IBM Maximo
Maximo Asset Management is the maintenance software package whose basic functionalities have the greatest coverage of industrial maintenance standards.
Created in 1985 by MRO Software, a company acquired by IBM in 2006, it is the leader in the field of management of maintenance activities for the company's strategic assets.
Maximo Asset Management allows you to develop comprehensive programs for preventive, condition-based, periodic and unscheduled maintenance. Together, these programs help achieve goals for reducing costs and extending asset uptime.
IBM Maximo offers a full range of capabilities for enterprise asset management.. Here are some of the key features of the platform:
- Maintenance Management : IBM Maximo provides comprehensive maintenance management capabilities, including work order management, asset management, maintenance task planning and scheduling, maintenance cost management, predictive maintenance and corrective maintenance.
- Purchasing management: IBM Maximo helps manage asset and spare parts purchases by providing procurement, contract and supplier management, and purchase tracking capabilities.
- Planning and Allocation of Work : IBM Maximo offers graphical functionalities to plan activities by controlling the load/capacity adequacy and to assign interventions with agents or to teams based on their availability, skills and authorizations.
- Inventory management : IBM Maximo offers complete inventory process management, stock movement tracking, warehouse management, receiving, inventory and replenishment process management.
- Regulatory compliance management: IBM Maximo allows users to manage regulatory compliance requirements for equipment, assets and facilities.
- Mobility : IBM has completely redesigned these mobility capabilities to enable field workers to view and update asset data, manage work orders, complete logistics workflows and create reports from their mobile devices.
This mobility was designed based on two levers:
- Client Portal : Accessible from Tablet or PC on the move.
These portals are simple, intuitive, in a “wizard” mode with screens that guide the user as the process progresses. These portals are adapted to each person’s roles and are configurable
- Disconnected mobility: Accessible from Tablet or Smartphone.
A new intuitive interface was developed by IBM in 2022 offering a redesigned experience which allows any technician or warehouse worker to carry out all the processes of intervention management, inspection tours, reporting, inventory management, etc.
- APM via Maximo Application Suite: In addition to EAM/CMMS capabilities, IBM includes Asset Performance Management (APM) capabilities that use AI, IoT and Analytics to optimize the performance of your assets
- Dashboard and reports: IBM Maximo offers customizable dashboards and reports to help users monitor and analyze asset and maintenance performance, as well as generate reports for internal and external stakeholders.
These features are just few examples of what IBM Maximo offers for asset management business. The platform is designed to be flexible and customizable to meet the specific needs of each business.