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Get Out of Limbo and Into Productivity by Increasing the Rows Displayed in IBM Maximo

Planners and Schedulers are amazing people. They work with huge data sets, sometimes full of...

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How to Change Colors of Specific Fields in IBM Maximo

One of the biggest CMMS system hardships for maintenance Planners and Schedulers is screen clutter....

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How Flipping Burgers relates to Managing Asset & Location Availability

Planning and Scheduling maintenance is both an art and a science. There are tons of variables at...

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What Should You Do if Your IBM Maximo Consultant Makes You Cry?

During a recent AKWIRE training class, I was able to listen to an interesting conversation. A...

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Enhance Enterprise Maintenance Prioritization WIth This Function

Imagine that you’ve got an overdue PM that will eventually lead to a critical outage if left...

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Improve Long-Term Planning and Scheduling for IBM Maximo with AKWIRE

Maintenance Planners and Schedulers in Oil and Gas, Utilities, Facilities Management and everywhere...

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IBM Maximo Build EAR Process Slowing You Down? Here’s One Way to Fix It

The IBM Maximo EAR (Enterprise Application Archive) file is an enterprise archive that can be...

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My Top 3 Recommendations for IBM Maximo Power Users

IBM Maximo is a complicated and immensely powerful tool. It can take years to develop expertise to...

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Maximo Dos and Don’ts: Tips to Live By From Two IBM Maximo Pros

IBM Maximo is one of the most powerful (and popular) CMMS solutions out there – and for good...

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Users Getting Lost? How to Change the URL Context of the Application in IBM Maximo

Awhile back, I ran into a client who had three environments co-located. It was a classic “all eggs...

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Disable the Heads Down Data Entry in IBM Maximo That Wastes Your Time

Progress. It’s a funny concept, because what’s an improvement for some people isn’t for others. For...

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Was Your Maximo Installed By Another User? How I Solved That “Issue”

You may notice that this article is shorter than usual – but that’s OK. When you run into a...

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How Conditional Loading Can Make Scheduling Faster & Easier

Sometimes, all it takes is a fresh set of eyes to make you question long-held processes and habits....

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Find Columns in All Tables With This Handy SQL Script for IBM Maximo, and Other Database

IBM Maximo stores massive amounts of data. Massive. In a typical out of the box set-up, you’re...

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Maximo Data Nightmares: Beware These Productivity-Sucking Ghouls

Trick or treat?

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Find Columns in All Tables With This Oracle Script for IBM Maximo

There’s one thing virtually every maintenance Planner or Scheduler can agree on, whether you work...

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Is it May 6 or June 5? Customize How the Date is Displayed in IBM Maximo

I’m sure you all remember when “The Dress” broke the internet in 2016. Was it white and gold or...

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Finding a Direct Route in Your IBM Maximo Maze

I’ve received some emails from readers enjoying some of my articles highlighting the adventures in...

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Increasing the Number of Sessions in Maximo: One Way You Can Do it

Keeping the tone of the last few short and sweet technical articles that I’ve been publishing over...

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Tight Fit? How You Can Increase the Size of Maximo Dialog Boxes

How many of you have run into the situation that you need to add more and more columns to a Maximo...

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Maximo: How to Hide an Application Tab for Some Security Groups

As we have been doing in the past few months, you’ve seen some short and sweet articles based on my...

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Kill Clutter & Like What You See: Improving Data Visualization With Calculated Fields

In my world, many of the challenges I’ve worked to help resolve are all rooted in the same problem:...

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The Right Parts at the Right Time: How to Manage Your Spare Parts Successfully

Do you have the right spares in stock when your equipment fails? Do you have too much of the wrong...

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KPIs, Reports and Analytics Part 1 – Wasting Time Reporting On Time Wasted

In late October, I spoke at Australia’s largest SAP EAM conference for the fourth time. Each time I...

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Want a 24-Hour Clock For IBM Maximo? Here’s How to Get It

If you’re like me, you dislike working with an AM and PM format. There’s just too much of a risk of...

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How Do They Do That?! Using Custom Calculated Fields to Work Smarter

Custom calculated fields are one of the most powerful tools that you can have at your disposal when...

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How Long Does it Take YOU to Update 200+ Job Plans in IBM Maximo?

Imagine you’re at a retirement party for John, who’s been the supervisor of your organization’s...

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Filter Better: No Child (or Task) Maximo Work Order Left Behind

Because Planners and Schedulers deal with such large quantities of data, it’s important for them to...

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Phone: +31 78 614 6288

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Tutorials

How to Rate the Criticality of Your Equipment

Why You Need the Ability to Schedule by Craft and Labor in 1 Screen

The Basics about the Art and Science of Mining Maintenance Data

Get Out of Limbo and Into Productivity by Increasing the Rows Displayed in IBM Maximo

How to Change Colors of Specific Fields in IBM Maximo

How Flipping Burgers relates to Managing Asset & Location Availability

What Should You Do if Your IBM Maximo Consultant Makes You Cry?

Enhance Enterprise Maintenance Prioritization WIth This Function

Improve Long-Term Planning and Scheduling for IBM Maximo with AKWIRE

IBM Maximo Build EAR Process Slowing You Down? Here’s One Way to Fix It

My Top 3 Recommendations for IBM Maximo Power Users

Maximo Dos and Don’ts: Tips to Live By From Two IBM Maximo Pros

Users Getting Lost? How to Change the URL Context of the Application in IBM Maximo

Disable the Heads Down Data Entry in IBM Maximo That Wastes Your Time

Was Your Maximo Installed By Another User? How I Solved That “Issue”

How Conditional Loading Can Make Scheduling Faster & Easier

Find Columns in All Tables With This Handy SQL Script for IBM Maximo, and Other Database

Maximo Data Nightmares: Beware These Productivity-Sucking Ghouls

Find Columns in All Tables With This Oracle Script for IBM Maximo

Is it May 6 or June 5? Customize How the Date is Displayed in IBM Maximo

Finding a Direct Route in Your IBM Maximo Maze

Increasing the Number of Sessions in Maximo: One Way You Can Do it

Tight Fit? How You Can Increase the Size of Maximo Dialog Boxes

Maximo: How to Hide an Application Tab for Some Security Groups

Kill Clutter & Like What You See: Improving Data Visualization With Calculated Fields

The Right Parts at the Right Time: How to Manage Your Spare Parts Successfully

KPIs, Reports and Analytics Part 1 – Wasting Time Reporting On Time Wasted

Want a 24-Hour Clock For IBM Maximo? Here’s How to Get It

How Do They Do That?! Using Custom Calculated Fields to Work Smarter

How Long Does it Take YOU to Update 200+ Job Plans in IBM Maximo?

Filter Better: No Child (or Task) Maximo Work Order Left Behind