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title: Model types in Enterprise Asset Management
description: Every enterprise model in the Enterprise Asset Management application is assigned a model type that determines its structural nature. Each enterprise model can represent standalone enterprise assets, quantity-tracked consumable assets, or complex assemblies that are comprised of multiple components.
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# Model types in Enterprise Asset Management

Every enterprise model in the Enterprise Asset Management application is assigned a model type that determines its structural nature. Each enterprise model can represent standalone enterprise assets, quantity-tracked consumable assets, or complex assemblies that are comprised of multiple components.

The Enterprise Asset Management application supports the following model types:

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Model type

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Description

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Consumable models

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Represents consumable assets that you can track by quantity, such as safety gloves, printer cartridges, and lubricants. Can also represent individual components within a multi-component model.**Note:** The Enterprise Asset Management application does not classify consumable models through the Consumable model \[cmdb\_consumable\_product\_model\] class that is available in the base CMDB class hierarchy. Instead, you can manually designate any enterprise model in any model category as consumable by setting the **Model type** field to **Consumable** on the corresponding enterprise model record.

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Simple models

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Represents standalone enterprise assets that you can track individually, such as office furniture and hand-held scanners. These enterprise assets do not have a component structure or any child assets.

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Pre-assembled models

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Represents equipment that you receive as complete, pre-configured assemblies from a vendor. You must define each assembly component in the corresponding enterprise model record before creating any assets that represent those components.

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User-assembled models

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Represents equipment that you must assemble on-site using components from your existing inventory. With this model type, all required components must be readily available in your stockrooms before any assembly begins.

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</table>-   **[Multi-component models and assets in Enterprise Asset Management](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-asset-management/enterprise-asset-management/complex-models.md)**  
Multi-component models and multi-components assets help you track the maintenance of your enterprise assets.

**Parent Topic:**[Enterprise Asset Management data model](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-asset-management/enterprise-asset-management/eam-data-model.md)