Business Assets · Utilisation · Component
The idle list
Assets persistently below target, each with a decision attached — because an idle asset costs money continuously and appears on no report as a problem.
The deliverable
What it is
Idle assets are invisible in ordinary reporting. They generate no exception, no complaint and no variance that anyone reads, while consuming maintenance, licensing, space and capital.
Software subscriptions are the largest and least visible category in most organisations, and the fastest to correct.
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What it is made of
Each element is a constituent part of the component. Follow one to see the attributes it carries.
The idle assets
Assets below target for long enough that it is not variation.
3 attributes: Asset · Utilisation · Idle for
LearnThe carrying cost
What the idle asset costs per period while it is not being used.
3 attributes: Cost per period · Capital tied up · Period
LearnThe decision
Share, redeploy, dispose or retain deliberately.
3 attributes: Decision · Owner · By when
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Audit software subscriptions first. They are the largest idle category in most organisations and the fastest to correct.
The other components in utilisation
The utilisation measure
Actual use against practical capacity, per asset, measured consistently enough to compare over time.
LearnThe target set
What utilisation each asset should run at, with headroom included as a decision rather than left as slack.
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