25.13. Asset management

Asset module expansion

Definitions

Assets are the equipment and supplies used to support a health supply chain. Assets includes items like vehicles, fridges, and freezers.

In contrast, stock or inventory are the medicinal products and consumables that move through the health supply chains to be used by health workers or dispensed to patients. Stock or inventory include items like Amoxicillin 500mg capsules and surgical masks.

Different information is important when recording assets including:

when the asset was purchased as well as when it was sold or thrown away

current location and maintenance schedule

current value and depreciation rate

mSupply allows you to manage assets you have in your facility

In order to use this function users will need to have the appropriate asset permissions enabled in the Permissions(3) tab of a user's details page. See Managing users

Asset output form

Assets tab

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