John Q. Todd
Sr Business Consultant/Product Researcher
Total Resource Management, Inc.
MaximoWorld is just as it sounds, a world for all things Maximo with learning sessions, vendors, users, and knowledge experts for everyone in the industry.
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Leveraging Maximo to Solve Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) Problems
John Q. Todd
Sr Business Consultant/Product Researcher
Total Resource Management, Inc.
Ensuring physical assets fulfill their intended functions, considering context its operating within, you require insights and insights require data collection.
Noria Reliable Plant Conference – For Those Looking to Expand Knowledge of Available Technologies
John Q. Todd
Sr Business Consultant/Product Researcher
Total Resource Management, Inc.
Reliable Plant is one of those conferences where all sorts of practical and mechanical things are on display, unlike many, where the majority focus is on…
AppPoints and Maximo 7.6.1.2 – How to Manage?
[Updated 6.6.2023] Much continues to be written about the new licensing approach IBM is taking for Maximo Application Suite (MAS). Given its departure from the traditional method that has been around for quite some time, people are having to learn the nuances. Add...
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...
Keywords – Asset Management Software
John Q. Todd
Sr Business Consultant/Product Researcher
Total Resource Management, Inc.
While often associated with finances, asset management software look to provide features and functions that help you manage the asset during its lifecycle.
Understanding the Maximo User Security Profile
John Q. Todd
Sr Business Consultant/Product Researcher
Total Resource Management, Inc.
Discover how you can leverage the License Usage Monitor in Maximo to make navigating the balance between company licenses and actual usage less of a challenge.
Leveraging RFID Scanners with Maximo / MAS Applications
John Q. Todd
Sr Business Consultant/Product Researcher
Total Resource Management, Inc.
Often it’s more convenient to use an RFID scanner to read tags or proxy cards than it is to enter data into application fields, see how it applies to MAS.
Asset Management Simplified – Plan, Do, Check, Act
John Q. Todd
Sr Business Consultant/Product Researcher
Total Resource Management, Inc.
Adopting standards that are related to your industry goes a long way towards making business processes more effective, repeatable, error-proof, and perhaps even safer.
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...