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Asset Management Systems and The Long Game Asset management systems perform multiple important functions for all sorts of industries. You can use programs to monitor inventories, machines, [...]

Effective And Efficient Fleet (Vehicle) Management Fleet management is the process of managing and maintaining company vehicles (fleet), commonly made up of automobiles, trucks, and vans. Fleet [...]

Hardcat Software Solutions and Services 2023 Locating your assets, tools and equipment is just the first part of the job. We offer complete solutions to help you audit, track and maintain your [...]

Facilities and Property Asset Management and Maintenance What is Facilities Asset Management Facilities asset management is the practice of managing and sustaining an organisation’s [...]

Governance, Risk and Compliance – Effective Asset Management Effective asset management is the coordinated activity of an organisation to realise value from its assets and is dependent on [...]

Looking For Power Tools and Hand Tools In All The Wrong Places? Tools and equipment tracking software deliver savings through increased equipment productivity, whilst efficient care and [...]

The economic and financial developments of recent years alert us that what we have been doing in the past will not be satisfactory to deal with challenges in the future. Realistic, advanced [...]

What is RFID? The first technology was the Continuous Wave radio generation which was created in 1906 by Ernst F. W. Alexanderson. The second technology was the Radar device which is thought to [...]

Hardcat solutions support process-driven plant and equipment management Construction plant and equipment management is defined in this context as the maintenance and location tracking of plant [...]

What Is Enterprise Asset Management Software? Enterprise asset management software continues to be essential to building a robust asset management strategy. Amidst the current business climate, [...]

Inaccurate asset registers cost you money Inaccurate asset registers can cost your organisation dearly in higher taxes and insurance premiums as well as slowing down business processes. [...]

Hardcat® Lebosi® – Enterprise Asset Management Hardcat Lebosi Enterprise asset management allows all sites within your organisation to use the same 100% web-hosted asset management solution, no [...]

HardcatWeb Enhanced User Experience With the Fixed Asset Management Market moving towards web and cloud-based offerings Hardcat is proud to introduce HardcatWeb. Providing access to your asset [...]

Track and monitor your assets in the cloud After several years of hosting software on-premises, technology has evolved and cloud computing is at the forefront of digital transformation. Globally, [...]

Mobility for Assets, Auditing, Stock Control and Maintenance Mobile devices will assist you in controlling business assets. But while mobility for asset management is nothing new, a recent [...]

Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) and Computerised Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) Comprehensive Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) systems are designed to deliver life cycle management for [...]

Operational Performance and Asset Management Operational performance and asset management go hand in hand as any shortcomings with either discipline will lead to reduced performance and [...]

Physical asset management helps businesses maximise asset efficiency while lowering the cost of lost or underutilised equipment and providing for better life cycle management, maintenance [...]

Transform your assets and equipment maintenance operations Maintenance management and reducing the impact of breakdowns and downtime are the main objectives of maintenance. But the strategies [...]

Military Equipment Tracking – Defence Materiel Sustainment Military equipment tracking in the air, land and sea armed forces is a big undertaking, that requires careful monitoring and a thorough [...]

Choosing asset management software to manage your important assets and equipment can be daunting. There are so many options on the market, and what works for one organisation may not be the right [...]

Keeping track of business assets is important for every organisation Asset management systems nowadays allow organisations to simplify day-to-day operations. By keeping asset information such as [...]

Equipment tracking, the sheer volume of expensive and ever-expiring equipment, and the importance of getting the right equipment to the right people, at the right time, makes equipment management [...]

Hardcat Lebosi® Managing Law Enforcement Critical Operational Equipment We understand that there are safety considerations and compliances that need to be taken into consideration when working in [...]

Practical tips on selecting asset management software Got expensive assets? Are they valuable regarding business operations? Asset management and tracking software are designed to help [...]

To tree or not to tree; the inclusion of trees in long-term asset management plans Local government asset management encompasses a boundless variety of assets, including real estate (such as [...]

School asset management software has undergone a rapid transformation over the years. The education sector is now a trillion-dollar industry and with student numbers growing sharply, there’s a [...]

Aged Care Assets and Equipment Management Hardcat works very closely with retirement villages and aged care homes to help achieve compliance and governance. Our many years of experience have [...]

Hardcat® Lebosi® Property and Evidence solution Hardcat Lebosi property and evidence system is specifically designed to manage the receipting, transfer and disposal of property, evidence and [...]

PPE and patient equipment tracking Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is equipment worn by a worker to minimize exposure to specific hazards. Examples of PPE include safety shoes, gloves, [...]

RFID Real-World Asset Tracking Case Studies RFID tracking applications are advantageous across a broad range of industries. The technology provides new and exciting opportunities for increasing [...]

Mining equipment maintenance and worker safety The mining and resources sector is by nature a highly complex industry that is equipment intensive and risk-prone. Its workers operate and maintain [...]

Businesses of any size are required to manage a variety of assets. From IT equipment to buildings, fleet vehicles and operational equipment. The old ways of using paper forms and spreadsheets to [...]

Delivering Resource Certainty Equipment tracking, the sheer volume of expensive and ever-expiring equipment, and the importance of getting the right equipment to the right people, at the right [...]

Taking control of assets using an asset management system improves the efficiency and financial strength of your business, by maintaining these assets as economically as possible. Taking control [...]

In this competitive world, asset management software needs to be able to meet new expectations and your expanding needs. Be able to incorporate new business processes, and grow with your [...]

An “asset” is a broad term in business. It includes industrial facilities, fleet, heavy equipment, machinery, cash on hand, accounts receivables, real estate property, and buildings, [...]

Asset Tags And Their Designs Asset tags made from various materials and for various surfaces are used in just about every industry. The types of tags range from the humble Barcode label to QR [...]

Equipment and Maintenance Tracking Medical equipment tracking software and first-rate medical equipment enhance the quality of healthcare provided to patients. Benefits include faster diagnosis, [...]

Mobile work orders for mobile maintenance Users of major EAM systems still cannot get maintenance work orders on their mobile devices. Not having mobile access to service data when you are [...]

Hardcat RFID Sentinel Solution Hardcat RFID sentinel for assets, personnel and equipment tracking solutions help to manage information such as item quantities, personnel assignments/movement and [...]

Small business owners have too much to do in too little time! Not surprisingly, a majority of them (72 per cent) feel overwhelmed by their roles and responsibilities. Managers face daily [...]

What are fixed assets? A fixed asset is your property, movable or immovable, tangible or intangible, fixed or circulating. With a useful life longer than one year such as your land, buildings, [...]

What is IT Asset Management? IT Asset Management is a business management investment that provides substantial and measurable benefits for optimised spending and supports strategic [...]

Visualise Everything The current world disruption and consequent huge numbers of people working from home is rushing organisations globally into making arrangements to provide staff with the [...]

How Does RFID Work? RFID technology is generally a non-contact, automatic identification technology that uses radio signals to identify, track, sort and detect a variety of objects or readings. [...]

Fixed asset depreciation is a method of reallocating the cost of a tangible asset over its useful life span. Businesses depreciate long-term (fixed) assets for both accounting and tax purposes. [...]

Emergency Services Equipment Management Hardcat controls any type of equipment for any type of industry. However, it is the emergency services sectors such as firefighting and rescue that faces [...]

Why asset and inventory management is important to schools and universities Asset management for the education sector in the 21st century means preparing for a globalised and connected [...]

Is Stock, Consumables and Inventory Management the Same Thing? Stock management is the practice of ordering quantities of items, storing, tracking, and managing these items that are used for your [...]

Help Desk And Service Desk Integration A key help desk software system benefit is the ability to escalate problems and calculate the downtime for performance statistics on assets, asset types and [...]

Do you have risks in your asset procurement and purchasing processes? Asset procurement and purchasing risks are the potentials for failures of a procurement process. In many cases, procurement [...]

Hospitals, Aged Care and Healthcare Services Enormous numbers of medical equipment are needed to run a hospital effectively and it is the clinical engineering department’s role to ensure that the [...]

Asset Management And Maintenance Software Hotel asset management and maintenance management, in the competitive industry that is hospitality, is very demanding yet necessary for hotel owners, [...]

Hardcat® Lebosi® – law enforcement solutions – complete equipment, property and evidence management Hardcat law enforcement equipment tracking and property and evidence solutions [...]

An asset tracking solution saves money, but only once the asset data has been collected and the asset register has been created. Then there is the challenge faced by asset managers of maintaining [...]

AV Equipment Tracking   AV equipment tracking (Audio-Visual), safety and finance associated with the film industry have historically been controlled via paper-based spreadsheets and [...]

Document tracking for physical files The sheer volume and getting the right documents in the right hands at the right time has never been harder. “There were 5 exabytes of information created [...]

Hardcat and Small to Medium Enterprises Investing in an asset management system assists small companies to get the most value out of their assets. By tracking the movement of high-value assets, [...]

What is Asset Auditing? Essentially, asset auditing is a physical verification process that compares an organisation’s “official list” of assets (normally contained within an [...]

If you could scrutinize the cost of your yearly tooling expenses, you might be surprised at what you are really spending. Typically your tooling assets – perishable, durable, fixturing, dies, [...]