By Steve Harris, Solutions Manager, Brightly Software

What are the advantages of digitising your asset management? What impact can a digitised system have on councils and their communities?

Assets. United. is a joined-up approach to asset management from Brightly, which gives its users – UK councils – a holistic view of all assets within their jurisdiction, irrespective of asset class, so they can make smarter decisions.

The initiative uncovers synergies between assets while putting the systems’ users in control of the actions they need to take.

Assets. United. offers: one system, one supplier, one cost.

And the benefits?

• Budget transparency. With a single system every expense is well-informed, allocated and tracked – granting an unparalleled view of real-time budget status.
  
  
• Better planning. With this holistic view of assets, councils can focus on more cost-effective strategic planning.
  
  
• Smarter decisions. With granular information on all assets in one place, councils gain both historic and real-time insight into asset behaviours and make informed decisions accordingly.
  
  
• Informed conversations. Quantifiable data is crucial when justifying the spend of taxpayers’ money. And with meticulous information available, conversations quickly can move from theoretical to concrete.
  
  
• Asset behaviour tracking. Every activity on every asset can be captured, giving a clear picture of how they behave over time – leading to targeted and cost-effective operation.
  
  
• Centralised information. With one source of truth across every department in the council, users have complete consistency of information inputting and reporting.

It’s undeniable that the shift to greater digitisation in asset management is opening doors for councils to overcome the challenges they face. By leveraging digital tools, such as Brightly Software, they can use smart asset data to help interrogate current operations, inform and defend financial decisions, and realise widespread cost-efficiencies that make budgets work harder for the council and benefit the community.

Want to learn more? See how Assets. United could positively impact your local authority’s operations: www.brightlysoftware.com/assetsunited

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