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Property Control
2054 Wolverine Tower
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1273
Phone: (734) 764-6251
Fax: (734) 647-4262

Property Control
2054 Wolverine Tower
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1273
Phone: (734) 764-6251
Fax: (734) 647-4262

Property Control
2054 Wolverine Tower
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1273
Phone: (734) 764-6251
Fax: (734) 647-4262

Asset Management

Table of Contents:

Overview:
Role of Financial Operations and Property Control Office
Types of assets
Initiating financial transactions for assets within your organization:
Adding new assets to your organization
Transferring an asset to a different organization
 
Link to M-Pathways website for the Asset Management system:
Download data dictionary for Asset Management
How to obtain access to the Asset Management system

Asset Management Account Definitions

Overview of Asset Management at the University of Michigan

The University of Michigan is implementing PeopleSoft across the University. One of the advantages of implementing campus-wide is the ability to interact and share information across all modules. The Asset Management Module is part of the Physical Resources/Financial Core Process Unit.

Role of Financial Operations and the Property Control Office:
Financial Operations is responsible for reviewing and adding financial assets greater than $5,000 to the asset management system. They are responsible for all financial transactions involving the assets, including recording the accounting entries to the General Ledger, transfer of assets to different organizations, cost adjustments, and recording of monthly depreciation.
Property Control Office is responsible for tracking all campus assets valued at $5,000 and over.  They are responsible for tagging all financial assets.

Types of Assets:
Financial Assets are assets valued at $5,000 and over that are centrally tracked, tagged, capitalized, and depreciated.  This includes land, buildings, and equipment.
Campus Assets are assets valued between $1,000 and $5,000. These are not centrally tracked and tagged, and not capitalized or depreciated.  Examples include computers, printers, copiers, etc. Each department has the option of manually adding these campus assets into the Asset Management System on their own.
Unit Assets are assets valued under $1,000 or non-equipment assets.  They are not tracked by Financial Operations or Property Control.  Furniture is an example of unit assets.
Note:  Only Financial assets are loaded into the Asset Management system.

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Initiating Financial Transactions for Assets within your Organization
  Adding new assets to your organization:
Voucher or Purchase Order:  When equipment is purchased using a voucher or purchase order and charged to a specific expense account, the asset will be added to the system upon review.
Under $5,000:  Equipment costing less than $5,000 is not added to the system. Each department has the option of manually adding these assets to the Asset Management system.
Transferring an asset to a different organization:
Contact Financial Operations at amtransfers@umich.edu.  They will manually transfer the asset in the system.

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Asset Management Account Definitions

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