Discuss how the Acquisition Manager acts as a gatekeeper.

[Jessie Qi]

IT Acquisition Key Process Area is the gatekeeper for the application of all of the IT Asset Management strategies determined by the organization, including policies, standards, and lifecycle processes. An effective IT Acquisition Process empowers the rest of the IT Asset
Management program by applying processes, determining pathways for exceptions, and generating the initial records for the IT assets before acquisition is even complete.

[Aditya Arora]

by ensuring if the assets are really needed

[Richard Guiyab]

he evaluates requests and negotiate contracts.

[Sean Cole]

The AM decides whether the asset is needed and is appropriate for the job it is for.

[Devi Ganurao]

By making informed decisions before bringing in any new asset to the Organization.

[Robert Festoff]

You have to acquire an asset before you can manage it. He is the first line of defense

[Musthaq Mohammed]

Acquisition managers decides whether to keep it or not.

[Michael Mariano]

The Acquisition Manager acts as a critical gatekeeper in the ITAM process by ensuring that all IT asset purchases align with organizational policies, budget constraints, and compliance requirements. This role helps prevent unauthorized or duplicate acquisitions, promotes vendor accountability, and ensures that all purchases go through proper evaluation and approval channels. By centralizing procurement oversight, the Acquisition Manager supports cost control, reduces risk, and helps maintain an accurate and up-to-date asset inventory.

[Antonio Navas]

The Acquisition Manager acts as a gatekeeper by making sure everything goes through the right process, like checking if something’s really needed, not already in stock, and making sure purchases are approved and aligned with what the organization actually uses.

[Harshad Joshi]

The Acquisition Manager in IT Asset Disposition (ITAD) or IT Asset Management (ITAM) plays a critical gatekeeper role, ensuring that only the right assets enter the organization while aligning with cost, compliance, and sustainability goals.

[Karen King]

Acquisition Manager filters requests, assesses need, negotiates contracts, manages standards, and audits, and determines reuse.

[David Saliem]

To ensure that the standards are maintained and followed, the asset is needed.

[Dan Cassidy]

The Acquisition Manager acts as a gatekeeper in the sense that they control and manage the process of acquiring new products, services, or assets for a company.

[Annatjie van]

Managing Acquisition process for all standard and non standard acquisitions, will needed “rules’ around this process. Making decision on all financial purchases.

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