Jul 14, 2021 | News, TRM Blog
Truth be told, I have held positions as a Reliability Engineer at both a space exploration organization as well as a software company that specialized in reliability analysis tools. I greatly enjoyed the search for insight into what was happening, or could happen,...
Jun 1, 2021 | News, TRM Blog
Like all the ISO standards, ISO 55000 is a framework that we can adopt to standardize how we do business, leading to efficient and repeatable processes. Through the certification process, an organization can formalize how they go about their business with auditable...
Apr 15, 2021 | News, TRM Blog
Unlikely. Why do we invest in enterprise level software suites, yet we only use a small percentage of their functionality? Why does the typical mid-sized company have 2 or 3 enterprise level applications in use across the organization, each one operating in their own...
Apr 9, 2021 | News, TRM Blog
It has been a long time coming but for those of us involved in the Maintenance industry, we finally have a set of tools to gain insight into the Operations side of our equipment. Now, with just a little learning, we can connect to the vast amount of operational data...
Apr 8, 2021 | News, TRM Blog
Everything you need to know about OpenShift, AppPoints, Maximo vs MAS Manage, Maintenance AI and Maximo Mobile Take full advantage of Maximo and learn the steps you’ll need to take to prepare for a new implementation or upgrade to IBM Maximo Application Suite 8...
Mar 22, 2021 | News, TRM Blog
The following is a compilation of questions asked by attendees of our MAS 8 Deep Dive Series webinars. Check back frequently for new updates or post your own questions to be answered by our team of subject matter experts. MAS Health: Understanding the Condition of...
Mar 16, 2021 | News, TRM Blog
What’s All the Buzz About? There is a lot of buzz surrounding the release of IBM Maximo Application Suite (MAS) version 8. This integrated suite of applications includes Manage (EAM) which most of us know as Maximo, plus Monitor, Health, Predict, Mobile, and a...
Feb 23, 2021 | News, TRM Blog
IBM Maximo Application Suite (MAS) Architecture No matter the size of your business, software application technology has an impact on the scope of what you deliver to your workforce and of course the costs to do so. Application containerization is making inroads...
Feb 1, 2021 | News, TRM Blog
…and what do they mean for Maximo Developers, Operations, and End Users? Let’s start with a disclaimer: This article is not going to be an exhaustive dissertation on Kubernetes and application containerization. There is so much available on the internet...
Jan 22, 2021 | News, TRM Blog
Condition Based Monitoring (CBM) is the act of performing and making decisions about asset maintenance based upon the condition (current and possibly future) of the assets. It may also include the monitoring of the assets via technology or manual data collection...
Jan 20, 2021 | News, TRM Blog
“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” Abraham Lincoln IBM has released the latest update to its Maximo Enterprise Asset Management Solution, now known as the IBM Maximo Application Suite v8.0, or MAS...
Jan 14, 2021 | News, TRM Blog
John Q. Todd, PMP, Asset Management Consultant at Total Resource Management Assuming you have a careful plan or method in place for your preventive maintenance activities, below are a few tips to foster success. Tip #1: Be Goal Oriented Given that the...
