All organizations have assets regardless of their size, industry or revenue.  Asset management systems provide excellent tools for collecting, managing, and analyzing the data pertaining to infrastructure assets.  Integrating a geospatial technology component greatly improves the efficiency of asset management, visualization, and analysis.  With a Web Services integration approach, organizations have more options in deciding when it is appropriate to include geospatial information and capabilities.

Asset management systems provide comprehensive capabilities for managing various types of assets.  In the private and public sector, assets include infrastructure inventories for assets such as buildings, factories, water systems, wastewater systems, signage, meters, and equipment. These systems enable organizations to collect asset information, track asset status and maintenance history, analyze asset performance, and generate reports.  Typically, these are tabular database applications with powerful query and reporting capabilities. They often link to client billing systems, work management systems, or analysis packages for specific tasks.  The key benefit for organizations is the ability to improve the understanding and management of their asset inventory.

Many managed assets are located across large geographical areas and thus could benefit from the inclusion of a geospatial component.  These systems need a "picture" of the real world to unlock their full power for discovery, analysis, operations, and planning.  Efficient management of an asset must include location information to ensure good decisions are made relative to the surrounding area and effected assets.

Enabling your asset management system with GIS capabilities gives users the ability to visualize and understand the geographic context of an asset and find other assets located close by. This capability enables organizations to make better operational decisions and easily communicate proposed or actual asset improvements.

	Spatially managing assets simplifies planning operations with simple point and click capabilities
	Cut cost by increasing efficiency
	Improve disaster preparedness and logistics with asset location information
	Fast, easy and tight integration with open systems and web services standards
	Improve the ability to visualize, analyze and communicate asset information

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