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DCMUG 2021 – Postponed

DCMUG 2021 – Postponed

TRM’s annual DCMUG event has been postponed until 2022.   We look forward to networking with Maximo professionals in the mid-Atlantic area at our event next year. Sessions will include the latest IBM Maximo roadmap and innovations in secure SaaS solutions (FedRAMP),...

Getting MAS Health Setup

Getting MAS Health Setup

Now that you have Maximo Application Suite implemented, you can turn your attention to the Health application and see what it tells you about your Assets in the Manage application. Health is unique in that it shows you the data elements and measures that you are...

Getting Your Location and Asset Hierarchies Just Right

Getting Your Location and Asset Hierarchies Just Right

A typical portion of any Strategic Asset Management Plan (SAMP) and a key element of the ISO 55000 standard is the organization of your asset inventory and location hierarchies. These elements are foundational to your success. If you do not know the Assets out there, and more importantly what your maintenance crews are spending their time on, how can you expect to improve and react to budgetary pressures?

Let’s Talk – AI vs. Reliability Studies

Let’s Talk – AI vs. Reliability Studies

Because of the telemetry available from modern equipment, the amount of well-organized data we have available to us is orders of magnitude beyond what we had just a few years back. It is very common now to have access to literally 1000’s of devices, each sending out data payloads with many data elements, at sub-second intervals.

ISO 55000 and MAS 8 – Working Together for Improvement

ISO 55000 and MAS 8 – Working Together for Improvement

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...

Leveraging Hand-held Scanners with Maximo Applications

Leveraging Hand-held Scanners with Maximo Applications

Often it is far more convenient to use a hand scanner to read barcodes and QR codes than it is to manually enter data into application fields. Given that most hand scanners are recognized by a device as a “keyboard,” it is an easy tool to adopt in most situations....

Artificial Intelligence (A.I.): Is It Time?

Artificial Intelligence (A.I.): Is It Time?

When confronted with this lead in, the first thought in the mind of a forward-thinking person is, “What did I miss?” Oh no! FOMO! When it is, “time to,” get on board with a technological endeavor, the implication is that the planning, development, and perhaps even...

Prepare for Maximo 7.6.0 End of Support (EOS)

Prepare for Maximo 7.6.0 End of Support (EOS)

When will IBM Maximo 7.6.0.x no longer be supported? On September 8, 2020, IBM announced the end of support for Maximo 7.6.0.x, Industry Solutions, and Add-Ons. The official announcement letter was #920-136. As of September 30, 2021, any fixes, patches, and...