This process makes sure software budgets are accurate from year to year and that information is captured in savings tracker.

This process covers two steps in the asset lifecycle – that of decommission and disposal. It is also used when leased equipment is due to be returned to the vendor.

This process is designed to ensure that procurement best practice is followed, and to minimise the theft and fraud that is all too common before assets are deployed into service.

This process asks you to implement effective information security processes, and as such, we have aligned it to ISO27000 – the international standard for information security.

Given the information security implications of the loss or theft of equipment containing sensitive personal or commercial information, this process is one of the most important hardware asset management processes.  

This process ensures the right level of management to keep documents and information safe for the appropriate amount of time.

This process is about equipment that is serviceable but not actually in use, and it is important that these items are identified so they can be reused where possible.

An efficient asset repair process should aim to minimise the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of the equipment, ensuring that an asset is only repaired if it is economical, and that assets are repaired and returned to service in a timely manner.