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Automated Expense and Timesheet Management
Automated Expense and Timesheet Management The pressure on companies to become ever 'leaner' and optimize the business processes is higher than ever. Investors demanding higher profits, customer's demands for lower prices and greater quality and...
Effective Time Management for Work at Home Moms
If you work from home, you already know how difficult it can be.
You've probably had to deal with looming deadlines and mounting
work piles mixed in with laundry, squabbling kids and doctor
appointments. This article will help you keep your...
Medical Group Management Association purchases gomembers’ accounting solution
gomembers, Inc., one of the leading suppliers of association management software systems announced today that the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA: http://www.mgma.com) has elected to purchase the accounting interface to utilize with their...
Project Management: Avoid Work Scope Creep!
Copyright 2005 Kinesis, Inc.
Congratulations! You've just got a new client for an exciting
project that is going to be fun and profitable. You carefully
discuss the work with her and she sends in a down payment.
BANG! You are off and...
Time Management, Avoiding Negative
Life is a bummer and then we pay the ultimate price. Times are
always changing making it difficult for us to keep up with the
advancements in our lives. If we are thinking positive most
times good, fortunes come our way, but if we are...
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Asset Management 101
Asset management is the method that a company uses to track
fixed assets. It is the process of controlling assets throughout
their lifecycle - from procurement, through daily operations,
and finally disposal. Factory equipment, desks, chairs,
computers, and property are some examples of such assets.
Broadly speaking, asset management involves tracking the
physical location of assets, managing demand for scarce
resources, and accounting tasks such as amortization. Issues
that are part of asset management include asset value and
depreciation; purchasing requests, orders, and asset receipts;
licenses, leases, maintenance, and other contracts; vendor
performance, service levels, and warranties; departmental and
user data; and physical asset attributes. One of the purposes of
going all these lengths and putting in effort to organize all
this information is to keep track of important information such
as how much the asset costs, whom it was purchased from, who is
using it, where it is physically located, which department code
the cost should be assigned to, which vendor should be called
for support, when the lease expires, when it should be retired,
what the depreciation rate is, etc. This, in turn, provides the
basis for managing and optimizing an
organization's entire asset
portfolio.
When we speak of property management as part of asset
management, it includes property selection, implementation of
policies and performance standards for that property, and
monitoring of its performance in relation to the owner's
objectives.
Generally, there are four broad stages of the asset lifecycle:
Planning and procurement: This involves planning, ordering, and
receiving the technology. Operations: This includes managing the
day-to-day operations of the assets to maximize productivity.
Financial management: It involves ensuring accurate tax,
depreciation, and other costs. Disposal: Once it is time for
disposal, you are required to remove the asset from the
enterprise in compliance with environmental regulations.
Various tools are available for asset management. However, it is
important to realize that asset management is primarily a
process, and the tools aspect is just a small aspect of it.
Since every organization is unique, with its own unique needs
and strategies, the ideal asset management process for each
organization differs.
About the author:
Chris Tolamalu is interested in asset
management.
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