A Joiners, Movers and Leavers (JML) process should offer a means of aligning IT assets to their respective owner

This process is all about how a pool of loan equipment can be a useful way to get more value from older equipment.

A key element of this process is the development of exception reports that allow equivalent data-sets to be compared to identify discrepancies between the reports.

This process ensures that equipment is deployed efficiently and in line with organisational service management policies and processes.

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 is the “north star” of good asset management towards which the entire organisation is heading

This process is all about accurate inventory data to be used to match the entitlement data for use in the license pool management process.

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.