replacement. Green Choice Parts can additionally offer OEMs a solution to competing parts currently in the market.
Supplementing the supply chain is the key purpose of reclaimed parts. When OEM parts are not available to repair products, OEMs, retailers and warranty companies are forced to provide refunds or replacement units to end users. Reclaimed parts extend the life of products, while protecting OEM brand value and lowering costs. OEMs are often the primary customers for reclaimed parts for this reason.
Encompass sources reclaimed parts from a number of channels, including major retailers with whom we partner to market parts as part of a revenue sharing arrangement. We also are increasingly working to tear down units ourselves to further increase parts availability. Quality and performance are guaranteed with a 180-day warranty.
We are excited to be doing our part to provide eco-friendly solutions to e-waste, while serving as a much needed source of cost-effective, hard-to-find replacement parts.
For more information on the Green Choice Parts program or partnering with Encompass, please contact Jim Scarff at 800.432.8542, ext. 1228 or
jscarff@encompass.com.
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