by Verasset | Mar 6, 2014 | Asset Life Cycle, Capital Asset Management, Fixed Asset Depreciation, Fixed Asset Inventory, Fixed Asset Register, Latest News
Controls are necessary in order to ensure that asset management is occurring and as expected. There are many ways to achieve control and they will vary throughout the asset life cycle. For example, controls that apply to acquisition will differ from those of...
by Verasset | Mar 5, 2014 | Asset Life Cycle, Asset Reconciliation Verification, Capital Asset Management, Fixed Asset Inventory, Fixed Asset Management, Fixed Asset Register, Latest News
Automating asset management activities represents an important control. Typically this relates to the capture and reporting of information. However a better approach is to apply automation at the workflow level and as a means to automatically force compliance with...
by Verasset | Mar 4, 2014 | Asset Life Cycle, Capital Asset Management, Fixed Asset Management, Fixed Asset Register, Latest News
In order to identify the classes of expensed/non-capitalized assets to be tracked and included within an asset management program, you must establish a set of criteria. For example, assets that contain confidential information need to be controlled. Assets susceptible...
by Verasset | Mar 3, 2014 | Asset Life Cycle, Capital Asset Management, Fixed Asset Management, Fixed Asset Register, Latest News
The term asset management is used to represent a system of internal controls designed to safeguard and track the property of an organization. Most organizations have a policy to capitalize only those assets which cost more than a specified amount and expense all...
by Verasset | Feb 28, 2014 | Asset Life Cycle, Asset Reconciliation, Asset Reconciliation Verification, Capital Asset Management, Fixed Asset Inventory, Fixed Asset Management, Fixed Asset Reconciliation, Fixed Asset Register, Latest News
Generally speaking, a fixed asset register is intended to be used for depreciation reporting – not for tracking physical assets. Consequently, the vast majority of registers either don’t accommodate the detail needed to track assets or the personnel who maintain a...
by Verasset | Feb 27, 2014 | Asset Life Cycle, Asset Reconciliation, Asset Reconciliation Verification, Capital Asset Management, Fixed Asset Depreciation, Fixed Asset Management, Fixed Asset Reconciliation, Fixed Asset Register, Latest News
In the last entry, we touched upon register adjustments related to additions. Potential adjustments can also be associated with (but are not limited to): Removal of an asset that could not be verified during the physical count (referred to as a write down or write...