Companies evolve, and the deployment of their assets can also change over time. Consider an old oil platform that is now used as a transit platform. Or an empty gas field, where CO2 is now stored. Another example of repurposing an asset is a former oil pipeline to transport CO2 released as a byproduct to horticulturalists to accelerate the growth of their crops. The new deployment usually requires an adjustment of the asset and therefore also of the maintenance. For example, you need to expand the asset with new components that you need to maintain. And it may be a good time to deploy new technologies to make your maintenance management more efficient and effective. Finally, with the new application, you may outsource the maintenance work to another party. IBM Maximo helps you with all these changes in your asset management.

An important advantage to start with is that the maintenance history of the asset is stored in IBM Maximo. So you know exactly what the condition of an asset is, what maintenance choices have been made in the past, and why. This supports you in your decision-making about the new application of the asset: what adjustments to the asset are needed and what maintenance data you want to record in the future. It is also very valuable for the external party that takes over the maintenance of the asset to have the maintenance history – if only to perform a zero measurement. For example, if there is a leak in a pipe somewhere, it is easy to see what problems may have occurred earlier and what maintenance has been done. Adding asset data to IBM Maximo from other systems to supplement the maintenance history is not a problem. Conversely, you can easily transfer the maintenance history from IBM Maximo to another system.

IBM Maximo is very easy to adapt to changes in the application of an asset. For example, you can easily transform screens and record all kinds of data about existing and new components. In the new situation, other measuring points may be important for maintenance management. You want to map these points properly and keep an eye on their values. For example, the integrity of an oil platform remains the same when used as a transit platform, but new compressors and pipelines are needed that require maintenance and whose performance you want to monitor. IBM Maximo offers the flexibility to implement these types of changes and at the same time optimize your maintenance management with new technologies. These technologies range from smart dashboards and applications for predictive maintenance to innovations such as sensors to remotely measure corrosion damage to pipelines or drones that perform visual inspections and automatic analysis of the inspection data with artificial intelligence.

Gemba helps you adjust IBM Maximo when the deployment of your assets changes. Together with you, we look at what the new application entails in terms of information needs and requirements, what technologies are available for this, and how IBM Maximo supports maintenance with maximum effectiveness and efficiency.