7-9.3 Asset Transactions

The MAO plays a role in the following transactions that occur throughout an asset’s life cycle:

• Receipt Processing — discussed in Section 4-3, Receipt and Inspection.
• Transfers — internal transfers (within a facility) and external transfers (from facility to facility).
• Equipment Loans — capital or expendable equipment loaned to a private mailer or a Postal Service activity or furnished as postal furnished equipment (PFE) to a supplier.
• Inactive Equipment — equipment that is not in use because it is either not needed (excess), not yet needed or installed (restricted use), surplus, obsolete, or unserviceable.
• Disposal — discussed in Section 6-1, Dispose.
• Depreciation — allocation of the cost of an asset over a period of time.

Handbook AS-701, Material Management, should be referred to for more information regarding asset transactions.