The reason that IT often gets lumped with this stuff is because if you leave it to anybody else they do it wrong especially logistics.
Everyone except the IT department is now banned from ordering new IT equipment because they’ll order a bunch of laptops and then act all surprised when this huge pallet of devices arrives as if they didn’t just order one. So then it just sits in the entrance lobby the days on end until someone from IT comes and opens the pallet and takes the laptops upstairs. If they do that with new pens that’s fine, no one’s going to steal them.
The reason that IT often gets lumped with this stuff is because if you leave it to anybody else they do it wrong especially logistics.
Everyone except the IT department is now banned from ordering new IT equipment because they’ll order a bunch of laptops and then act all surprised when this huge pallet of devices arrives as if they didn’t just order one. So then it just sits in the entrance lobby the days on end until someone from IT comes and opens the pallet and takes the laptops upstairs. If they do that with new pens that’s fine, no one’s going to steal them.
I’ve worked at places with a dedicated logistics department and IT was not involved. Worked fine for me while I was there. YMMV