IBM SG24-7645-00 manual General Functional Overview, 7645introduction.fm, Introduction

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This solution is targeted towards small-to-medium businesses who do not have multiple sites and just need a subset of the core functionality of Maximo. Maximo Asset Management Enterprise has been a leader in enterprise asset management for many years. IBM Maximo is the only solution to have been placed in the EAM Leader’s Quadrant 11 times since 1998.

However, smaller businesses can benefit from the core functionality of Maximo and do not need an enterprise level solution for asset management. Thus, Maximo Asset Management Essentials has been created, which is a lighter, less complex version of Maximo Asset Management Enterprise 7.1. The differences in functionality will be discussed in subsequent sections of this book.

Maximo allows companies to manage assets by providing information and real time data thereby enabling creation of a strategy for maintenance management by information based decision making capabilities, help in predicting impacts of asset downtime on productivity for all categories of assets.

1.2.1 General Functional Overview

IBM Maximo Asset Management Essentials is an integrated productivity tool and database that helps you achieve maximum efficiency in asset management by managing all of your asset types on a single software platform. Built on a service oriented architecture (SOA), Maximo Asset Management Essentials delivers a comprehensive view of all asset types, locations, and the work processes which support them, to provide you with optimal planning, control, audit, and compliance capability.

The Maximo database provides critical information about asset resources, including key attributes, their configuration, and their physical and logical relationships to other resources. You can also include attachments, such as maps, pictures, and URLs to each record or task to further enhance communication and productivity.

IBM Maximo Asset Management Essentials allows you to effectively manage end-to-end asset operations and business processes to deliver efficient and effective services aligned with your business goals. It provides a comprehensive and modular approach to integrated asset control and visibility by providing an enterprise platform for storing standardized data on asset histories to help integrate people, processes, information, and technology. Maximo Asset Management Essentials offerings include tools, best practices, and service offerings for incremental value.

Managing assets through Maximo Asset Management Essentials gives your business a competitive advantage.

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