IT asset management - Process
HAM
(Hardware Asset Management)
Tracking an organisation’s physical technology equipment from purchase through to retirement
What's it for?
Keeps track of company laptops, phones and other equipment from purchase to disposal.
For example…
When an employee leaves, the hardware asset record shows which laptop and monitor must be collected, wiped and prepared for someone else
Hardware asset management records which employee has each laptop, when its warranty expires and when it should be replaced or securely disposed of
Think of it like…
Library for devices: loaned out, returned, repaired, and eventually withdrawn from stock