Leasing is better than buying!
In recent years, companies that work in logistics, in the Distribution, Production and Retail industries have been affected by the global changes caused by unforeseeable events and their impact on operation (among others: workforce availability, increase in salary and energy costs). The unpredictability of the more recent events has also created the interruption of numerous global supply chains and the need to act rapidly to keep the costs under control, where possible.
For several years we have been working on raising awareness in companies to make operating costs more flexible where possible, by proposing a model of provision of technology and solutions that differ from buying and have gained additional relevance and interest today.
What are the advantages of the leasing service and therefore of the OpEx approach?
The Leasing service of hardware and software goods for the Supply Chain
The operating lease is an alternative to purchasing that allows a company, faced with a periodic fee, to make use of goods – hardware and/or software – for a preestablished duration (generally 3, 5 or more years); generally, the fee also includes a series of related services that absolve the company from onerous activities regarding the operational and financial management.
In a time of great changes where there is no certainty of the return on investments in the medium and long term, the leasing services prove to be not only advantageous, but an ideal solution.
The Technical and Operational advantages
The leasing contract, in addition to the product also includes IT services, like the programmed assistance, maintenance and repair. Additionally, in case of malfunction, it is possible to provide the substitution of devices to avoid interruptions or delays in operations.
Furthermore, the continued technological renewal and update is guaranteed; the leased devices are always of the latest generation, to always have at one’s disposal the most evolved systems available on the market.
The economic and financial benefits
It’s no coincidence the financial figures in a company are the ones seizing its potential, used on a daily basis to pay attention to cash flow, operating costs and asset management.
Thanks to leasing, the company can have at its disposal a greater liquidity from less fixed assets. Numerous other advantages also stand out:
- Tax deductions (the access to a service and not the purchasing of a product)
- The initial investment is reduced to the installation costs
- More transparent costs
- No VAT advance and deductible fees for the purposes of corporate income tax (IRES) the regional tax on production (IRAP)
- Fees are accounted as operating expenses
- No obligation on registration statements
- No management costs, ex. asset management and disposal
- Immediate ROI
What are the options at the end of the leasing contract?
At the end of the contract the companies have the possibility to consider two options:
- End the contract and return the goods, and possibly reactivating it for a later or updated version
- Extend the duration of the contract for a pre-established time-period; the extension can still be based on the same property or on a later or updated version.
The leasing service “KFI OpEx” is not limited to devices but also extends to complete solutions (hardware and software), for the supply of an all-inclusive pack.
Not just leasing services
We are KFI – Key for Industry
Since 1991, KFI reduces the impact of the global changes on the Supply Chain, supplying the industries new competitive advantages. Our mission is to make technologies and solutions of the 4.0 Industry within the reach of all businesses, whatever size it may have.
