A newly created software for the management, monitoring and control of the assets was presented in Douala recently.

Owners, heads and representatives of enterprises were converged at the conference hall of the National Employers’ Association known in French as GICAM, to witness the presentation of a newly manufactured assets’ inventory software. Created by WEGA Cameroun, a branch of a France-based enterprise, the public was opportune to gain first-hand information on the newly created device abbreviated LIGIIM, which aims at facilitating assets inventory for companies with numerous as well as displaced assets. This product made in Cameroon, according to the Board Chair of Wega Cameroun, Andji Solet, is to enable companies move with advancing technological tides.

In his presentation, Wega Cameroun’s Director of technical Affairs, Joseph Mundji elaborated on the qualities and advantages of the company’s latest product. It is conceived to serve for stock taking as well as effective follow-up of the usage of companies’ assets on short, medium and long terms. The first method is the use of barcodes, by labeling and tagging the various assets; then installing the information into the device for accountability. Another use is through a geographical representation of assets on the world map, mostly required for companies with services oversee. Video surveillance is equally programmed in the apparatus. The last mode is by tracking, specially designed for mobile assets like vehicles, machines, amongst others. The advantages, he stressed, include the software’s less cumbersomeness compared to paperwork; effectiveness and efficiency, given that owners can easily access information on the number of assets, their actual state and validity at anytime.