To maximize their physical assets and to ensure that they deliver the highest ROI, businesses need to have a solid grasp on their assets as well as the risks involved. Without a clear understanding of the risk environment businesses could make rash decisions that ultimately harm their bottom line. A lack of a robust risk and asset management process can expose companies to fines from regulators or lose profits due insufficient planning.
The most frequent and significant issues affecting the management of risk and assets are:
Unawareness of what an organization’s assets are capable of For instance, employees might be unaware that a piece of equipment has the capability to perform a function beyond the scope of its design or to operate it at the highest efficiency. This can lead the asset to be neglected and thus have a reduced ROI over the course of its life. This can be reduced by ensuring that employees have sufficient training to be aware of the capabilities of an asset and how to utilize it in a responsible manner.
Insufficiently developed processes to manage risk – The constant stream of compliance-related demands that have flooded into the industry since the financial crisis has caused many companies to have little time to think about strategic risk factors. This has led to suboptimal risk strategies, inaccurate risk assessment methodologies, and forgone opportunities to maximize the performance of the assets of an organization.
Third-party risk from cyber security to reputational damage and data integrity, third-party risks can have devastating consequences for an organization. To mitigate this type of risk it is essential to have a thorough vendor vetting procedure should be in place with failsafe protocols in place to ensure all vendors are properly approved.
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