Co-Ops at Cohesive Solutions are an integral part of our company culture. In 2015 Cohesive developed a co-op program where we partnered with 2 local universities: Kennesaw State and Georgia Tech, to engage with their career centers. As part of our regular blog we will be sharing a co-op story. This [...]
Topics: Careers
On October 4, 2017 I attended the IBM hosted event in Boston called “Genius of Things”.
Topics: Innovation, Technology
Recently I did a webcast on the new FREE Maximo Budget Monitoring application that IBM released with Maximo V7.6.0.8. This webcast was recorded and can be found HERE.
Topics: Maximo Budget Monitoring
We’ve all heard about “company culture”. I’ll summarize here. It is the collective beliefs, values and principles of an organization’s employees. Every company has a culture no matter the size or number of employees.
Topics: Performance Management, business process
Next week I will be attending the ESRI GeoConX 2017 conference in Chicago and am looking forward to seeing old friends and making new ones while there. Of interest, on my agenda is the Birds of a Feather Session for Electric Distribution.
Topics: GIS, ESRI, Electric Distribution
You may agree that your car plays a pretty important role in your life. We often take our vehicles for granted and assume they will work for us as we carry out our day-to-day activities.
Topics: risk mitigation, Reliability Centered Maintenance, RCM
Imagine you’re a dedicated breeder of fine thoroughbred race horses. You love horses. Your whole life revolves around horses. You love everything about horses but you have a special affinity for fine animals at their peak physical strength and beauty.
Topics: Maximo, Maximo Fundamentals, Maximo Training, Maximo data, maximize ibm maximo performance
Recently, Cohesive Solutions completed a very successful Maximo for Utilities (T&D) implementation for a major power company in the Midwest. Over the course of two plus years we went through an exhaustive list of activities to bring this project to fruition. These steps included; integrating [...]
Topics: Maximo, Maximo Fundamentals, Prerequisites, Maximo Training
Change Management is a structured approach to ensuring that changes are thoroughly and smoothly implemented, and that the lasting benefits of change are achieved; focus is on the wider impacts of change, particularly on people and how they, as individuals and teams, move from the current [...]
Topics: Change Management, Maximo Implementation, Maximo go live
Topics: Master Contracts, Maximo Tips, Maximo Fundamentals
Co-Ops at Cohesive Solutions are an integral part of our company culture. In 2015 Cohesive developed a co-op program where we partnered with 2 local universities: Kennesaw State and Georgia Tech, to engage with their career centers. As part of our regular blog we will be sharing a co-op story. This [...]
Topics: Career Opportunities, Propel Performance Management, Internships
It’s that time again. IBM has announced this past month the end of support for Maximo V7.5 that will take effect on April 30, 2018. If you are a Maximo veteran, you’ve seen this story before. Your organization has invested quite a bit of time and money into buying and implementing a sound [...]
A Maximo upgrade project is often time-consuming and expensive. One critical lynch pin in the entire process is simple imitation. There are several reasons that clients decide to upgrade to a current version of Maximo. The most common reason is related to version support from IBM. Other clients [...]
Topics: Maximo Upgrade
Topics: Data Quality, Data Confidence, Trustworthy Information, Trustworthy Data
A primary goal of MRO Supply Chain managers is to balance financial performance with risk mitigation. In order to achieve goals, however, quantifiable targets must be established and performance toward those goals must be measured. The difficulty is identifying ‘how to measure’ these balanced [...]
Topics: Enterprise Asset Management, risk mitigation, supply chain management, financial performance
Getting it right the first time is hard. This past Sunday night of the Oscars turned into one very explosive moment. I write this from a place of empathy as I read through the last 48 hours of Oscar flub social media posts burning a hole in my mind about the importance of procedures and [...]
Topics: Business Solutions, business process, Procedures, EAM business intelligence
Consider the following simple scenario which helps explain the difference between data, information, and knowledge.
Topics: Knowledge Management
Topics: data, information, data v. information, insights
When the floods come and the storms rage...thank goodness for the folks that hold the line.
Topics: Utilities, Disaster Relief, Emergency Response
How is an asymptote like Operational Excellence?
In my 10 short years participating in large complex enterprise IT transformations that have taken me to the far side of the globe and back, I’ve observed my fair share of success and failure. These projects in some cases span years, demanding significant human and capital investment.
Topics: Performance Management, Enterprise Asset Management, Change Management, Process Compliance, Lean, BPO, BPM, erp, six sigma, business process, enterprise resource planning, eam
Recently I attended a TAG (Technology Association of Georgia) event focused on Operational Excellence. The inspiring presentation was provided by Dr. Norman Firchau, President and CEO of Porsche Consulting. I found myself intrigued with his alternative perspective on “training.” During the [...]
Topics: Change Management, Training vs. Capability Building, training
Topics: Business Intelligence, Performance Management, Data Quality, Data Confidence, Change Management, KPIs, metrics, business performance
KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) are measurable indications of a company’s operational performance within broad or specific objectives. The big question for many organizations therein lies: How Do I Choose The Right KPIs?
Topics: KPI, Performance Management Solution
