Using Base Asset Management

concept brazil Updated Sep 10, 2026 1 min read using-asset-management.md

Use the Base Asset Management application to manage your assets efficiently.

Work with Asset and CI
Asset and configuration item (CI) management refers to creating assets, setting appropriate states and substates, synchronizing assets and CIs, managing consumables, and retiring assets.
Manage various assets through asset classes
The default asset classes are Hardware, Software License, Consumable, Bundle, Software Entitlement, and Facility. These general classes can be used to manage various assets.
Create fixed assets
Fixed assets are containers that can hold multiple assets. Fixed assets are commonly tracked at the corporate level by a finance or accounting department, but may contain IT assets such as hardware and software.
Consumables life cycle
Consumables are assets that are not tracked individually, but as a group of the same model.
Stockrooms
Stockrooms are places to which assets are assigned.
Manage pre-allocated assets
Manage pre-allocated assets, which are the assets that the vendor still owns, but has agreed to store in a customer stockroom for just-in-time procurement.
Manage transfer order
Manage the asset movement from one stockroom to the other using transfer order.
Use Organization Management
The Organization Management application provides an easy way to perform such asset management tasks as updating users and adding vendors.

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title: Using Base Asset Management
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# Using Base Asset Management

Use the Base Asset Management application to manage your assets efficiently.

-   **[Work with Asset and CI](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/it-asset-management/asset-management/work-with-asset-ci.md)**  
Asset and configuration item \(CI\) management refers to creating assets, setting appropriate states and substates, synchronizing assets and CIs, managing consumables, and retiring assets.
-   **[Manage various assets through asset classes](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/it-asset-management/asset-management/c_AssetClasses.md)**  
The default asset classes are Hardware, Software License, Consumable, Bundle, Software Entitlement, and Facility. These general classes can be used to manage various assets.
-   **[Create fixed assets](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/it-asset-management/asset-management/c_CreatingFixedAssets.md)**  
Fixed assets are containers that can hold multiple assets. Fixed assets are commonly tracked at the corporate level by a finance or accounting department, but may contain IT assets such as hardware and software.
-   **[Consumables life cycle](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/it-asset-management/asset-management/c_FollowLifeCycleConsumbl.md)**  
Consumables are assets that are not tracked individually, but as a group of the same model.
-   **[Stockrooms](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/it-asset-management/asset-management/c_Stockrooms.md)**  
Stockrooms are places to which assets are assigned.
-   **[Manage pre-allocated assets](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/it-asset-management/asset-management/manage-preallocated-asset.md)**  
Manage pre-allocated assets, which are the assets that the vendor still owns, but has agreed to store in a customer stockroom for just-in-time procurement.
-   **[Manage transfer order](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/it-asset-management/asset-management/manage-transfer-orders.md)**  
Manage the asset movement from one stockroom to the other using transfer order.
-   **[Use Organization Management](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/it-asset-management/asset-management/org-mgmt.md)**  
The Organization Management application provides an easy way to perform such asset management tasks as updating users and adding vendors.

**Parent Topic:**[Base Asset Management](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/it-asset-management/asset-management/am-landing-page.md)