Reliability – Leveraging Maximo to Solve Your Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) Problems
In general, RCM is a process through which you determine what you must do over time to ensure a physical asset fulfills its intended functions, considering the context it is operating within. The maintenance you are performing is focused on preserving the reliability...
Noria Reliable Plant Conference – For Those Looking to Expand Knowledge of Available Technologies
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 software and other ethereal tools, Reliable Plant is rife with lubrication, vibration, infrared, and ultrasound...
AppPoints and Maximo 7.6.1.2 – How to Manage?
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 to this the ability...
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...