Pulse Supply Chain Solutions Focuses on Expansion
Recently, the ITAD company, Pulse Supply Chain Solutions has made advances to strengthen its presence within the mid-Atlantic region, and elevate its device processing operations at its base of operations in Texas.
Pulse newly expanded its footprint in the Richmond area by opening a large 60,000-square-foot facility in Chester, Va., which was announced by Luke Duval, President of Pulse Supply Chain Solutions. He expressed confidence that this development would bring about considerable business growth for his firm.
“In addition to being able to service the customers that we have now, I really think it allows us to plan for future expansion and future growth,” Duval explained to E-Scrap News.
Opening its Chester facility just last fall, “primarily to service a lot of the customer growth we’ve seen out of that region,” Duval said of the Dallas-based recycling and reuse company.
Serving a variety of customers such as enterprises, data centers, schools, hospitals, and OEMs, Pulse currently has around 20 employees and offers dismantling and destruction services. According to Duval, Pulse plans on expanding to include device testing and grading capabilities by the end of this year.
Added Capabilities to Come
After branching out from its Texas base, Pulse has leased a portion of space in a sustainability business park for its first processing facility outside of its 50,000-square-foot headquarters. This expansion comes with around 65 staff members employed at its new central Virginia center, as well as a remote sales office in Hong Kong.
The Virginia establishment has a vast range of coverage for areas within an eight-hour trucking distance. The firm will be able to serve customers from as far south as South Carolina, as west as Ohio, and as north as New York.
“I think it really fits with our strategic plans to put a little bit of a buffer in there for future growth so we can maximize it as business dictates,” he said.
Pressing Ahead
Meanwhile this year, Pulse made a substantial investment in its Dallas facility, by more than tripling the size of its parts harvesting and recycling line. According to Duval, there is still plenty of room for growth, with the capacity to nearly double the number of dismantling stations.
“There’s definitely opportunities there … to also expand further as the business requires,” he said.
He additionally noted that the company has also added testing and data wiping abilities, as well as increasing staffing levels and enhancing education and training opportunities. Estimations from Duval show that in the last twelve months, Pulse Supply Chain Solutions has injected a sizeable $600,000 into the company’s operations.
Regarding the near future, one of the most pressing concerns is what will transpire within the U.S. and the global economy over the next several months, he commented.
The forthcoming changes are anticipated to influence both Pulse Supply Chain Solutions and Phone Daddy, a distribution venture initiated by Duval alongside Asis Jadhavji, who is the owner and CEO of Pulse. Phone Daddy mainly sells used phones directly to consumers via retailers such as liquor stores and convenience stores.
Noting the dip in sales of new mobile phones, Duval cautioned that he was paying “a weathered eye” to what was happening with used phone market trends.
The company continues to remain vigilant amidst uncertainty, while keeping a focus on the future.
