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 Chapter 1. Introduction 
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This solution is targeted towards small-to-medium businesses who do not have 
multiple sites and just need a subset of the core functionality of Maximo. Maximo 
Asset Management Enterprise has been a leader in enterprise asset 
management for many years. IBM Maximo is the only solution to have been 
placed in the EAM Leader’s Quadrant 11 times since 1998.
However, smaller businesses can benefit from the core functionality of Maximo 
and do not need an enterprise level solution for asset management. Thus, 
Maximo Asset Management Essentials has been created, which is a lighter, less 
complex version of Maximo Asset Management Enterprise 7.1. The differences 
in functionality will be discussed in subsequent sections of this book.
Maximo allows companies to manage assets by providing information and real 
time data thereby enabling creation of a strategy for maintenance management 
by information based decision making capabilities, help in predicting impacts of 
asset downtime on productivity for all categories of assets.
1.2.1  General Functional Overview
IBM Maximo Asset Management Essentials is an integrated productivity tool and 
database that helps you achieve maximum efficiency in asset management by 
managing all of your asset types on a single software platform. Built on a service 
oriented architecture (SOA), Maximo Asset Management Essentials delivers a 
comprehensive view of all asset types, locations, and the work processes which 
support them, to provide you with optimal planning, control, audit, and 
compliance capability. 
The Maximo database provides critical information about asset resources, 
including key attributes, their configuration, and their physical and logical 
relationships to other resources. You can also include attachments, such as 
maps, pictures, and URLs to each record or task to further enhance 
communication and productivity.
IBM Maximo Asset Management Essentials allows you to effectively manage 
end-to-end asset operations and business processes to deliver efficient and 
effective services aligned with your business goals. It provides a comprehensive 
and modular approach to integrated asset control and visibility by providing an 
enterprise platform for storing standardized data on asset histories to help 
integrate people, processes, information, and technology. Maximo Asset 
Management Essentials offerings include tools, best practices, and service 
offerings for incremental value.
Managing assets through Maximo Asset Management Essentials gives your 
business a competitive advantage.