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Adding an asset

An asset is an object or physical entity that requires periodic inspection, maintenance, or repair. Assets could include:

• Mechanical equipment, such as HVAC equipment, pumps, heat exchangers, and boilers
• Mobile equipment that has no fixed location, such as vehicles
• Buried pipes, valves, and vaults or subsurface structures

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How to add an asset

• Click on the Assets menu icon, then select Assets.
• Click on New.

General

The General section contains the most detailed information for your Asset.

• Enter any applicable information you can here, including Asset Name, Asset #, Make and Model information, Purchase information, as well as Asset Status, Parent Asset, and Criticality. *Note: The Purchase Date, Purchase Price, Replacement Cost, Expected Life and Salvage Value fields provide the necessary data to allow Asset Essentials to calculate important management functions like life cycle analysis and remaining expected life.

• If you plan to print barcode labels for your assets, enter a Barcode number. This is also where you would enter a non-Asset Essentials QR code value for the Asset, if you are using them.

• We recommend selecting a Category for your Asset. *Note: Categories are fully customizable and are an important aspect of organizing Assets and Parts. To learn more about how to set up Categories in your account, see Adding Categories.
• In order to allow for this asset to be "checked out" or assigned to a Crew, check the box next to Allow sign-out.

Asset Condition

Use this section to track the condition of your asset.

• Select the Current Condition from the drop-down menu.
• Select the Condition Date and Est. Replace Date from the drop-down menus.
• The Total WO Cost, Total WO Labor Hrs, and Total Downtime will be calculated and displayed in these fields automatically.

 

Warranty tracking

Use this section to track any warranty information for this asset.

• Enter the Warranty Title.
• Select the Warranty Expiration Date from the pop-up calendar.
• Click the vendor icon () and select the Warranty Vendor by clicking the plus sign icon () next to the vendor name.

Equipment Rate

This section allows you to define the operating costs for this Asset. *Note: To use the Equipment Rate feature, Allow sign-out must be checked in the General section.

• Click the Add button.
• Enter the Name of the Rate.
• Enter the Cost per Unit.
• Select the Unit of Measurement from the drop down menu.
• Type a Description if necessary.

 

Assigned to

Use this section if responsibility for asset maintenance falls to the same person(s) regardless of frequency. This will automatically assign a work order with this asset to the selected users if the Work Order template has been set up to assign from the Source Asset/Location/Site.

• Click the Select User or Select Me icons at the top to either select yourself or another user whose information is already populated in Asset Essentials.

Emergency

Use this section to assign person(s) to be notified of emergency conditions for the asset.

• Click the Select User or Select Me icons at the top to either select yourself or another user whose information is already populated in Asset Essentials.
• Click Add to type in an assignee's information manually.

Associated assets

Complex Assets may be linked to other assets. Use this section to identify those other Assets.

• Click on the Select Asset gear icon to select an Asset(s) to list here.

Notes

This section gives the opportunity to add various notes to the Asset.

• Enter general notes, as well as Tool Crib Notes, Purchase Notes, Warranty Notes, Emergency Notes, Safety Notes, Training Notes, Shutdown Procedure Notes, and LOTO Procedure Notes as needed.
• Use the word processing buttons at the top of each section to format your text, or add a link.

Photo

This section allows you to attach a photo to the Asset.

• Click on the Select Document/Image icon to either select an image from the Documents Library, or add an image from your computer.

Documents

Use this section to attach documents, like user manuals, POs, packing slips, or any other Asset related documents.

• Click on the Select Document icon to either select a document from the documents library, or add a document from your computer.

• Click Save at the top of the screen to add this Asset to Asset Essentials.