Thứ Hai, 19 tháng 9, 2011

Manage Asset: Asset Management Software Methodology

By Arthur Crandal


The term asset management usually refers to the management of an investment portfolio. However for a business, manage asset may include real estate, plant and machinery, vehicles, furniture, computer hardware and software besides financial assets. Human resources are also a form of assets for a company. Companies depend on all these assets as being key drivers of the business; however, they often do not have a comprehensive asset management system in place to optimize their utilization.

The answer to this problem lies in asset management software. The software is designed to keep a track of the company's assets, provide for analysis, and thereby prove an effective tool in managing a company's resources. In other words, asset management software helps to keep track, monitor and analyze business processes and resources. It automates the work processes that were previously manually done. This, in turn, helps to speed up the work and minimize errors.

Asset management methodology has four inherent characteristics. These include asset management strategy, practice, project management and benefit realization. Asset management software methodology is the delivery framework related to asset management software that incorporates these four characteristics and brings together deliverable components that are priority-based, gradual, and progressive.

The software can keep a track of an asset. This includes its initial purchase value, running costs, service costs, depreciated value, and upgrades. The team can then use this information to assess the present value of the asset. The information can also help the company charge individual departments for the usage of that asset. The current value and condition of an asset can also help the procurement department of a company in that the people can decide whether the asset is in a usable condition, needs upgrades, or needs to be replaced altogether.

Asset management software is an effective tool for a company to manage its assets, analyze data and arrive at business decisions. The asset data is placed in a central easy to access repositories. The individual departments can access it through the company's intranet. The accurate data, accessed at a click of the mouse, can lead to more effective decisions and also a better management of a company's assets.




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