Maximo Field Guide
Maximo Field Guide
Plain-English Maximo, explained through one real-feeling utility.
Community draft. Practitioner review in progress.318 terms across 14 modules and 6 learning paths.
Learning Paths
- 1. Your first week in Maximo 16 steps
- 2. Maintenance planner basics 12 steps
- 3. Storeroom basics 18 steps
- 4. From Maximo 7.6 to MAS 15 steps
- 5. Reliability and asset performance 17 steps
- 6. Admin and configuration 16 steps
Modules
- 01 Foundations and Structure 19 termsHow Maximo is organized (organizations, sites, sets) and the basics every screen shares: records, statuses, queries, Start Centers.
- 02 Assets and Locations 30 termsLocations vs assets, hierarchies, systems, rotating assets, classifications, failure codes and meters.
- 03 Work Management 27 termsService requests, work orders, the status lifecycle, plans vs actuals, tasks, child work orders, execution and inspections.
- Job plans, preventive maintenance schedules, routes and safety (hazards, precautions, lockout/tagout, permits).
- 05 Inventory and Storerooms 30 termsItems, storerooms, balances, reservations, issues, returns, transfers, counting, reordering and cost types.
- 06 Purchasing and Contracts 23 termsRequisitions, RFQs, purchase orders, receiving, invoicing, vendors and the different kinds of contracts.
- 07 Labor, Crafts and Scheduling 17 termsPeople, users and labor, crafts, qualifications, calendars, crews and how planning differs from scheduling.
- 08 Finance and Cost 12 termsGL accounts, financial periods, currencies, planned vs actual cost and life-to-date cost.
- Security, domains, Database Configuration, Application Designer, workflow, escalations, automation scripts and admin tools.
- 10 Integration, Data and Reporting 18 termsThe integration framework, REST API, data loading and quality, BIRT reports, KPIs and analytics.
- What MAS is, how it differs from 7.6, OpenShift architecture, workspaces, deployment options and AppPoints licensing.
- Monitor, Health, Predict, Visual Inspection, Maximo Mobile, Optimizer and the AI features in MAS.
- 13 Industry Solutions and Add-ons 21 termsIndustry solutions (Utilities, Transportation, Nuclear and more) and add-ons such as Spatial, HSE and Real Estate and Facilities.
- The maintenance and reliability ideas behind Maximo: strategies, RCM, FMEA, P-F curve, MTBF, MTTR and other metrics.
Riverbend Water Authority
Every example in this guide uses Riverbend Water Authority, a fictional municipal water utility. RWA has one organization, three sites, real-looking assets and work orders, and all the data you need to follow each concept from start to finish.
Meet Riverbend Water →