You don't run your own data centers. You don't print your own boxes. You don't operate the trucks that deliver your retail product. You outsourced each one to specialists. Event hardware operations is the same kind of discipline - it just hasn't been named as one yet.
It takes warehouses measured in cubic meters, not pallets. Technicians who can flash a BIOS and pair a peripheral in under a minute. Crates built around your fleet, not retail boxes. And a control layer that shows, in real time, where every asset is and whether you need to order more.