Strategic Framework for Tangible Asset Management

Tangible Asset Management Strategy | Agulhas Utilities Corporation

Tangible Asset Management Strategy

Infrastructure Stewardship • Lifecycle Planning • Maintenance Excellence

🎯 Purpose & Vision

This strategy outlines a long-term action plan—spanning the next decade—to address critical needs in infrastructure management and plant maintenance. It emphasizes a collaborative, lifecycle-based approach to ensure assets are developed, maintained, and renewed in alignment with service standards and financial sustainability.

🧩 Strategic Foundations

  • Asset requirements are driven by defined service levels and performance benchmarks.
  • Financial resources are allocated to optimize infrastructure investment and operational efficiency.
  • A long-term lifecycle approach governs asset operations, maintenance, and renewal planning.
“Tangible Asset Management is not just a technical function—it’s a strategic discipline that integrates governance, finance, and operations.”

👥 Building the Right Team

A successful Tangible Asset Management Strategy begins with a dedicated planning team. As the strategy evolves, implementation stakeholders must be integrated to ensure ownership, alignment, and seamless execution. A robust Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) system supports this by enhancing core functions like preventive maintenance and training.

🏛️ Executive Management

  • Act as stewards of infrastructure and plant assets.
  • Approve the Asset Management Strategy and monitor outcomes.
  • Set corporate policy, service levels, risk, and cost standards.
  • Ensure funding and resources are aligned with governance frameworks.
  • Champion asset management awareness across the organization.

🧑‍💼 CEO & Directors of Finance & Technical Services

  • Refine overarching Asset Management Policy linked to organizational plans.
  • Implement strategy within agreed resources and monitor performance.
  • Ensure accurate reporting to the Board for informed decision-making.
  • Support multidisciplinary Asset Management Task Teams.
  • Integrate stakeholder input into strategic planning.
  • Advise on service levels, risk, and cost standards.

🧭 Asset Management Steering Committee (AMSC)

  • Develop and implement plans for individual asset groups.
  • Oversee tactical programs for maintenance, refurbishment, and capital works.
  • Ensure community consultation and service delivery reporting.
  • Maintain and update asset databases and statutory reports.
  • Promote asset management awareness across all stakeholder groups.

🏢 Heads of Departments

  • Serve as asset owners and lead task teams.
  • Implement strategy and monitor performance within allocated resources.
  • Provide asset valuations and ensure assets are fit for purpose.
  • Conduct inspections and report on service level compliance.
  • Recommend upgrades, renewals, and service level adjustments to AMSC.

🔧 Maintenance Service Providers

  • Deliver inspection, maintenance, and upgrade services.
  • Ensure assets meet defined service levels in the Service Agreement.
“Asset Management is a shared responsibility—executives, engineers, and service providers must work in concert to protect and optimize infrastructure.”
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