Characteristics and Problems of Equipment Management in Colleges and Universities

　　The establishment and management of university laboratories may seem simple. It is just three tasks: purchasing equipment, managing equipment and using equipment. However, it is not easy to purchase suitable equipment, make the equipment configuration and utilization high; use the equipment properly, ensure the safety of equipment operation, etc. Since a university is a special institution integrating teaching and research, it is different from other scientific research institutions, so the characteristics and problems of equipment management in universities are also special. Doing a good job in equipment management in colleges and universities is an important part of scientific research management in colleges and universities, which needs to be paid attention to. Laboratory managers do a good job in the management of equipment in colleges and universities, which is the best guarantee for scientific research and teaching experiments in colleges and universities.

　　Diversity of equipment requirements and differentiated management The laboratories of

　　colleges and universities are not only opened for scientific research, but also need to use laboratories and equipment for professional teaching in colleges and universities. Teaching and research are different from laboratory needs. As far as scientific research is concerned, more attention is paid to the performance requirements of equipment, and the price requirements are more subject to performance requirements. For teaching equipment, because of its use in teaching, it is mainly for students to master some basic experimental skills, and the performance requirements of the equipment are not very high. At this time, the price will be a more important consideration. Therefore, different management is required in equipment selection and purchase.

　　The sources of funding are diversified and need to be managed differently. The sources of

　　equipment funding are general school-running funds, vertical scientific research funds and horizontal scientific research funds. The state appropriation funds must be strictly reviewed and controlled, and the use of horizontal funds can be more flexible.

　　Management problems caused by different management institutions and functions: it is difficult to learn management experience

　　between universities. The management institutions of different universities are not the same, and sometimes the laboratories and equipment management institutions of the same school in different periods are also different. For example, some colleges and universities set up a laboratory management department, and some colleges and universities laboratory and equipment management are directly managed by the Academic Affairs Office. If the organization is inconsistent, the management function is easy to be inconsistent. For example, there are those who specialize in equipment procurement and fixed asset management, those who manage both equipment and laboratory construction, and those who manage equipment, laboratory construction and experimental teaching together, and so on.

　　Due to the diversity of management institutions and management functions, the mutual reference and comparability between colleges and universities is poor. Learning from and exploring institutions and functions has become a major feature of the construction of equipment management departments in colleges and universities.

　　Major problems in equipment management in colleges and universities: insufficient equipment sharing and low equipment utilization.

　　University laboratory and equipment management. There is no economic responsibility and cost accounting, which leads to the phenomenon that everyone competes for resources, individuals are dedicated to their own use, and the utilization rate and utilization rate are low. The phenomenon of not cherishing the equipment often occurs, such as: the valuable equipment is not managed and used after one use, and it is directly scrapped after a few years. The problem is very serious. If the equipment and instrument information can be managed in a unified manner through the scientific research management system, it is convenient for scientific researchers to query and share equipment online, and the sharing of equipment and instruments in colleges and universities will be better developed. The overall efficiency of scientific research resources allocation in universities can be greatly improved.

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