Security August 9, 2022

Planned versus unplanned maintenance and the impact on spare parts stocking strategies

3 min read - At a chemical plant years ago, a maintenance technician made a hasty pump repair. A required repair part wasn’t available, so the technician did the unplanned maintenance with another similar-looking part. But the materials of construction weren’t rated for the…

Cloud February 16, 2022

Industry 4.0 and the pursuit of resiliency

5 min read - Downtime can cost a manufacturer upwards of USD 21,000 per minute. Fortunately, AI has evolved to accurately identify issues and take action. This advanced technology allows companies to easily add intelligent “eyes” to their operations with standard mobile devices —…

Business transformation November 5, 2020

Get more performance from asset management

3 min read - Using IBM Maximo or another asset management solution helps you derive more value from assets by extending their life through reactive, preventive and predictive maintenance. Now imagine if you could track your assets from within IBM Maximo in real time…

Transportation August 4, 2020

Stop defects at the point of installation

4 min read - We recently talked to John Ward, IBM Solution Leader for Global Automotive and Aerospace & Defense Industries, to learn about how companies can improve product quality and reduce costs with IBM Maximo Visual Inspection. What is IBM Maximo Visual Inspection?…

IBM Maximo May 10, 2020

CMMS, EAM and APM … oh my! Making sense of the asset management spectrum

3 min read - One of the most important decisions that an asset-intensive industry has is how to manage and care for its assets (i.e. equipment, buildings, and machinery). This is a decision that affects everyone in the organization, from the operators, to the…

Energy and Utilities April 24, 2020

Use AI to take “maintain, repair and restore” to the next level and create a more resilient utilities operation

3 min read - Our world is powered by utility companies. Under normal circumstances, it is a constant and delicate balance to maintain these essential infrastructures. When faced with extraordinary times, the pressure on these companies can be staggering. The new watchword is “resiliency”…

IBM Maximo March 7, 2020

The complete guide to the benefits of CMMS

3 min read - In an earlier post on computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS), we did a deep dive into how CMMS came to be and what its core capabilities are. Now that you understand the fundamentals, we’re going to dig a little deeper into…

IBM Maximo January 26, 2020

What is CMMS? The quick guide to everything you need to know

3 min read - Way back when, maintenance records were kept on paper. People also used to use paper maps for driving directions and walked uphill to school both ways. Thankfully, times have changed and so has the way you manage your maintenance operations.…

Business transformation November 14, 2019

The great shift change will bring great advancements to the future technician

4 min read - Baby boomers and early-stage Generation-X workers are retiring so quickly that one-third to one-half of all existing employees are predicted to leave the workforce between 2015 and 2022. This great shift change (or crew change) is happening around the world.…

Transportation November 6, 2019

How to start an engineering revolution

4 min read - IBM’s new remote monitoring solution aggregates operating state data and process parameters across legacy SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) systems, historians, IoT sensors, and other repositories. The solution scales quickly and easily to provide enterprise-wide visibility into performance.