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Smart Work Scheduling in Water Utilities – SSC Water & BPD Zenith
SSC Water & BPD Zenith - Smart Work Scheduling in Water Utilities South Staffs & Cambridge Water – a large water supply company in the United Kingdom, helps reduce resource costs and increase performance after selecting IBM Business Partner BPD Zenith to...
BPD Zenith Offers IBM Maximo Solutions on the UK G-Cloud 12 Digital Marketplace
BPD Zenith is a proud supplier of IBM Maximo CAFM software on Crown Commercial Service’s (CCS) Lot 2: Cloud Software G-Cloud 12 framework. What is G-Cloud 12? G-Cloud 12 is a pre-approved UK Government purchasing framework that enables public sector organisations to...
2021 wrap up by APC CEO Graeme Sharp
2021 has seen a number of changes at BPD Zenith globally, with the major change being Galanthus Partners buying the company in July 2021. Since the purchase, a continued focus and re-investment into BPD Zenith’s Cloud strategy has been made, further consolidating the...
2021 Wrap-Up by APAC CEO Graeme Sharp
2021 has seen a number of changes at BPD Zenith globally, with the major change being Galanthus Partners buying the company in July 2021. Since the purchase, a continued focus and re-investment into BPD Zenith’s Cloud strategy has been made, further consolidating the...
Maximo Data Imports: A simplified guide
All your Maximo data import needs simplified Being able to manage data loads and data extracts is a powerful ability. It can substantially improve processes and reduce delays. Maximo offers not one but multiple ways of handling data. Equipped with user-friendly error...
Architecture Governance
What is architecture governance? Governance is a system of rules, practices, and processes by which a company is controlled and directed. It is less about deliberate control and strict adherence to rules, and more about the effective usage of resources to achieve an...
Custom servlet in Maximo
What is a servlet? Servlets are Java classes which service HTTP requests and implement the ‘javax. servlet. HttpServlet’, an abstract class that implements the servlet interface and is specially designed to handle HTTP requests. A servlet accepts the request,...
Asset Management Best Practice: Maintenance Management Reporting Tools
We have all heard the saying if you can’t measure it, you can’t effectively manage it. Nothing could be more true when considering the handling of hundreds and even into thousands of jobs created each month. This is the third of 3 articles outlining the configuration...
How to call a Report directly from the Action Menu in IBM Maximo
In IBM Maximo, it’s possible to add a direct print option to a report. This adds a printer icon to the toolbar and allows you to run the report with just one click. But for reports where there are parameters required before running, this is not possible… Usually, a user will have to click the “Run Reports” action, then find their report in the list of all reports available for that application. They then click on the one they want before being taken to the IBM Maximo Reports Request page. In this blog I’ll show you how to get around that problem. in our example we use an Action launch point for an Automation Script and link it to a menu item in IBM Maximo Application Designer…
BPD Zenith’s Asset Health Monitoring Solution, LoveYourAsset
Throughout the history of mankind, technology has always played a great role in facilitating our lives and simplifying critical challenges for progress in every field, particularly in the area of Asset Management where we are seeing many companies investing in a good...
Women’s History Month special – famous women in Technology from the past
It is not uncommon to read about how men and machines have contributed to the history of technological development. But how often do you hear about the women? In celebration of Women's History Month which was celebrated in March, I have collated a list and am paying...
Helpful tips to remember when starting a Maximo Implementation
After nearly 20 years of implementing Maximo for various organisations across a myriad of industries, there are some basic design principles that I like to follow on a new (greenfield) Maximo installation. Please note that these are some of my personal preferences but...
Looking at Maximo ‘Out-Of-The-Box’ vs BPD’s Maximo Accelerator for Oil and Gas Assets
Since joining the BPD Zenith team, I have worked with a number of Oil and Gas clients, almost all of whom are using elements of BPD Zenith's Maximo Accelerator for Oil and Gas Assets... As a Maximo Consultant with BPD Zenith UK, I continue my 28-year career in Oil...
A Maximo enhancement project took us around the world
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...
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...
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...
Introduction to the Manage Inspection Forms Tool
Manage Inspection Forms Tool This blog will provide a quick overview and use case of the Manage Inspection Forms Tool. This is part of a series of blogs looking at Work Center functionality and our experience in implementing them. The Manage Inspection Forms tool is...
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...
The Art of Never Giving Up – "Stickability"
It’s the trying to make it that counts.
The Art of Never Giving Up – “Stickability”
It’s the trying to make it that counts.
Should I consider Maximo Customization?
I wonder, is Maximo customization really that bad?
