It is the way assets are managed to provide a desired level of service to customers and having the most efficient practices and systems to provide these services. Assets must be looked at from 'lust to dust', that is through the planning, creation, construction and operational maintenance phases. This should be achieved through an asset mangement system with a level of sophistication suitable for your needs.
Strategic planning requires evaluation of customer needs, now and in the future.
Understanding the current levels of service and how our assets are consumed enables prediction of what additional assets are required to achieve the desired level of service and when to initiate them. As a minimum, the short term management of assets normally involves the preparation and implementation of annual capital works programs, and operation and maintenance of the assets. The optimisation of the operations and maintenance programs can only be undertaken after analysis of the type and cost of the works underatken on the assets. This lends itself to a computer system where reports on all the works orders issued can be generated and tracked through to completion. Data audits Asset condition and performance monitoring For further information contact either Paul Harris or Chris Hoar at NGIS Australia or John King or Jan Karpinski at BSD Consultants .