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Chapter 1. Introduction 3
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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.