Expert insights and best practices for professional asset management, maintenance operations, and compliance.
A practical guide to preventive maintenance for UK manufacturing sites — PUWER, LOLER and PSSR compliance, building a maintenance schedule that actually holds, and where statutory inspection ends and best practice begins.
A practical guide to managing hotel assets in the UK — fire safety, gas safety, Legionella control, FF&E lifecycles, insurance, and the compliance calendar every hospitality maintenance team needs to run.
UpKeep is a mobile-first CMMS built for maintenance technicians. UniAsset is built for the whole team — operations, finance, IT, and facilities — with depreciation, TCO, and a Fixed Asset Register alongside maintenance management.
An engineering-led look at how UniAsset's IoT Signal foundation is architected: ingestion, storage, tenant isolation, and the road from visibility to automation.
Snipe-IT is a powerful open-source tool — if you have someone to host and maintain it. UniAsset gives you everything Snipe-IT offers, plus financial reporting and maintenance scheduling, as a managed cloud service.
Limble CMMS is built for dedicated maintenance departments. UniAsset is built for the rest of your organization — with financial intelligence, faster onboarding, a free plan, and no per-technician pricing.
Asset management without IoT signal visibility is reactive by definition. Here is what visibility actually changes for maintenance, reliability, and compliance teams.
How to forward Azure IoT Hub telemetry into UniAsset for enterprise asset monitoring — without re-instrumenting your devices or rewriting your edge transforms.
Asset Panda tracks assets. UniAsset tracks assets, maintains them, depreciates them, and tells you exactly what they cost — starting from a free plan with no credit card required.
Book value is what an asset is worth on your balance sheet after depreciation. It affects financial reporting, insurance decisions, disposal planning, and how your organization understands the real cost of the things it depends on.
IAS 16 governs how property, plant and equipment is depreciated under IFRS. It is less prescriptive than most people expect — but the flexibility comes with obligations. Here is what you need to know.
Written Down Value is not just another depreciation method. For Indian companies, it is the legally required approach for most asset classes under the Companies Act 2013 and the Income Tax Act. Here is everything you need to know.
Most depreciation errors are not calculation errors. They are structural ones — wrong methods, missing data, disconnected systems. Here are the seven mistakes that surface most often at audit time, and what to do about each one.
Most HVAC failures aren't equipment problems. They're information problems. Here's how HVAC businesses are stopping the cycle of reactive chaos — and what it looks like when they do.
Three depreciation methods. Three completely different book value curves. One choice that affects your taxes, your audit, and your financial reporting. Here is how to pick the right one.
UniAsset now answers your operational questions in plain English — instantly, from anywhere in your dashboard. No reports. No exports. No waiting. Just ask.
How NHS trusts, care homes, and private healthcare providers manage medical equipment in the UK — MHRA compliance, CQC expectations, PPM vs calibration, and responding to safety alerts.
UniAsset now supports Google SSO, Microsoft SSO, and Microsoft Entra ID Directory Sync. Sign in with your existing identity provider, and let your directory manage your team automatically.
MACRS is the IRS-mandated depreciation system for US federal tax purposes. Here is how it works, how the property classes map to real assets, and how to apply it without looking up a single IRS table manually.
There is no single mandated depreciation method in the UK. Here is how FRS 102, IFRS and HMRC actually treat fixed asset depreciation — and why your accounts and your tax return use two completely different systems.
Operations managers and maintenance teams use this guide to understand work order management — from work order types and lifecycle to SLA deadlines and cost tracking. Start managing smarter.
Most maintenance teams either have no SLA at all or rely on a single flat alert that nobody acts on. This guide explains the case for tiered escalation and how to configure it for your organisation.
Learn how businesses can track insurance policies effectively, avoid coverage lapses, and manage renewals with structured systems instead of spreadsheets and reminders.
UniAsset now calculates asset depreciation using SLM, WDV, Declining Balance, Double Declining Balance, MACRS, and Sum of Years' Digits — automatically, per asset category, for every asset in your portfolio.
Learn how to build a reliable compliance tracking system for your business. Understand how to manage licenses, certifications, and documents before they become risks.
Most organizations store documents but fail to manage them. Learn why expiry tracking, ownership, and lifecycle management matter—and how to prevent compliance failures.
Discover how structured asset management reduces downtime, cuts maintenance costs, and improves production reliability in manufacturing environments. A practical guide for operations leaders.
Learn how healthcare organizations manage medical equipment, reduce risk, and improve patient care through structured asset management.
Facilities teams manage complex, distributed assets across buildings and systems. Learn why visibility—not just maintenance tickets—is the foundation of effective facilities asset management.
Construction asset management is uniquely difficult—equipment moves between sites, ownership is unclear, and visibility is near zero. Here's how construction teams can take back control.
A practical guide to preparing for a fixed asset audit in the UK — what external auditors, academy trust internal scrutiny, and insurers actually check, and how to get ready before the request lands.
Learn how to create a reliable asset register for your organization. This guide explains what information to track, common mistakes, and how to maintain accurate asset records.
Learn the most important asset management KPIs for operations teams, including maintenance cost ratios, asset utilization, lifecycle cost metrics, and performance indicators.
Connect UniAsset with your ERP, IoT devices, automation tools, and internal systems. Your asset system of record just became the center of your operational ecosystem.
Learn how to track licenses and certifications effectively. Avoid expiry risks, manage renewals, and build a reliable system for compliance tracking.
Spreadsheets seem like a reasonable way to track assets—until audits fail, equipment goes missing, and decisions get made on bad data. Here's why the tool that works at small scale becomes the thing holding you back.
Understand the full lifecycle of physical assets—from acquisition to disposal—and how organizations can manage cost, maintenance, and performance effectively.
A practical guide to building and maintaining a compliant school asset register in the UK — covering academy trust requirements, FRS 102, insurance, fire safety, and best practice.
Understanding what makes a true system of record for physical assets—and why spreadsheets and CMMS fall short for most organizations.
A practical comparison of three approaches to managing physical assets—and how to choose the right one for your organization.
Why knowing where your assets are is not the same as having a reliable record of what you own, what it costs, and who's accountable.
Asset tracking and asset management are not the same thing. Understanding the difference determines whether your organization can answer the questions that actually matter.
How UK hotel groups keep asset data, compliance, and capital planning consistent across a portfolio — where single-property maintenance approaches break down at scale, and what to do instead.
Poor asset management costs far more than organizations realize. Learn where the hidden costs accumulate—reactive maintenance, misplaced assets, missing documentation—and what it takes to stop them.
Reactive maintenance feels cheaper until you do the math. Explore the true cost difference between preventive and reactive maintenance strategies—and how data helps you choose the right approach.
A comprehensive guide to implementing asset management in your organization. Learn the fundamentals of tracking, categorizing, and managing physical assets for maximum efficiency and compliance.
Learn how to implement preventive maintenance programs that reduce downtime, extend asset life, and optimize operational costs. A practical guide for facilities and operations teams.
Learn how to calculate and analyze Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for physical assets. Move beyond purchase price to understand true asset costs and make better procurement decisions.
A practical framework for deciding whether to repair aging equipment or replace it. Learn how maintenance costs, downtime, and total cost of ownership affect the decision.
How IT departments can implement effective asset management for hardware, software, and licensing. Practical guidance for tracking, compliance, and lifecycle management of technology assets.
Essential guidance for maintaining asset documentation that satisfies auditors and supports compliance. Learn what to track, how to organize records, and how to prepare for audit requests.
Start tracking your assets, scheduling maintenance, and gaining operational insights today.
