Step 0: Understanding ICT Assets Management.
At the base ICT strategy and policies should be known. ICT Strategy depends upon the company’s strategy, policy can be seen as the way ICT will execute the strategy together with Finance: e.g. outsourcing, full ownership, HW lease or purchase, depreciation rules etc…
In casu Asset Management, we see three main responsibilities for Finance:
– Acquisition Management: contract negotiations and ordering process
– Inventory Management: the process and complete set of responsibilities, from receipt to books update to annual physical checks
- Disposal Management: end of life process, in relation to inventory management.
Step 1: Optimassets analyzes your situation
What is the status of your IT inventory? Who manages your IT assets database, and how? What is the workload to keep it updated? Who benefits from the database? Are the data accurate?
Step 2: Optimassets helps you define your strategy
By physically inventorizing your hardware and software, we create a complete overview of all your IT assets.
Additional data are added: type, model, serial, vendor, location, purchase value, book value, nature, (server, workstation) of the equipment, age, warranty end date, status (in operation or not).
We help you define a strategy and discover the financial impact.
Step 3: Optimassets helps you set up a customized process
It gives you a clear view of the information flow.
Shows weaknesses in the organization.
Allows to install change management and keep your data up-to-date.
The data reported are support to decisions.
It challenges the way of working.
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