What is Asset Sharing

Information technology and communication can expedite the assessment process of Portugal’s current economic situation, and subsequently of families diagnosed as poor, in order to optimize the redistribution of non-perishable goods in the context of a social market. By centralizing asset management in various institutions of social solidarity we can improve the efficiency of the allocations of goods. This article aims to present the importance of a technological platform to support the social market. This project was developed under an information modelling organizational analysis based on the current situation, as well as the assumptions of the operations needs of the future information system, which are involved in designing various institutions of social solidarity in the District of Setúbal. The added value of information system in the context of the social market relate to centralized management of information thereby allowing the reuse of non-perishable goods.