Maximo Secrets

Budget Monitoring (3 of 3) – Project Costing – a worked example

Contents The following pages will show you how to create a new focal point which can be used for CAPEX budgets based on the Cost Management application’s records. Creating the Focal Point and Rule Associations The Cost Management application is used for managing project costs, particularly where there is a project ledger in a finance…
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Budget Monitoring (2 of 3) – Understanding Focal Points and Rules

Contents Entity Diagram for Budget Monitoring We’ll start the second page by understanding the data structures for Budget Monitoring. The first four objects/tables are what you see in the Budget Monitoring application: The next four objects/tables are probably only going to be reviewed by the Maximo Administrator who is setting up your system for you.…
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Budget Monitoring (1 of 3) – An overview

Contents The Budget Monitoring application was introduced in May 2017 as part of the Maximo 7.6.0.8 feature pack. It will be found in the Financial module. It allows budgets to be created based on one of several different focal points, for example location, asset, chart of account or a GL component and then budget lines…
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Asset Depreciation (4 of 4) – Swap/Split Depreciation Schedules

The final of four blogs on Maximo’s asset depreciation functionality – hope you fond it useful.
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Asset Depreciation (3 of 4) – Manage Depreciation Schedules

Contents The third and fourth page looking at the features of asset depreciation in Maximo are both detailed and focused on the actions in the Assets application. This third topic takes a deep dive into the Manage Depreciation Schedules action. The fourth page will focus on the Swap Depreciation Schedule and Split Depreciation Schedule actions…
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Asset Depreciation (2 of 4) – Setting up

The second of four blogs reviewing Asset Depreciation in Maximo. This one focuses on setting up Asset Depreciation in the Asset Templates and Item Master applications.
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Asset Depreciation (1 of 4) – An Introduction and Summary

The first of four posts reviewing Asset Depreciation in Maximo.
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The 12 Steps to Asset Management Maturity

Learn how to become better at asset management from a Maximo perspective.
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“To tool, or not to tool? That is the question.”

A tool is something used to service an asset, it is not a spare part or materials, they are items. A Tool is a type of item. It has two supporting applications Tools and Stocked Tools which look similar to Item Master and Inventory applications which are used with the Item type. Tools and Items…
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12 Steps to Planning and Scheduling Maturity

Learn how to become better at planning and scheduling from a Maximo perspective.
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Terms and Conditions in Maximo

The Terms and Conditions application will be found in both the Purchasing and Contracts modules. It is used to create a library of terms that are used in purchasing documents; Purchase Requisitions, Purchase Orders, Requests for Quotations, Contracts and Invoices. Terms and Conditions are also used if you have Maximo for Service Providers installed, in…
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Maximo for Service Providers – A snapshot of the last 5 years

It is almost 5 years since Maximo for Service Providers 7.6 was released and there have been a further eight feature packs or fix packs since. This page gives a snapshot of the changes that have been made. Maximo for Service Providers 7.6 (12-Dec-2014) Multi-tenancy support Warning when a bill batch is created for an…
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Imported Views

In the Database Configuration application Maximo provides the ability to import a view based on an already existing database view. It is a simple process, but it does require you to extend an existing Maximo object. The new object will be the same as the view name. In the example shown we have created a…
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Maximo Languages and Language Tables

Learn how to set up a new language table and make attributes language enabled.
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Repair Facilities

What is a Repair Facility? Repair Facilities will most often be used when there are mobile assets that move between locations, for example trains, trucks and buses, boats and aeroplanes. The assets that belong to one site may be repaired at a location in another. In Maximo the work order is raised for the same…
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