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Fixed asset tracking: location, custody and financial records

An asset's accounting value and its physical location answer different questions. Fixed asset management connects financial records with the need to track use, custody and physical counts.

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For teams managing equipment and assigned assets

Teams managing employee equipment, machines across locations or discrepancies found during counts need a shared asset record. Asset management connects physical tracking with accounting. The implementation depends on the applications already in use.

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An identifiable record for each asset

A computer, machine or item of equipment needs an individual record linking its description, serial number and acquisition details. A model name alone cannot distinguish identical devices. The physical identifier needs to match the identifier in the record.

Location and custody are separate facts

Knowing which branch holds a device does not identify its custodian. A location change and a handover or return are separate events. Recording them separately prevents moved equipment from remaining assigned to its previous user.

A physical count explains discrepancies

A count is more than a total. Missing assets, assets found elsewhere and unrecorded assets require different follow-up. The difference needs to be traced to a move, an incomplete record or a duplicate entry.

Financial and physical records serve different purposes

A fixed asset module supports financial records and related accounting. Logo Cloud's current offering includes fixed asset management, with scope dependent on the package. This does not mean that every custody or barcode counting requirement is included in the same module.

WORKFLOW

Preserve the asset's usage history

Recording changes of location and custodian as separate events makes physical count differences easier to trace.

  1. Asset record
  2. Handover and custody
  3. Location change
  4. Physical count

How this differs from warehouse management

WMS manages receiving, put-away, picking and dispatch in a warehouse. Asset tracking follows equipment used over time and who holds it. Custody of a production device and stock held for sale require different record structures.

Implementation starts with the existing records

Assets without serial numbers, shared equipment and purchases posted as a single accounting item need to be distinguished during setup. Explaining these differences makes it possible to link physical records to financial entries. Any physical counting application is a separate part of the scope.

Questions and answers

Does this page describe one packaged Logo product?

No. It describes the scope of a fixed asset and equipment tracking solution. The ERP module, physical tracking tool and any integration are chosen with their respective responsibilities made explicit.

Does depreciation calculation include custody tracking?

They are different functions. Depreciation concerns the financial record; custody identifies responsibility for use. Their relationship to the same asset does not make either function a substitute for the other.

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