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...
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CBM: Where to Begin and Tools to Get Started
Jan 22, 2021 | 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...
What’s New in Maximo 7.6.1.2:
Top 6 Product Upgrades
Aug 24, 2020 | TRM Blog
With the release of Maximo 7.6.1.2 there are several interesting enhancements that you may find helpful. Of course, the full list of 7.6.1.2 changes is available via the link at the end of this article. 6. License Monitoring Becoming a rather popular function, the...
Case Study:
Bridge to Cloud + Bundled Licenses
Jun 24, 2020 | Case Study, TRM Blog
A longtime TRM RulesManager Studio client, the water utility was spending several hundred thousand dollars per a year to renew their Maximo Software Subscription and Support (S&S) directly through IBM. Due to these high costs the utility was exploring alternatives to IBM Maximo even though they were very happy with its capabilities.  Under TRM’s Bridge to Cloud Program, TRM was able to provide an integrated license to RulesManager and Maximo and save the municipal agency more than 30% per year.
Case Study:
Bridge to Cloud + Maximo Consolidation
Jun 16, 2020 | Case Study, TRM Blog
A construction materials company had two separate instances of IBM Maximo that they wanted to consolidate into one and configure with new enhancements. After finding an experienced partner in TRM, we were we able to successfully complete their project, consolidate Maximo licenses and TRM content into a single subscription fee, and help them lock in low pricing as we migrate them to SaaS.
Self-Assess Your Asset Management Progress & Develop an Effective Roadmap
Mar 4, 2020 | TRM Blog
The key components necessary to achieve best in class asset management fall into four primary focus areas.
IoT & Condition Monitoring for Asset Management
Feb 24, 2020 | TRM Blog
Scott Stukel
Generate work based on condition instead of time by leveraging SCADA and sensor/device (IoT) data to enhance your asset management, maintenance, and reliability
Asset/Location Hierarchies
Jul 12, 2019 | TRM Blog
Why do you need them, what are they used for, how should they be set up? Scott Stukel, CMRP, Asset Management and Reliability Lead - When most companies implement an EAM tool, like Maximo, they struggle with the fundamental development of their asset hierarchy....
TRM & IBM Partnership Nets FedRAMP Authorization for IBM Maximo & TRIRIGA
Total Resource Management, Inc. worked in partnership with IBM to plan, design and build the infrastructure needed to develop the federal cloud Maximo EAM solution offering and complete its authorization process.
Back to Basics – Getting more out of Enterprise Asset Management Software
Jan 8, 2019 | TRM Blog
John Q. Todd Sr. Business Consultant, PMP - We’ve all done it. Bought something we thought we needed with all the cool bells and whistles. A year later it ends up in the donation pile. The device served its basic purpose well but we simply did not use or even need...
IBM SaaS is Coming to Federal Agencies: Get Ready for Maximo
Jun 29, 2018 | TRM Blog
FedRAMP supports OMB’s Cloud First Policy by enabling Agencies to rapidly adapt from old, legacy IT to mission-enabling, secure and cost effective cloud-based IT. Since October 2017, IBM has been planning, designing, and building infrastructure from the ground up to develop an IBM Maximo and TRIRIGA FedRAMP agency authorized SaaS offering at the Moderate level (325 NIST SP 800-53 security controls).
Back to Basics – Work Centers and User Adoption
Apr 12, 2018 | TRM Blog
John Q. Todd Sr. Business Consultant, PMP I hope you have spent some time looking at how Work Centers may improve user adoption. Although they have been a staple of Maximo for some time, major enhancements have been rolled out with version 7.6.0.9 that have made the...