The Asset Management Council is seeking a highly qualified practitioner in asset management to serve as its National Chair for the Young Asset Management Practitioners Group. The following credentials and qualities are desired:
The link between a physical asset and the digital world is becoming more and more important for asset tracking. Barcodes, RFID’s and QR codes lead the current market as future solutions. A hidden factor often forgotten by construction companies is asset theft. QR codes could be the way of the future. It would be really handy to scan a QR code and it bring up all the critical data on any piece of equipment. Maintaining an assets life-cycle remotely and on site was a major problem the sector faces. This article talks about QR codes and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) use in data transfer and as an ideal, easy and efficient way of recognizing and tracking assets. Read more here
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How do you track what you can’t see? As industry pushes towards driverless machinery, reliable tracking of remote and rural mobile assets becomes more and more essential. Fixed assets such as piping buried underground or underwater, which are not feasible or easily accessible, need monitoring for protection. This is a major industry hurdle as “30% of all organisations do not know what they own, where their assets are located or who is using them.” This combined with the fact that “65% of fixed asset data is incomplete, inaccurate or missing altogether,” results in significant losses of money, clients and control. Read more here
http://viewer.epageview.com/Viewer.aspx?docid=b8698ccb-973f-45a7-9d3f-a76200c09b41#?page=16
Infrastructure Australia has developed an Infrastructure Priority List which is updated regularly. Take a look at the list here Infrastructure Priority List
“In the Australian Infrastructure Plan, Infrastructure Australia identified a number of ways in which infrastructure investment and reform can help achieve infrastructure reforms that improve our productivity. This includes:
The Qld Government released a Cyclone Shelters discussion paper in March and are looking for feedback. Submission close 28 July.
If you are interested in assisting in review of this paper please contact the AMCouncil office via info@amcouncil.com.au or ph 03 9819 2515
AMCouncil’s Jim Kennedy is to represent the AM Council at the INCOSE Conference to be held in Adelaide from 15th to 20th July 2017. Jim will participate as an asset management expert together with other international experts during Wednesday afternoon sessions 19th July. Program available here. Transportation highlights available here.