Let Hardcat establish a more productive and positive workplace for your University or institution.
The Hardcat University Asset Utilisation Program has been specifically designed to uncover asset waste and turn it into opportunity. We facilitate superior acquisition and management of assets that results in substantial cost savings.
As we look to more sustainable ways of growing, and to provide a better educational environment for students and staff, we must question whether we are achieving the best use of our available resources.
It has been measured that in most businesses, including universities, 6% of equipment is wasted. For some the figure is even higher. Imagine having a plan to identify and eliminate that waste over the next twelve months? In addition, feel secure in the knowledge that you have the systems and processes to ensure that the assets under the custodianship of the University are properly managed and accounted for into the future.
University Asset Control Benefits expand
- Identify immediate savings
- Maximize ongoing savings
- Allocate savings to new purchases
- Improved strategic purchasing
- A competitive vendor process
- Unlock poorly used space
- Improved support levels
- Out-of-hours maintenance
- Equipment that just works
- Reinforce the systems already in place
- Achieve the maximum amount of success possible from the skills, IP and knowledge using fully available assets
- The program gives you unprecedented control over the whole life-cycle of your equipment.
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A vital link in education expand
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Your equipment is of vital importance in delivering successful educational outcomes.
By and large, all resources including staff, skills, knowledge and intellectual property rely on assets that are both functioning correctly and available. Even a small unplanned equipment failure can lead to cascading poor outcomes.
Superior assets management shifts the causes of failure away from equipment malfunction to insufficient training or user error; from complicated resolution to simple remedy.
Reputation
In the competitive world of attracting students, staff and funding dollars, a good reputation is vital. Positive and motivated staff are essential to overall levels of student satisfaction. Staff should meet to discuss future plans and opportunities, not to try to overcome current equipment problems, or worse, to find the blame for past issues. We stop the conversations in the corridor about unavailable equipment or lack of service.
Asset utilisation
Rooms packed with old or unused equipment are a waste of space and money, severely limiting potential. We must aim to utilize 100% capacity of university equipment. Hardcat makes sure it's where it should be and “It Just Works”.
Reducing Costs
Applying a cradle to grave approach to managing operating costs by employing a strong methodology from acquisition, through maintenance and vendor services to disposal. This way equipment can be managed more cost effectively, less wastefully and achieve better outcomes. We reign in uncoordinated purchasing that leads to substantial long term waste. |
Finding your budget surplus expand
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Universities are currently experiencing rapid change in many areas and finding increasing pressure on funding. One of the key questions is how do we meet increased expectations from both students and staff? Are current practices, both in terms of asset and financial management, up to the task?
Assess
Hardcat will assess the situation and establish if there is an opportunity for us to add value to your processes. This takes about 10 days. This will uncover the high-level asset management and contractual issues that are responsible for asset waste and poor equipment outcomes.
Implement
We reconcile the physical assets against other legacy and operational records. This allows us to establish improved procurement systems and processes for successful cost reduction management. This takes up to 90 days and we would expect to locate savings of up to $1.5 million.
Manage
Finally we work to transition the existing process model through to an operational, SLA driven, standards based solution. Delivers a fully functional model with a shared vision at a significantly reduced financial cost.
Hardcat have the experience and expertise to ensure your institution has the most robust and best performing processes possible, setting up both immediate and ongoing savings. These savings would be much better allocated to capital improvements and additional services for staff and students.
We believe your equipment is a vital link in transferring skills and knowledge. It cannot be left to fail. |
