Managing Company Assets
An Asset in commercial terma is a physical property belonging to a company. This can be an office building, furniture machinery, equipment, vehicles, company-owned buildings, land, etc. Assets that have long-term viability are known as fixed assets. All companies strive to create assets that can be beneficial during times of need. Hence fixed assets provide stability to the companies and help in solidifying long-term viability.
The other types of assets besides physical are current, intangible, and non-current. Intangible assets for example are patents with value consideration. Current or liquid assets are those that can be easily converted to cash.
Fixed Asset Management
Although not a core activity fixed these valuable jewels should never be neglected a careful audit and preservation of records is a must. Hence fixed asset management should always be in focus even though it is not the core process, but these are valuables that can come in handy. The process involves constant tracking, monitoring, and maintaining them. This can be a tardy process since the properties, equipment or land could be scattered far and wide.
Companies should maintain extensive records and manage them at the same time the process can become costly and this also has to be looked after. Manual recordkeeping tracking or monitoring and preserving the assets involves manpower. This manpower is not focused on the core activity but still, its importance has been stressed in this article. The buck does not stop here in case of vehicles, machinery, hardware, and peripherals and equipment require frequent repairs and maintenance or timely AMC is vital. Assets depreciate fast or turn into junk if not looked after. Besides, there is a fear of theft or misplacement. For large companies, this may turn into a loss of millions of dollars.
Although many organizations manually manage their properties the incurred cost could be high hence they resort to automation. To automate management organizations are increasingly relying on software. The worldwide asset management software in the year 2021 was 2.8 million USD and it is expected to cross 4 million USD by the year 2022. This shows the demand for fixed asset management software is rising every year. This figure will cross 5 million USD by the year 2024. The growth rate is over 11 % CAGR.
Spine HRMS
One of the most popular tools is fixed asset management software to manage human resources in an organization. The company producing Spine HRMS software is based in Mumbai. The organizations can outsource fixed asset management to companies like Metavision Technology based in Mumbai. It is a qualified partner of Spine HRMS.
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