Planning & Scheduling Certification comes to the IBM Maximo User Community
Planning & Scheduling Certification comes to the IBM Maximo User Community
CiM Maintenance (CiM) and IBM’s Asset Management Center of Excellence (AMcoe) have teamed to deliver the first Maximo Planner / Scheduler Certification program to the Maximo User Group (MUG) audiences at the Facilities Management Maximo User Group (FMMUG) at St. Petersburg FL (April 23-27) and the Maximo Utilities Working Group (MWUG) at Baltimore MD (May 27).
For the Utilities industry, this program will become a benchmark 3 level certification program administered by MWUG to bring standardization to the craft of planning and scheduling work in the Utilities marketplace. IBM’s Don Barry opened the session with a clever group exercise that brought light to the value of planning maintenance work and a whiteboard illustration on how planning and scheduling best practices can save upwards to 22% in direct maintenance cost. With this eye-opener as a foundation CiM’s Jim Charboneau spoke about process models for success and the effective use of Maximo features and functions to achieve planning excellence across the full asset lifecycle. CiM’s Jean Charbonneau provided detailed look at Maximo of Utilities (T&D) job plans, PM and scheduling capabilities and demonstrated effective use of Maximo’s Assignment Managers and Labor Calendars to achieve high performance work deployment. http://cimmaintenance.com/services/training-and-certification-services/planning-scheduling-excellence-1-day/
At the MWUG meetings CiM launched its Visual Solutions for Smarter Utilities that features Maximo for Utilities (T&D), the Crew Scheduler, a crew enable version of Maximo Scheduler and enhanced versions of CiM’s Visual Planner Suite (T&D) for use in distribution, transmission, plants and nuclear operations. http://cimmaintenance.com/products/industry-solutions/visual-planner-for-utilities/
This joint-offering between CiM Maintenance and IBM has grown in popularity since the introduction of IBM Maximo’s Maximo Scheduler. The much anticipated and highly welcomed Maximo Scheduler application works seamlessly with CiM’s Visual Solutions enabling a tightly integrated, interoperable full lifecycle integrated asset management solution.
At Pulse 2010 in Las Vegas, IBM VP Sandy Carter recognized CiM as a leader in integrated industry frameworks. CiM Maintenance is the oldest Maximo partner renowned for creating value rich solutions that are embedded into Maximo v 5.x, 6.x and 7.x architectures. IBM Global Business Services is a strategic partner and reseller of CiM products worldwide. www.cimmaintenance.com
Jim Charboneau
Solution Architect for a smarter planet
Jim.charboneau@cimmaintenance.com
+14165038877