Patent ID: 8326712
Filing Date: 2012-12-04
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a computer based system for managing asset consumption, billing information associated with consumption of computer-related hardware processing resources from a computer-related hardware processing resource provider, wherein the billing information includes a unique hardware processing job identifier which identifies a specific project associated with each hardware processing job executed by the computer-related hardware processing resource provider for an entity; reading, by the computer based system, a business model file comprising a business dimension within the entity, the business dimension including organizational information including a list of a plurality of groups within the entity; calculating, by the computer based system, a benefit of each hardware processing job; allocating, by the computer based system, the billing information by associating each of the received unique hardware processing job identifiers to a group in the plurality of groups; displaying, by the computer based system, the costs incurred by each group graphically during different time periods; assessing, by the computer based system, benefits of each hardware processing job as compared with the costs of each hardware processing job; and making, by the computer based system, a value based decision based on the assessment.