Global IT Hardware Procurement & Logistics for Remote Teams
The Reddit post highlights a significant pain point for remote-first companies: the complex and exhausting process of procuring and delivering IT hardware (laptops, peripherals) to employees across multiple countries. Even with HR platforms (Deel) and MDM solutions (Jamf) in place, the physical hardware logistics remain a bottleneck. A SaaS platform could act as a centralized hub, managing global vendors, procurement, shipping, customs, and potentially even pre-configuration services for remote teams. This would save companies immense time, reduce operational overhead, ensure compliance, and improve the onboarding experience for new hires. The market is growing as remote work becomes standard.
Origin Reddit Post
r/startups
What is the best way to buy laptops globally? Feels like I reinvent the wheel every hire "i will not promote"
Posted by u/anonjuly14•08/06/2025
Remote startup, around 90 people across 10 countries. Onboarding is fine once the laptop is there, but getting the laptop to them is the exhausting part.
We use Deel for hiring, Jamf and Int
Top Comments
u/UnoMaconheiro
i gave up trying to ship stuff myself. it’s not just the delivery it’s also support returns and customs and you blink and lose a week. i use workwize now. they got a calc for cost by country
u/UnoMaconheiro
yeah laptop stuff always breaks down once you're in multiple countries. it’s not really about buying gear anymore, it’s more like setting up a full system for hardware. after a certain point,
u/anonjuly14
best thing we did was stop treating it like a shipping issue and started thinking about it like inventory management
u/JackTheNuts
If its a full time remote job, why don’t you have your employees buy by themselves with the pre-approved spec?
u/anonjuly14
lol yeah it’s a mess. what do you use now?