EDMONTON, AB – February 7, 2020 – Ontracks, the leading IBM Maximo consulting firm in North America, is pleased to announce that it has achieved the distinguished IBM Platinum Business Partner status for the second straight year. Earning the highest tier within the PartnerWorld program, Platinum Business Partners consistently demonstrate proven capabilities and expertise in […]
Use the Service Requests application to create, view, and resolve service requests from customers or requestors. The request can be to resolve an issue, obtain new service, obtain information, or change a current service. Either a service desk agent or a customer can create a Maximo service request. A Maximo service request record is a […]
Energize your Maximo Instance with APM Organizations such as energy and utilities are ramping up their use of the Internet of Things (IoT) when it comes to asset reliability. One of those important assets is your EAM, specifically, IBM Maximo. This is where Asset Performance Management (APM) comes in. Having APM Energy means that you […]
Maximo Training: Learn What You’re Missing Improve your organization’s productivity with Ontracks Training for IBM Maximo with Hands-On Workshops Ontracks has released the 2020 IBM Maximo training schedule, and public classes are now open for registration. Employee training substantially improves the ROI of your Maximo implementation. Our experienced instructors have hands-on IBM Maximo experience. Ontracks […]
Fleet Management initially was a static process. Transportation companies were largely in the dark with regards to the exact whereabouts of their assets. This was true not only when those assets were in service but also when they were simply parked and not immediately visible to the equipment management team. Companies relied on physical inventories […]
Maximo Academy: Insights for intelligent asset maintenance and operations Excerpt reprinted from IBM Internet of Things blog. Ontracks will be a sponsor at the IBM IoT Exchange and Maximo Academy March 17-19, 2020. What do you want to accomplish in 2020? One thing for sure, it won’t be the same thing as last year. The market […]
Got Fleet? Join Ontracks to explore how the Maximo for Transportation industry solution can effectively manage your fleet and other transportation assets. Maximo for Transportation extends the capability of Maximo Asset Management with such features as extended warranty management, fuel consumption, industry standard maintenance coding structures, telematics integrations, technician productivity improvements, tire management, recall management, […]
Don’t be overwhelmed by Maximo. Training is the secret to IBM’s EAM. When my husband and were in the market for a new home, we toured several models in many of the new neighborhoods in Denver. Each room was staged and decorated perfectly. The gourmet kitchens gleamed with their stainless steel appliances and numerous cabinets […]
When Maximo 7.6 came out, the yellow background color on required fields was, unfortunately for many users, abandoned. Luckily changing this back is actually a pretty simple task. First, determine what skin you are using. The skin name can be found in the following system property: mxe.webclient.skin. In this example our skin name is tivoli13, […]
Recommended System Specifications (Non-Clustered Environment) – Maximo 7.6 Hardware is the backbone of any Maximo installation. That’s why understanding what the minimum standards for any system are is so important. Without this understanding you could undershoot them and have an incredibly poorly performing system or you could greatly overshoot them and waste resources. In this post, I have […]
Recommended System Specifications (Clustered Environment) – Maximo 7.6 Deciding on the correct hardware for a clustered Maximo environment can be a challenging task. Not all servers in a clustered environment serve the same function, nor are they subject to the same hardware load. This often creates some confusion, as hardware choice is server-type specific. Additionally, […]
The concept of EVERYONE group was introduced in Maximo v7. This brought a whole host of functionality changes which are described in detail here. Luckily though, it only brought with it one new configuration option. The ability to change what group is treated as the EVERYONE group. The reasons you would want to do this are fairly limited. They are almost entirely limited to the desire to use the group name EVERYONE for another purpose in Maximo.