Fleet · B2B · laptop rental for companies
Have suppliers ship laptops straight to customers; keep only a few spares for swaps
Almost no inventory risk; broken devices replaced instead of repaired
Workedcustomer-supportfinancing
What they did
No pre-bought stock in warehouses: suppliers deliver devices directly to the client. Fleet keeps only a small stock of computers in every country it operates in for fast replacement, so a client's employee with a broken machine gets a new one immediately instead of waiting for a repair.
What happened
Stock is 'almost nothing'; guest credits the asset-light model for being able to scale fast
“We work and in like directly with suppliers. So, our suppliers uh delivers the client directly, you know? So, we don't have stock, inventory um risk also.”
“So, we have a little stock to ensure the service in every in every country we operate, but it's uh it's very like it's it's almost nothing, you know?”
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