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Preface

This book is a guide to assist those interested in implementing Maximo Asset Management Essentials. It provides general information about the offering and overviews the planning, installation and initial configuration processes.

An entry-level member of the IBM Maximo Asset Management product family, Essentials, is ideal for smaller organizations that require a subset of the extensive range of features in the IBM Maximo Asset Management Product

With Essentials, smaller organizations can take advantage of proven Maximo Asset Management technology, while also enjoying cost savings.

IBM Maximo Asset Management Essentials enables smaller organizations and departments to organize, track, and manage their asset and work management processes, and to implement a maintenance regimen based on industry-leading technology and best practices.

IBM Maximo Asset Management Essentials is an integrated solution for all assets. It helps eliminate paper- and spreadsheet-based processes and custom applications by standardizing on the Maximo unified platform.

Unlike competing solutions that are unable to grow with your organization, forcing you to throw away your initial expenditure, Essentials allows you to build on your Maximo investment by leveraging Maximo’s scalable architecture. Maximo Asset Management Essentials can grow with your company so you can continue to manage all asset classes and work tasks from a single, unified platform.

The team that wrote this book

This book was produced by a team of specialists from around the world working at the International Technical Support Organization, Austin Center.

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