Asset Configuration and Management in IBM Maximo 6 for IT

After completing this course, students should be able to:

• Plan for and set up IT assets.
• Create IT item masters and records.
• Apply standard configurations (item assembly structures).
• Manage vendors and contracts.
• Create/update/delete purchase, lease, warranty, and software contracts.
• Set up and use terms and conditions.
• Create requisitions for assets using the Desktop Requisitions and Purchase Requisitions applications.
• Create requests for quotations (RFQs).
• Create RFQs from purchase requests.
• Create contracts from RFQs.
• Receive IT assets and deploy them to a user.
• Manage IMACs, including moves, mass moves, and swaps.
• Maintain software license compliance using the Discovery and Reconciliation applications.
• Use KPIs and reports to monitor IT asset costs and usage.
• Retire an IT asset.
• Manage a lease expiration.