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The full catalogue of IBM Maximo Application Suite courses taught by Martin Williams, from core end-user work management through to implementation bootcamps. Delivered remote (virtual instructor-led) or onsite at your location, worldwide, by an authorised IBM Maximo instructor, direct or through IBM’s Global Training Providers. Tap a course to see what it covers.

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Fundamentals of Work Management1-day instructor-led  ·  planners, supervisors, technicians  ·  Foundation

How work is managed end to end in Maximo Application Suite — Manage: the overall work order lifecycle, job plans and preventive maintenance basics.

Agenda

  • Work order lifecycle: creation, planning, scheduling, completion
  • Job plans and safety plans
  • Preventive maintenance fundamentals
  • Labor, materials and services on a work order

Learning objectives

  • Describe the work order lifecycle in Maximo Manage
  • Create and apply job plans to work orders
  • Record labor, materials and actuals against a work order
Advanced Work Management2-day instructor-led  ·  planners, supervisors  ·  Advanced

Builds on Fundamentals of Work Management with the techniques a planning team needs once the basics are in place.

Agenda

  • Multi-asset and multi-location work orders
  • Complex job plan structures and task sequencing
  • Failure reporting and problem/cause/remedy codes
  • Work order routing, status changes and approvals

Learning objectives

  • Structure job plans for multi-step, multi-craft work
  • Apply failure codes for reliability reporting
  • Manage work order approval routing
Asset Management1-day instructor-led  ·  asset teams, reliability engineers  ·  Intermediate

Asset creation, meters and their association with assets, asset movement and swap, locations, classification and linear assets.

Agenda

  • Asset creation and the Asset application
  • Meters and meter readings
  • Asset movement, swap and modification
  • Locations, classification and linear assets
  • Asset relationships and item assembly structures
  • Depreciation and cost roll-up; how Health and Predict relate to assets

Learning objectives

  • Create and classify assets, including linear assets
  • Attach and read meters against an asset
  • Move, swap and decommission assets correctly
Maximo Asset Management Implementation Bootcamp9-day hands-on technical bootcamp  ·  implementation teams  ·  Advanced

A hands-on technical bootcamp giving an implementation team the ability to make informed decisions on the design, planning and build of a Maximo deployment.

Agenda

  • Core data setup: organizations, sites and classifications
  • Work management, asset management and inventory foundations
  • Database configuration, application designer and workflow
  • Security, integration and automation scripting basics

Learning objectives

  • Make informed design decisions across the core Maximo modules
  • Configure the platform foundations an implementation depends on
  • Plan a build sequence for a new deployment

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Core Data Setup1-day instructor-led  ·  administrators  ·  Intermediate

Creating a new Organization and Site, multi-organization strategy, GL account setup, Organization Options and classifications.

Agenda

  • Creating Organizations and Sites
  • Multi-organization strategy and GL account setup
  • Organization Options
  • Classifications and Location records

Learning objectives

  • Create a new Organization and Site
  • Set up classifications and locations
Inventory Management1-day instructor-led  ·  storeroom and materials staff  ·  Foundation

The core inventory applications: item setup, storerooms and ordering items from internal stock or vendors.

Agenda

  • Item Master setup and storerooms
  • Inventory balances and reorder points
  • Issuing and transferring items

Learning objectives

  • Set up an item and its storeroom record
  • Issue and transfer inventory correctly
Purchasing and Contracts1-day instructor-led  ·  procurement and materials teams  ·  Foundation

The procurement lifecycle in MAS Manage: purchase requests, purchase orders, invoices, RFQs and contracts.

Agenda

  • Purchase Requests and Purchase Orders
  • RFQs and vendor responses
  • Invoices and invoice reversal
  • Contracts overview

Learning objectives

  • Create and process a Purchase Order end to end
  • Describe the Purchasing and Contracts capabilities in Maximo Manage
Preventive Maintenance & Condition Monitoring2-day instructor-led  ·  planners, reliability engineers  ·  Intermediate

How preventive maintenance is configured in Maximo Application Suite — Manage, including condition-based triggers.

Agenda

  • PM records, frequency and job plan association
  • Meter-based and condition-based triggers
  • PM forecasting and route generation

Learning objectives

  • Configure a PM record with a frequency and job plan
  • Set up condition-based maintenance triggers
Leveraging Health for Maximo Application Suite — Manage1-day instructor-led  ·  reliability engineers, planners  ·  Intermediate

Working with Maximo Health: the assets and locations dashboard, Matrix View and related reliability views.

Agenda

  • Assets and locations dashboard
  • Matrix View for health scoring
  • Using Health output to prioritise maintenance

Learning objectives

  • Read and interpret the Health dashboard and Matrix View
  • Use Health scoring to prioritise maintenance decisions
Short-term Planning with Maximo Scheduler2-day instructor-led  ·  planners, schedulers  ·  Intermediate

Short-term planning using the core Maximo Graphical Scheduler applications.

Agenda

  • Graphical Scheduler layout and views
  • Resource levelling and constraints
  • Publishing a schedule back to work orders

Learning objectives

  • Build a short-term schedule using Graphical Scheduler
  • Level resources against constraints
Workflow Development2-day instructor-led  ·  administrators, technical consultants  ·  Advanced

Designing and building workflow processes in Maximo to support custom business requirements.

Agenda

  • Workflow Designer canvas and node types
  • Conditional nodes and routing
  • Assigning workflows to applications and testing

Learning objectives

  • Design a workflow process for a custom business requirement
  • Assign and test a workflow against an application
Database Configuration2-day instructor-led  ·  administrators, technical consultants  ·  Advanced

Extending the Maximo Manage data model: new objects, attributes, relationships, views and indexes, plus auto-numbering, field-level auditing and e-signature.

Agenda

  • Creating objects, attributes, relationships, views and indexes
  • Defaulting and auto-numbering values
  • Field-level auditing and e-signature configuration

Learning objectives

  • Extend the data model with new objects and attributes
  • Discuss database configuration updates and capabilities
Fundamentals of Application Designer2-day instructor-led  ·  administrators, technical consultants  ·  Intermediate

How to modify existing Maximo applications and build new ones using Application Designer.

Agenda

  • Application Designer layout and controls
  • Modifying existing applications: tabs, fields and toolbars
  • Building a new application from a business object
  • Signature options and clone/attach behaviour

Learning objectives

  • Modify an existing application's layout and controls
  • Create a new application in Application Designer
Automation Scripting1-day instructor-led  ·  implementation consultants, administrators  ·  Advanced

Extending Maximo functionality with automation scripts written in Python or JavaScript, and the launch points that trigger them.

Agenda

  • Automation Scripting application overview
  • Launch points and variables
  • Writing and testing scripts in Python or JavaScript

Learning objectives

  • Discuss the benefits of automation scripting
  • Understand different launch points and write a script against one
Users and Security1-day instructor-led  ·  administrators  ·  Intermediate

Creating users, managing labor, crafts and calendar records, and configuring security groups in Maximo Manage.

Agenda

  • Creating users and linking them to People/Labor records
  • Crafts and calendars
  • Security groups and access permissions

Learning objectives

  • Create a new user and assign the correct security group
  • Set up labor, crafts and calendar records

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