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The Australian National University Reduces Reactive Maintenance and Boosts Compliance With Maximo Software

whitepaper To reduce reactive maintenance times at the ANU main Acton campus, as well as to meet rigorous safety regulations and more effectively manage its 150 buildings and 14,000 related assets, the division chose IBM Maximo Asset Management software...

Tags: asset management

[16 Nov 2007]

Predictive Maintenance: Repair & Overhaul

whitepaper Commercial aviation Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul (MRO) is on the verge of significant change, not only in who performs maintenance but, more importantly, in how maintenance is accomplished. Aviation MRO organizations are under pressure from...

Tags: supply chain management, maintenance, aviation, mro

[10 Sep 2007]

Meeting Service Levels: For External Service Providers and Internal Departments

whitepaper This paper discusses how service providers (outside organizations) and internal departments, such as operations and maintenance; can increase accountability and performance by adopting service level agreements with their "Customers.

Tags: service level management, service level agreements, level agreements, itil

[22 Jan 2007]

Beyond ITIL: The Cultural Dynamics of IT Service Management

whitepaper ITIL (the IT Infrastructure Library) is the most widely accepted approach to IT Service Management in the world. ITIL is a framework that outlines accepted best practices for IT Service Management. One of ITIL's biggest benefits is that it brings a...

Tags: service level management, service management, framework, itil

[22 Jan 2007]

Transforming IT Operations With a Modern, Unified IT Service Management Solution

whitepaper This whitepaper discusses basic and strategic considerations for implementing IT Service Management when running an IT organization as a business within a business. The paper is designed to provide an overall view of IT Service Management, why it...

Tags: service level management, service management, implement, implementing

[22 Jan 2007]

The Convergence of IT and OSS Requires a Unified Approach

whitepaper This paper will focus on the trends creating the three areas of convergence; assets, services and processes. A unified approach requires a modern solution to create efficiencies of scale, lower operational costs and retain workforce knowledge.

Tags: itil, convergence, assets, collection

[22 Jan 2007]

HP Integrity Servers Help Keep Planes and Passengers in the Air

whitepaper Lufthansa Technik Logistik GmbH (LTL) supplies Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) services to 450 airlines worldwide. Its heterogeneous server environment delivered low performance and high maintenance costs and also had availability and...

Tags: back-up, availability, maintenance, risc

[12 Dec 2006]

Big Blue secures ISS for $1.3bn

News In August alone, IBM has announced plans to buy FileNet, MRO Software and Webify Solutions. IBM made a resounding move into security on Wednesday, acquiring Internet Security Systems (ISS) for $1.3bn.

Tags: iss, ibm

[23 Aug 2006]

IBM buys FileNet for $1.6bn

News The acquisition comes only one week after IBM's software division spent $740 million to buy MRO Software, which makes applications for managing physical assets such as plants and refineries. IBM has agreed to acquire content-management software...

Tags: content management software

[10 Aug 2006]

IBM splurges $740m on asset management firm

News IBM plans to spend $740m in cash to acquire MRO Software, a company that builds applications for managing industrial equipment. MRO has customers in the manufacturing, utility and transportation industries that use the company's so-called asset...

Tags: mro software, asset management, ibm

[03 Aug 2006]

Lean on MRO Throughout the A&D Supply Network

whitepaper The future of the lean MRO enterprise is dependent upon having immediate access to accurate and timely information, analyzing that information for deep understanding, and applying that understanding to business processes that improve performance...

Tags: best practices, business processes, optimize, mission

[05 Jul 2006]

Case Study: RFID at Goodrich Aviation Technical Services

whitepaper Goodrich Aviation Technical Services (ATS) is North America's largest, single-site, third-party provider of Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) services. This case study will describe the approach, observations, benefits, implications, and...

Tags: mobile - wireless communications, rfid, leadership, consulting

[10 May 2006]

The President of This $2 Billion Industrial & Bearing Supply Group Uses Mindjet MindManager for Tablet PC to Share Knowledge on Key Accounts, Maintain Strategic Vision, and Make Key Decisions Quickly

whitepaper IBC is a consortium of independent distributors of industrial and bearing supplies for both production and MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Operations). The challenge was to enable an industrial executive to quickly translate into action his insights...

Tags: industrial, communicate, concepts, action

[21 Apr 2006]

Maximo Enterprise Suite Support for RFID

whitepaper This paper outlines where RFID technology applies to asset and service management, and how MRO Software has enabled Maximo Enterprise Suite to support RFID. Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) technology has been evolving for over a decade.

Tags: supply chain, chain, asset, supply

[16 Feb 2006]

Service-Centric Asset Management for Government

whitepaper Asset management organizations must find ways to deliver services more efficiently, or simple economics will continue to accelerate the trend towards outsourcing. To succeed, leading agencies and commercial organizations are transitioning their...

Tags: asset, business model, asset management, centric

[23 Aug 2005]

Airline Parts Distributor Improves Inventory Efficiency With Data Automation

whitepaper Avio-Diepen specializes in stock management and spare parts distribution to Airline, OEM, and MRO customers throughout the world. Avio-Diepen Atlanta was handling their entire inventory by hand. With no scanning systems in place, they were faced...

Tags: warehouse inventory management, warehouse, installation, entry

[15 Apr 2005]

Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance for Asset Intensive Industries

whitepaper There are five main statutes to SOX that relate to asset intensive industries. They are sections 301, 302, 401, 404 and 409. Driven by the amount of revenue opportunity, software companies, audit firms and business process consultants are jumping...

Tags: asset management, compliance, industries, revenue

[23 Mar 2005]

BP's Carson Unit Refines Contractor Management With WorkTech's Contractor Cost Tracking System (CCTS)

whitepaper Having recently brought MRO Software's MAXIMO Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) online, BP Carson implemented the Contractor Cost Tracking System (CCTS) from Work Technology Corporation to complement MAXIMO and manage contractor...

Tags: project management, capture, contractor, carson

[03 Feb 2005]

The Role of Strategic Asset Management in Homeland Security

whitepaper The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was created in the wake of the tragic events September 11, 2001, to devise better ways of protecting critical assets and responding more quickly in case of emergency.

Tags: border security, homeland security, united states, assets

[05 Nov 2004]

Mindjet Case Study: IBC (IndustrialSupplyPlus & BearingSupplyPlus)

whitepaper But what really sold him on the value of the Tablet PC was the first time he used Mindjet's business mapping software, MindManager for Tablet PC, in a meeting with a major distributor of MRO bearings.

Tags: roi - tco, pc, tablet, distributor

[04 Jun 2004]

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