Let's talk a bit about what it's for and how it can be your best option.
IBM Maximo transforms the way organizations manage their assets. It is a market-leading platform that has been around for more than 30 years and is used by companies all over the world.
It has been a Gartner leader for consecutive years and is undisputedly the asset management benchmark for companies in all industries.
IBM Maximo optimizes performance, extends asset lifecycles and reduces operational downtime and costs. With various deployment models, you can maintain all types of assets, no matter where they reside. Setting up new assets is quick and easy, and you can update your enterprise asset management (EAM) software automatically for uninterrupted uptime, reduced costs and minimized risks.
It was developed mainly for the maintenance of industrial equipment, installations and logistics and is the gateway to IoT. The platform makes it possible to adopt the best asset management practices through preventive, corrective and predictive maintenance, by drawing up and reviewing the activities and processes of work plans, 52-week plans, measurements, calibrations, downtime records, stock control, services, purchases, contracts, guarantees, resources, personnel and much more.
Is your purchasing process in the company's ERP, such as SAP or TOTVS? Perfect! It's very common for our clients to make these integrations and IBM Máximo is not only flexible, it's also very well prepared to send information to your ERP and receive information from it too!
O IBM MAXIMO is one of the most widely used asset management systems in the world among medium and large companies and complies with all the International Standards for asset management.
That's an interesting question!
It's very common for companies to have a Work Order management system, with opening and closing, informing which assets have undergone maintenance, but without an increase in analysis, forecasting future maintenance costs, the quantity of spare parts to be ordered, and planning the total monthly and annual costs. The 52-week plan we mentioned above is a highly recommended practice in maintenance areas and with IBM Maximo, you will not only plan, but you will also know how much it will cost the company in hours, parts and whether your team size is adequate in terms of quantity and training! You'll be able to analyze with data and facts taken from the system! The best system on the market!
IBM MAXIMO the best system on the market?
Yes, it's the best! It's not us at AQUARELLE who say that, it's the world's leading users and companies. Today it moves millions of dollars in these companies, an integrated movement between the needs of PCMs, managers and technicians, as well as contributing to the improvement analysis of purchasing and supply teams, exponentially improving the abc curve of stock.
Main features of IBM MAXIMO?
This table summarizes and illustrates the main features of the IBM Maximo Asset Management System. It provides complete management, we're talking about intelligent asset management, bringing a modern and intuitive view to the user, below you'll find some of them:
Asset management - Control required to track and effectively manage assets and asset data, as well as their location throughout their life cycle and geographical location at any given time.
Work management - Management of planned, predictive and unplanned (corrective) activities via Work Orders, from the moment they are opened to their completion, with all the history, costs, parts, completion time and staff hours involved. You also control equipment downtime and keep a history of the reason for maintenance, causes and solutions, to help with future planning.
Inventory management - Know what you have, what you need, how long it will take to receive new stock and plan the entire year's inventory!
Service management - This module is essential for sizing the team in terms of quantity and training. You'll know how many man hours you'll need to carry out the activities your company requires.
Contract management - You'll be able to manage rental contracts, guarantees, labor costs, partnership contracts, third-party contracts, loans, in short, any contracts that are involved in your day-to-day business.
Purchasing management - Integration and support for all phases of purchasing throughout the company, direct purchases, replenishment, the requisition can be sent to the ERP and information on the delivery time and completion of the delivery can be received.
As mentioned above, IBM MAXIMO has advanced and flexible integration technology, which allows data to be sent to any of the following ERP or legacy market system. A IBM provides integrators to connect IBM MAXIMUM to SAP, ORACLE or, more generally, integrations with other ERPs, such as Protheus, TOTVS, among others.
What about ROI?
The data collected from user companies, of which there are many, brings a conglomerate of gains in several areas:
- Acquisition costs - Reduction from 10 to 20%
- Improved planning - Reduction of corrective maintenance on 80%
- Improved team sizing – 20% utilization of resources and manpower
- Shopping - 5% reduction in the need to purchase new assets
- Increase in asset utilization: Increase in 5%
Who uses IBM Maximo?
- 10 of the 13 largest Pharmaceutical Industries
- 16 of the 24 main automotive industries
- 10 of the top 20 oil and gas companies
- 5 out of 15 major ports
- 7 of the top 10 aerospace companies
- 14 of the 20 largest utilities companies
- 9 of the world's top 18 airports
And did IBM Maximo stop there? No!!
A little further up, I mentioned the Asset Management system, today IBM Maximo has grown and the Asset Management System or EAM, CCMS, is called IBM Maximo Manager which starts and gives you the basis for Industry 4.0! Next, we have a complete suite of solutions, all looking at the Industry 4.0 Journey, in which we at AQUARELLE are specialized and certified.
Currently, the suite comprises IBM Maximo Manager, IBM Maximo Monitor, IBM Maximo Visual Expection and IBM Maximo Predict, each of which will take you and your company on this Industry 4.0 journey!
In the next article, we'll talk a bit more about the IBM Maximo Application Suite, we're fans of it and I'm sure you will be too! It's state-of-the-art for Industry 4.0!