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CIE Surplus -- How It's Done

Acquisition Of Surplus Assets

The entire process begins for CIE when a large organization, be it government, corporate, or even private, decides to liquidate its surplus and excess assets. Our acquisition department finds the product, purchases it or establishes a consignment contract, and the team goes to work.

Pickup
CIE Surplus Shipping Box Trucks

CIE Surplus has a small but mighty fleet of box trucks, ready to deploy at a moment's notice. We send our trucks out, each truck usually manned by two of our warehouse guys.

Once on site, the crew quickly parses and does preliminary sorting of the cargo, palletizes the small items, loads the packed inventory onto the trucks, and brings it back to our warehouse in Berryville, Virginia for sorting.

Sorting
Danny Hardy Unloading A Truck

Once the trucks arrive at the warehouse, the cargo is unloaded and triaged. That is, we immediately separate the incoming cargo into 3 lots: high priority/sensitive items that need to be handled right away, inventory to be processed with standard priority, and low priority items that will be broken down for their components.

Jessy Guzman Sorting Palletized Inventory Onto carts

The high and standard priority items are depalletized and organized onto carts to be cleaned and prepped for sale.

Danny Hardy Storing Inventory for later use

Any inventory that won't be dealt with right away is stowed into the pallet racking to be managed later.

Alexis Fernandez Cleaning Incoming Inventory

The inventory that is to be resold is cleaned and put back onto carts to be inventoried and sold.

The Inventory Process
Jon Basham Taking Photographs Of An Item Nick Fitzgerald Taking Photographs Of An Item

All of our inventory that is to be sold -- big or small -- is photographed and described on an individual basis, using our custom inventory application known as ListApp. This helps us track every single item from beginning to end.

Nick Fitzgerald Shelving A Cart Of Items

Once items are inventoried, they are associated with a shelf location and are stored until they are sold. We resell the bulk of our items through eBay, but we also sell items on our website as well as through live internet auctions. Many of our items are also resold in deals with previous customers and other interested parties who stop by our warehouse or otherwise keep a check on our inventory.

Large Items Warehoused at CIE Surplus Small Items Warehoused at CIE Surplus
Sales / Customer Service
Stephanie Brown helping a customer on the phone Rob Horan helping a customer on the phone

A very important part of the process of internet sales is answering questions customers have about our products. We strive to provide the best service to our customers, and we're always on hand during business hours to answer questions from email, the phone, or even customers who stop by to visit the facility.

Shipping
Jack McClure Scanning An Item For Shipment at CIE Surplus Jack McClure Packing An Item For Shipment at CIE Surplus

Once an item sells, it needs to be pulled from its current location and packaged for shipment. Small items are pulled from the shelf in bulk and prioritized on our conveyor. Our customized process virtually eliminates shipping mistakes and makes sure that all orders are processed in an efficient, timely manner.

Jack McClure putting packages onto carts for shipment

Small packages are loaded onto carts to be put onto the truck during the daily pickup.

Prepared Freight Shipments ready to be sent out at CIE Surplus

And freight items are palletized, strapped, and wrapped, then stowed to be loaded on the LTL trucks.

Recycling
Recyclable materials scrap aluminum and circuit boards in the the bins at CIE Surplus Scrap Metal in the bin at CIE Surplus ready for recycling

The last step in the process is to break down any equipment that can't be sold. It is separated into its recyclable parts. Above on the left are bins of scrap aluminum, and circuit boards. Above on the right is a bin of non-precious scrap metal. We strive to make sure nothing goes to waste.

We Want Your Business

The most important part of this process starts with excess inventory. If you are looking for a way to liquidate yours, give us a call or stop by our facility and check it out. We are diverse in that we can take inventory from a large variety of sources, and we can redistribute over an ever-broadening variety of channels.

We can do all the hard work and leave you with peace of mind, knowing your excess was properly used. Most importantly, the only work you need to do to make it happen is to give us a call -- 1 (540) 955-5740!

Revitalizing assets since 1998, CIE has incorporated a NO LANDFILL policy.

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