Working for a multi-national organization such as BPD Zenith brings its own perks and specializing in a niche area such as IBM Maximo in the Asset management space, you are bound to be exposed to some excellent opportunities. I was presented with a secondment to work...

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Meet the Team – Andres Acosta
1. What is your position at BPD Zenith? I mainly work with our Global Infrastructure Team, where we deliver Cloud infrastructure for our MaxiCloud clients. I am also involved in other areas of the company assisting Support, Sales and Product Development as required....
A 2020 message from ANZ Managing Director Mark Michael
This has certainly been a year like no other. For many of us COVID19 has been a time of significant loss, some will endure the mourning of loved ones, some will have experienced separation from those we care about and there have been endless opportunities lost to...
Reimagining Maximo and licensing with the new IBM Maximo Application Suite (MAS) 8.0
Having recently attended the virtual UK&I Maximo User Group, I’d like to share some information from the roadmap session around the Maximo Application Suite and a new way of licensing called App Points. Maximo Today Currently, Maximo is at version 7.6.1.2 with...
Maximo Integration and custom endpoint for token retrieval
Maximo Endpoints are used for outbound integration. When we trigger integration in Maximo, publish channel with associated object structure create a message and store it in an outbound queue. Cron task for the outbound queue invokes the endpoint which routes outbound...
Single Sign On (SSO) in Maximo
As our work environments become more and more digitized, end users express a greater need to access software systems quickly and efficiently. Single Sign On (SSO) has been introduced to reduce the complexity for end users by enabling them to log in to multiple...
Implementing Drill-through in a BIRT report
More often than not, we may be working with a report which lacks all the necessary details about a particular Work Order or asset. In this instance, we need to access Maximo and retrieve the relevant record to obtain the information we are after. Wouldn’t it be so...
Crew Management using Graphical Scheduling applications
Maximo Scheduler applications have been around for a while, but some great design enhancements and functionalities released by IBM in the recent versions; and the fact that it provides maintenance planning and scheduling capabilities within Maximo eliminates the need...
Automation Scripts – A Powerful Maximo Feature
Automation Scripts are powerful features, used for writing, extending or altering the existing functionality to meet specific business requirements without java customization. Most popular scripting languages are Jython, Python and JavaScript. Automation Scripts were...
Driving Productivity with Automation
If there’s one metric that’s top-of-mind for field service leaders today, it’s availability. In an industry where every minute of downtime is money out the door, even a slight increase in asset uptime is significant. For many organizations, the answer lies in...
Maximo Anywhere – Making Maximo Mobile for a Digital Workforce
As businesses adapt to a new normal, operational efficiency is more important than ever before. Remote and mobile working is essential for success as the world tries to recover and move forward. At BPD Zenith, we have seen a complete change in attitude regarding...
Women in Reliability and Asset Management
On 25 June, my colleague Danit Larter and I joined our first WIRAM event – and WIRAM’s first digital event! Women in Reliability and Asset Management (WIRAM) Women in Reliability and Asset Management (WIRAM) is a special interest group that is part of the Association...
Introduction to the Work Execution Work Center
Work Execution Work Center This blog will provide a quick overview and use case of the Work Execution Inventory Work Center. This is part of a series of blogs looking at Work Center functionality and our experience in implementing them. Maximo Work Centers are...
IBM Maximo Anywhere and its features
IBM® Maximo Anywhere is a next-generation mobile application platform that enables users to securely access IBM Maximo® Asset Management functionality from a mobile device. Maximo Anywhere provides a suite of connected and disconnected apps that focus on asset,...
Introduction to the Manage Inventory Work Center
Manage Inventory Work Center This blog will provide a quick overview and use case of the Maximo Manage Inventory Work Center. This is part of a series of blogs looking at Work Center functionality and our experience in implementing them. The Manage Inventory Work...
An AI Assistant for your Workforce
The coronavirus pandemic continues to cause disruption to our workforces, and it has got me thinking – your people are your best assets, so what happens if you lose your experts? And what will happen to your assets if your most experienced technicians are restricted,...
The Catalyst Behind the MaxiCloud Platform
The idea of BPD Zenith’s MaxiCloud platform came about more than 5 years ago as a response to clients’ desires for a fully managed Maximo Cloud application. The benefits of this new innovative environment were only just starting to resonate with the end user then,...
Meet the Team – Carol Mathew
1. What is your position at BPD Zenith? I’m a Senior Maximo consultant, involved in delivering projects, change requests, training, onsite support for clients, pre-sales activities etc. I have a strong technical background with a functional outlook. 2. What led you to...
Your Bridge to Cloud – 6 Benefits of MaxiCloud LaaS
Cloud is a hot topic at the moment and most organisations are either preparing to move to the Cloud or have already made the jump. If you’re in the first category and are gearing up, then BPD Zenith’s MaxiCloud License as a Service (LaaS) could be the ideal first...
Maximo 8.0 – Enabling efficient, reliable and sustainable equipment operations during a time of disruption
During this time of disruption, we are all having to reinvent the ways we live, work and communicate. IBM’s IoT Exchange event was no different and was replaced last week with an innovative digital academy. This is an ongoing virtual environment that will be refreshed...
Regulatory Compliance – Maximo for Oil and Gas Use Cases
As most of us know, there is a lot more to IBM Maximo than most businesses use, and if you add in one of the Industry Solutions then that functionality is exponentially greater! In the Maximo for Oil and Gas modules, there is a wealth of functionality that enables...
MaxiCloud in Self Isolation
It’s fair to say that even though it’s only May, 2020 has been a challenging year! For our Australian cohort, a set of bushfires which devasted much of the East Coast and then COVID-19 which has impacted us all globally. We are all in this together Positivity is my...
Meet the Team – Simon Gate
1. What is your position at BPD Zenith? "I’m a developer at BPD working out of the Carlisle office (and currently my kitchen). This means I get to work on delivering client work packages from transformational Maximo upgrades, to smaller incremental changes. In...
Meet the Team – Nicky Rhodes
1. What is your position at BPD Zenith? "VP of Service Delivery – Canada. This involves a number of different hats, technical lead and management of our delivery team, technical sales support and a senior consultant delivering Maximo solutions for our clients." 2....
Sensors, sensors everywhere! But are you making use of yours?
With the first electric thermostats coming into the market in 1883 (invented by Warren Johnson); infrared sensors being around since the 1940s; and motion sensors being used in alarm systems since the 1950s; I think it’s fair to say that the concept of sensors isn’t...