Reduce Waste And Increase Profits With Asset Management

By Darren Folkes


Keeping close track of your inventory is important to your profit margin. Your assets can be easily lost due to mishandling, theft, or oversight if you don't track them from start to finish. Setting up a good asset management plan is necessary if you only have a few assets or if you carry a million dollar inventory.

Setting up an advanced asset management system is fairly easy today because of new, sophisticated software. Using the right software along with RFID tags allows you to track every asset throughout its lifespan. You will always know where your assets are and what your profit margin is at any time. Not only is this necessary for tracking profits, it keeps you in compliance with regulations and ready for an audit at any time.

Managing your assets properly is a great help with inventory control as well. You will more easily know when it is time for maintenance or retirement of your equipment and ordering supplies becomes streamlined. Storing warranties and insurance policies is another function of asset management software. You will be able to recover much quicker from a disaster when your business assets are organized. With software you can create a trail for each of your assets. The data you capture can be used for auditing, inventory control, financial planning, ordering, improving utilization, improving efficiency, reducing waste, reducing cost, and reducing labour.

At one time, asset management required a vast amount of paperwork. Using software you can store your data in a compact space using a variety of files such as CAD, photographs, documents, and scanned files. Viewing the accumulated data on a computer monitor in a visual display makes it much easier to manipulate and comprehend.

You can pull up data from any kind of search you want such as purchase cost, purchase date, manufacturer, barcode, supplier, product name, serial number, RFID, lease ID, or location. Your company will have less waste when you control your inventory. Waste is a huge problem in all kinds of businesses including corporations, universities, and law enforcement.

Ordering supplies you don't need is a problem eliminated with good asset management. You may have inventory you can't locate so you buy more because you have a pressing need for it. If you know where every single piece of inventory is located, you eliminate the cost of buying things you don't need. That will save money you can put to use in another area of your business. In addition, when you are efficient with your inventory, you may be able to cut back on storage space and the cost associated with it.

It doesn't matter how large or small your organization is, it will benefit from a good asset management system. The money you save when you increase the efficiency of inventory control will quickly offset the expense of setting up a good system. If you are looking for a way to reduce cost and improve profits, a system that reduces waste and improves efficiency is a good place to start.




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