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Learn about safety on the Locations and Assets applications. Then how to use these to build yourself a Safety Plan.
Learn about the three types of hazards including a tag out records that have lock out operations created in the Lock Out/Tag Out application.
Learn about PM Forecasts including Forecast Costs.
Learn about Meter Based PMs including mixed Time and Meter PMs. Learn about PM Hierarchies.
Learn about time based Preventive Maintenance, a first step before meter-based PMs, PM hierarchies, and PM Forecasting which we will cover later.
Learn about Master PMs a template for frequency based Preventive Maintenance (PM) records. We also consider Master PMs used with Asset Templates.
Learn about two similar applications Routes and Collections and when you would use one or the other.
Learn about Job Plans, the template for a work order. Sorry, there’s no room to squeeze in Dynamic Job Plans.
Learn about one of the first steps in Planning and Scheduling Maturity, availability. Calendars and Shifts are defined before modifying the work periods to define People/Crew Availability.
Learn about Crew Types, Crews and how Crew Work Groups fit in. If multiple technicians or engineers normally work together then crews are used, it is not just for utilities.
Learn about three of the applications in the Resources module, Crafts, Labor, and Qualifications and how they work together.
Learn about two of the applications in the Resources module which are considered core data and likely to be used by all Maximo clients, People and Person Groups.
Learn about the Relationships application when not used in conjunction with linear assets. Learn how relationships can be added between an asset and another asset or a location.
Learn that while locations and assets share a common set of values, how you might modify this. Learn the differences between changing status on locations and assets, and what happens to the asset status if it is moved between sites.
Learn about Failure Codes and Failure Hierarchies and techniques for creating a hierarchy. Learn about Failure Reporting on a work order and settings that can affect this.