This guide summarizes all the steps in your reuse hub, from´m setting up the location, how to take inventory and how to reserve and pick up articles from the hub.
A reuse hub mirrors a storage or intermediate warehouse within the organization where you can show items available to your organization that can be reused.
You reserve the items you want, and when you then pick up your items from the hub, they are archived as internally reused. Your organization then receives statistics on the savings you achieve by choosing reuse over new purchases.
Step 2 - Invite users to your hub
Step 3 - Inventory articles in your reuse hub
Step 4 - Reserve and pick up articles in the reuse hub
Step 5 - See statistics on what has been reused in the hub
Step 6 - Set up and track your goals in a cumulative graph
Before you begin with the above steps, we recommend that you read through our guide on how to succeed with your reuse hub. It provides all our best tips on how to get started with your reuse effectively, identifies product categories that generate the largest CO2e savings 🍀, and highlights categories that yield the greatest economic savings. 💰
Step 1 - Set up your reuse hub 🏰
When setting up a location for your reuse hub, it's a good tip to structure it as it appears in reality. The clearer the structure is in Palats, the easier it will be to keep track of where everything is. You need to be an administrator or owner of an organization to create a location.
Example 1: You have a storage room located on the 1st floor of a building. The storage room is small and easy to overview.
Example 2: You have a large intermediate storage area on floor 0, which is divided into different sections and shelves.
Step 2 - Invite users to your hub 🗝️
To invite a user to your hub, you need to have admin privileges or be the owner of the organization. Invite those individuals who only need access to the hub as marketplace users; this way, they will only see what is in your hub(s) and will not have access to any other locations in your organization.
🏰 If your organization uses SSO (Single Sign-On), employees can create their own login with their corporate account here and do not need to be invited to Palats.
Step 3 - Inventory an article in the hub ✏️
Once you've set up your reuse hub, you can inventory all your reusable articles. This can be done via the web app, but the most convenient way is to use the Palats mobile app, which you can download from the App Store or Google Play.
Inventory an article in the MP/ reuse hub using the mobile app
Inventory a new article in your reuse hub using the web app
Step 4 - Reserve and pick up articles in your reuse hub 🔄
Once you've inventoried your articles, they become visible to others in your organization who can see what's available for reuse. The reuse hub can be accessed both on mobile and desktop, where users can reserve what they want and then pick up their articles.
Reserve and pick up an article in the reuse hub using the mobile
Reserve and pick up an article in the reuse hub using the web app
Step 5 - View statistics on what has been reused in the hub 📈
When an item is picked up, it is automatically registered as reused internally. Through analysis in Palats, you can see the savings you have achieved broken down by category, CO2e emissions, waste, and economic savings. You can also set your own goals in a cumulative graph to track your progress.
Set up and track your goals in a cumulative graph
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