What is the best way to manage graphic assets in Adobe?

If anyone has some insight to how they go about managing icons and other image assets that are commonly used across multiple documents, please let me know.
My thoughts thus far:
1. I would love to use symbols and symbol libraries, but this only appears to be useful if you're only working with one document. It would be great if I could update/edit a symbol in a symbol library and it would automatically update every instance of that symbol across multiple documents. This would be super efficient when making mockups etc. so I could just pull in the symbols from the library quickly.
2. I suppose I could save each individual icon as it's own .ai file and use the file > place workflow when adding instances of icons and assets and then do 'edit original' when I need to update or edit the icon/asset. The downside of this is that every icon needs its own separate file name and it's less convenient than simply dragging and dropping assets from your symbol library where you can view all your icons and assets together. I also would have to remember to go and check the Links and make sure every one is updated each time I open a document.
I also need the ability to export the vector icons and assets as .pngs at multiple resolutions for iOS and Android development. The best solution I could find for this would be to use Photoshop's Generator tool to export the individual image layers to the different dpi levels. I'm thinking I'll set up the document as a relatively large canvas size with the intention that it will house all my icon and asset files, each asset on its own layer with a layer mask for the intended asset size. Unfortunately this requires a lot of set up initially, as I will have to individually place each .ai icon/asset file into Photoshop as a smart object and then set up a layer mask on top of it. It would be nice if I could just export to all the resolutions quickly through illustrator though...
Can anyone think of a better workflow or provide further insight on how to manage commonly used assets across multiple documents, as well as being able to quickly export all of these assets to multiple resolutions?
Is there a 3rd party option I should consider for this? I just know there has to be a better way...how do big corporations like Google, Apple etc. manage their assets?
Thank you, and any insight is helpful!
-Chris

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