Only a short two-minute walk from Asset Management Council’s office lays the Oakleigh Railway Station, the latest station to get the go-ahead from the Victorian government for an upgrade.
Asset management is everywhere, but it’s exciting to see it so close to home.
Does your asset management plan include budgets for maintenance of your assets? If not, why not? It doesn’t make good business sense to overlook the maintenance of your asset.
Why is it then, so many businesses continue to overlook maintenance plans?
A relationship is symbiotic. It must benefit all parties involved and create a safe and trusting space where communication and knowledge-sharing is paramount. This is certainly the case with the relationship between Broadspectrum and the Asset Management Council. The former is a partnering organisation and a founding member to the AM Council. Broadspectrum is on the journey with us to achieve our vision of enabling value from effective asset management.
Our New Zealand neighbours held a half-day forum, co-sponsored by AM Council and Unison, on driving asset management performance improvement on the afternoon of the 31st October. Topics included: Change management strategy to implement ISO 55001; One year beyond ISO55001, digital strategy; Lessons learnt by Transpower, Asset management and PAS 55; and evolving asset management.
Deeksha Sumanth the NSW Women in Asset management Representative (WiAM) ran a WiAM led event for the Sydney Chapter on the 17 October 2019. A very well attended event with an expert panel discussing ‘What does an Asset management Leader look like?’ Deeksha described the WiAM interest group and certainly encouraged further participation form Sydney’s attending members.