Graphical Planning and Scheduling Applications Overview
One of the key elements of an efficient maintenance operation is the degree of planning and scheduling that is performed. What this effort looks like may be different from one organization to another, and the impact of not paying attention to this important task could...
Keywords – Asset Management Software
When we search for, “Asset Management Software,” we could be coming from many different perspectives. Laughingly, we can ignore those folks who are looking for a better way to manage their stock or real estate portfolio. That is an entirely different world! Asset...
Understanding the Maximo User Security Profile
We all have been managing our Maximo user licenses for a very long time. Navigating that delicate balance between the licenses your company is entitled to and the actual usage of Maximo by your user communities can be challenging. Of course, leveraging the License...
Leveraging RFID Scanners with Maximo or MAS Applications
Often it is far more convenient to use an RFID scanner to read tags or proxy cards than it is to manually enter data into application fields. Given that most RFID scanners are recognized by a device as a “keyboard,” it is an easy tool to adopt in most situations. It...
Asset Management Simplified – Plan, Do, Check, Act
If you have been in the corporate workforce for more than an internet moment you have been exposed to this simple circle of life: Plan, Do, Check, Act. True, it began as just Plan, Do, Check. Then, a smart person added Act. An excellent example of adapting and...
Using Noria LIS Tags for Lubrication Item Classification in Maximo and Manage
We are always looking for opportunities to leverage an industry standard or best practice to implement it into a Maximo or Manage instance to support an organization with its improvement goals. Adopting standards that are related to your industry goes a long way...
Good Is Good. World Class Is World-class.
While you might have a feeling about how good (or bad!) your maintenance and reliability practices are, you really don’t know unless you do one (or both) of these two things: Have an assessment performed by an outside party Do your own assessment, based upon either...
The Realities of Poor Reliability and High Maintenance Costs
No one can say that poor reliability or high maintenance costs are good things for an organization to experience for too long. There may be periods of time where they do occur and might even be necessary, but if they continue long-term, they drain budgets and cause...
Leveraging Maximo for Inventory Management
Do we really have to talk about this? Maximo has had Inventory Management functionality for many, many years. Not only is the function present, but it interconnects to many of the other Maximo modules such as Purchasing and Work Management. Ok. We can talk. ...
Inspection Forms 201 – Next-level Functions!
As you well know, Inspection Forms are a function in MAS Manage and legacy Maximo too! They are proving themselves to be quite versatile and well-accepted for those clients who need to capture information about equipment and then act based upon the results. Inspection...