Decentralising asset management in a university environment using Web enabled technology

Author: Gabriel, Gerard Cesar

Source: Facilities, Volume 21, Number 10, 2003 , pp. 233-243(11)

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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Abstract:

With the advent of Web technology and the proliferation of Web enabled systems in the last few years, remote computer aided facilities management (CAFM) and computer integrated facilities management (CIFM) are starting to assume a more significant role. Computerised asset management (AM) has been widely discussed and various conceptual models, benchmarking and best practice principles have been proposed in the past. However, the vast majority of case studies involved private corporations as well as public sector institutions, with the majority using single-site studies, but very little dealt with the education sector spread on multi-sites. The effective management of assets forms an integral part of the management of the University of Sydney?s (USYD) overall resources in order to achieve its goals towards excellence in teaching and research. Reviews the current, more or less, manual centralised AM system at USYD and proposes a framework for a more decentralised, Web-based AM system built on the existing CIFM system used by the Facilities Management Office. Further examines the strengths and weaknesses of the current and proposed systems and the possible application of the proposed system to a range of AM scenarios outside the context of the university environment.

Keywords: Assets management; Decentralised control; Information; Universities

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/02632770310493607

Publication date: 2003-10-01