Gold Award (Sydney Design Awards) For Circular Economy To Forward Thinking Design (FTD Circular)   The award-winning team from Forward Thinking Design has partnered with project management firm Ilimaf and the asset management software company Hardcat Pty Ltd to develop a process, services and digital tools that enable organisations to take a circular economy approach to fit-out design, construction and de-fit. The components of this innovation are: The services (training, consultancy, de-fit diversion delivery) Tools (Fit-out C.E Supplier Directory and FTD Circular/Hardcat Lebosi digital ..read more

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 management software may also assist businesses in looking after their drivers’ health and safety, as well as ensuring that they follow the law. Fleet management solutions aim at reducing risks, improving safety and security, monitoring fleets, and optimizing fleet operations. They help in reducing the total cost of ownership, protecting investments in assets, assisting asset inventory management, facil ..read more

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 assets with small-medium enterprise or enterprise solutions. We know that certainty matters. That’s why our solutions provide full and instant visibility, so you’re never in doubt. Hardcat’s software solutions specialise in the tracking of entities, as well as the maintenance of those entities. To extend the life and reduce the time, effort, and cost to control those entities. View Hardcat Product Brochu ..read more

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 physical assets, such as its buildings, machinery, and equipment, referred to as facilities asset management. Business operations, maintenance, regulatory obligations and protecting the security of resources and workers are all included in this. Management of facilities seeks to keep an organisation’s assets in excellent shape and use them effectively while simultaneously reducing expenditures. Organisations ..read more

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 accurate, up-to-date and quality asset information. This requires asset management to interact with many functions and departments of an organisation as assets can touch many areas. During an industry benchmarking study by a prominent asset management consultancy for a large utility organisation, it was determined that the cost of the asset management system made up only 3% of the industry cost. However, the ..read more

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 maintenance sustain your items for longer. Simplifying the process of checking out or issuing tools and equipment eliminates lines at workshops, delivers accountability and allows for reduced tool and equipment loss and misuse. Tracking the equipment across multiple locations and job sites permits accurate reporting of any lost tools and equipment, due to theft, or mismanagement.    Theft And Van ..read more

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 methods for value-based asset management of physical assets have increased in sophistication over the past several years. Value-based asset management is about ensuring the highest level of value creation from your assets and equipment. Value creation takes place over the entire lifecycle of the assets, and value is optimised through the coherent management of costs, risks and performance. Strategic asset ..read more

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 have been developed in 1922 and was utilised extensively in World War II (Landt, 2001). The combination of these two devices resulted in the concept of RFID which was first academically proposed in theory by Harry Stockman in 1948. During this time, RFID was employed as a means to distinguish between enemy and allied aircraft in the war. Unfortunately, as Stockman notes, technology had not progressed t ..read more

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 items (machinery, equipment, appliances, containers, implements and tools and components or anything fitted or connected to those things). Some examples of plant equipment include lifts, cranes, computers, machinery, scaffolding components, conveyors, forklifts, augers, vehicles, power tools and amusement devices. Asset management and tool tracking software assist you with scheduling maintenance, m ..read more

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, investing in long-term efforts rather than over-prioritising short-term goals is the smarter option. In addition, sub-optimal asset data and deteriorating information over time impact the ability to make informed decisions and extract the maximum value from your assets and equipment. Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) looks for cost-effective ways to oversee equipment, assets and infrastructure (f ..read more