When: May 1 - May 5, 2011

The mission of the Facilities Management Maximo User Group (FMMUG) is to provide a forum for Maximo users in the facilities management industry to exchange information, methods and experiences. This exchange of information is designed to optimize the use of Maximo’s capabilities. GenesisSolutions is a key supporting vendor of this organization. At the 2011 Annual Meeting, our resources will be in attendance and available to discuss our proven services to the facilities management industry to help optimize their maintenance systems and related programs. These include Maximo Consulting Services (Implementations, Upgrades, Training, Integration & Reporting) & Asset Reliability Services (EAM Assessments, Maintenance Master Planning, Development and Execution).

GenesisSolutions is a Premier Elite Vendor Sponsor again this year, and will be exhibiting during vendor night and attending sessions Monday & Tuesday. On Wednesday we will be reprising our “Planning & Scheduling for Facilities - A Best Practices Overview” presentation and workshop with Solufy (www.Solufy.com).

When: 10/17/10 – 10/19/10

FMMUG - Focusing on Facilities Best-practices User Presentations

The mission of the Facilities Management Maximo User Group is to provide a forum for Maximo users in the facilities management industry to exchange information, methods and experiences. Today there are very few forums for individuals to showcase the methods they are embracing in an effort to leverage the latest technology to optimize their company’s facilities, monitor and lower equipment costs, bench mark key indicators and eliminate costly repairs. This exchange of information is designed to optimize the use of Maximo’s capabilities in the facilities environment.

The integrated principles of business methods, administration, and practices of architecting, planning, and maintaining buildings, grounds, systems, and quality customer service needs to create optimal work environments. The next meeting is being sponsored by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority from October 17-19th. This meeting will be a great opportunity to exchange ideas, share visions, problem-solve, and take home a fresh new look at the best-practices for your organization.

GenesisSolutions is a sponsor of this event and will be co-presenting on “Facilities Planning & Scheduling - A Best Practices Overview” workshop with Solufy on Tuesday, October 19th.

Tony Vaclavicek - Manager, Reliability Services (Europe & Middle East) 

Tony Vaclavicek started his career in the construction industry with the Steel Workers Union in Brooklyn, New York during the early 1970’s. His career took him to many parts of the US and he settled in Tulsa, Oklahoma where his construction background got him involved with architectural millwork as a cabinet maker. Tony worked through the ranks at several companies before becoming the Plant Superintendent / Production Manager for Millcreek Lumber. Tony’s ability to organize production facilities helped him to design and implement a custom cabinet assembly line for Millcreek producing high end cabinets for the home building industry.  

His interest in speeding up the assembly process and eliminating the human factor from processes led him to attend college in the evenings and receive an Associate Degree in Computer Integrated Manufacturing with emphasis in Robotics and Automation. 

Tony’s successes in the manufacturing and production space lead to a new position as Production Superintendant and Maintenance Manager at Brunswick’s Zebco division in Tulsa. In this position he managed all warehousing, graphics, assembly, die-casting, injection molding and maintenance for a facility producing trolling motors and fishing reels for the global recreation industry. While at Zebco, Tony completed a BS in Industrial Operations Management from Northeastern State University in Oklahoma. 

After Zebco Tony took a Production Engineer position at Whirlpool’s Tulsa Division where he led the implementation of Maximo 3.1 and was promoted to Senior Business Analyst for the global implementation of Maximo 4.1.1 at 14 divisions. Tony assumed management responsibility for all inventory / procurement configuration, an SAP interface, and user acceptance testing and training for over 1,000 maintenance technicians in North America. 

In September 2001 Tony came to GenesisSolutions as the training coordinator for the rollout of Maximo 5.1.1 at Abbott in Chicago.  Soon thereafter, he led the rollout and SAP interface at the Abbott site in Barceloneta, Puerto Rico. In 2006 Tony moved to the Netherlands to manage a small Technical Integrity Enhancement Project for Shell Oil. 

Tony has since been promoted to Manager, Reliability Services - Europe & the Middle East and manages European operations for Genesis Technology Solutions - NL, a division of GenesisSolutions. For the last four years he has been heavily involved with Oil & Gas Safety and Integrity Projects for Shell in the North Sea, Maintenance Optimization projects on two North Sea FPSOs owned by BlueWater, along with several smaller projects for companies such as MedImmune, Oce and Wyeth.

Developing & Implementing a Maintenance Master Plan

by Mike Greenholtz, VP, Reliability Solutions 

Maintenance staff are constantly addressing the daily Run the Business needs. In today’s environment of shrinking expense budgets, less capital for baseline equipment and facilities upgrades; coupled with staffing reductions or freezes, the Maintenance organization is already hard pressed for delivering results.  Yet, every industry sector is currently looking at “Create the Future” scenarios to transform yesterdays work flow processes into leaner, cost effective customer focused processes.

The blueprint that defines your updated Maintenance organization charter, prioritized objectives and implementation schedule is the Maintenance Master Plan.

Read the Article

GenesisSolutions Presents & Sponsors at the 2010 Life Sciences Maximo User Group (LSMUG) Meeting

The Life Sciences Maximo User Group (LSMUG) held its annual meeting October 5 & 6, 2010 at the IBM Training Center in Atlanta, GA.  Approximately 50 attendees from the Life Sciences, Pharmaceutical & Healthcare Industry participated, including presentations from Axendia, Global Pharmaceutical Supply Group (Johnson & Johnson), Johnson Controls and Sandia National Laboratory. 

GenesisSolutions sponsored, attended and spoke at the event, including Mike Greenholtz on “Maintenance Master Planning” and a co-presentation with VJ Venkatraman and Chad Kellner of MedImmune on “EAM Life Cycle Maturity”.

Upcoming October & November 2010 Events

Facilities Management Maximo Users Group (FMMUG) Best Practices Seminar 

Las Vegas, NV - October 17-19, 2010 

This annual meeting will be hosted by the Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority. GenesisSolutions will be attending and  co-presenting with Solufy (http://www.solufy.com/) on “Facilities Planning & Scheduling - A Best Practices Overview”. 

For more information: http://www.fmmug.org/ 

Society for Maintenance & Reliability Professionals (SMRP) - 18th Annual Conference 

Milwaukee, WI - October 18-21, 2010 

SMRP (Society of Maintenance & Reliability Professionals) is an independent, not-for-profit, professional society formed by practitioners, for practitioners. SMRP is dedicated to instilling excellence in M&R in all types of manufacturing and service organizations, and in promoting M&R excellence worldwide. 

GenesisSolutions will be exhibiting and co-presenting with Pfizer on “Launching Maintenance Communities of Practice for Reliability Excellence” at this conference. 

Please visit us in Booth #212 and ask for details on our hospitality event scheduled for 8:30pm on October 19th. 

For more information: https://www.smrp.org/Conference/2010/ 

Maximo Utility Working Group (MUWG) Fall 2010 Meeting 

San Francisco, CA - November 1-4, 2010 

GenesisSolutions is a sponsor and exhibitor at this meeting. We will be sponsoring the opening night welcome reception on November 1st. Vendor night is scheduled for November 2nd, and will feature a late night musical performance from employees of event host San Francisco Public Utilities Commission. 

For more information: http://www.muwg.org/ 

International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) 2010 Annual Meeting 

Orlando, FL - November 8-10, 2010 

GenesisSolutions is an exhibitor at this annual event and will be presenting on “Maintenance Master Planning” on Monday, November 8th at 12:00pm. 

Please visit us in Booth #505. 

For more information: http://www.ispe.org/

Senior Reliability Engineer

Bob Steibly is a Certified Senior Consultant by the Americas Consultant Certification Board and a Certified Plant Engineer (CPE) by the Association for Facilities Engineers (AFE). His career in maintenance and plant engineering management and in asset care management consulting spans four decades with Sharon Steel Corp., Anheuser-Busch, Baxter International, GE Medical Systems, American Hospital Supply Corporation, GE Aircraft Engines, Indus International, IBM Global Services, and Omya Inc. His plant engineering and maintenance organization at GE Aircraft Engines earned The Best Maintenance Organization in America Award presented by Maintenance Technology magazine and the Facilities Excellence Award of Merit (FAME) presented by the AFE (Association of Facilities Engineers).

In 1993 Bob formed his asset care management consulting firm, Steibly & Associates, specializing in maintenance productivity and asset reliability improvement with clients in virtually every business sector. In 2006, after 13 years of successful asset care management consulting, Bob re-entered the world of maintenance and engineering management with Omya, Inc. to implement the world class practices he brought to his clients since his achievements with GE, developing Omya’s maintenance operation into a highly productive and asset reliability-focused, world class operation. (Omya, Inc. is the world’s largest producer of the finest, fine ground, calcium carbonate in the world).

It is Bob’s philosophy that the key to a productive and successful maintenance operation is a clear focus on equipment reliability supported by a combination of leadership, cultural change, teamwork, planning and scheduling, up-to-date procedures and practices, and ready access to critical information by all levels of maintenance personnel. Success is built on a solid foundation of the basics of good maintenance before moving to the latest technologies. This approach ensures productivity improvements for maintenance and the operations side of the business translating into improved asset reliability.

Bob joined GenesisSolutions in June 2010 as a Senior Reliability Engineer. In this capacity, Bob has been working with one of GenesisSolutions’ key pharmaceutical clients in the development and deployment of asset reliability programs and tools and maintenance productivity improvement programs to the client’s plants worldwide.

Project Profile: MedImmune

What was MedImmune trying to achieve?

The main objective of our engagement was to provide System Administrator support for the current Maximo 5.2 installation while the Facilities Lead / System Administrator was engaged in SAP effort with AstraZeneca. We were also requested to conduct a Maximo 7.1 Upgrade GAP Analysis and Planning project. The system support was fully spearheaded by GenesisSolutions’ Chad Bring and the upgrade analysis and planning was completed by Walter Betsill.

Why GenesisSolutions was selected (i.e. experience, cost, capabilities)?

GenesisSolutions was involved in Validation and Training during the initial Maximo 5.2 implementation along with an MRO Consulting team. During our upgrade discussion in January 2010, MedImmune was very impressed with our understanding of the requirements and the proposed approach, our understanding of the functionality of Maximo 7.1, and our proposed solution to upgrade Maximo 5.2 to 7.1. In addition, we maintained a close relationship for the past 6 - 7 years which played a large role in keeping updated on our customers operations.

What were the results?

GenesisSolutions was selected as the implementation partner for the upgrade project. We have been tasked to streamline the inventory and equipment records, including walk downs at 5 sites (Gaithersburg, Frederick, Pennsylvania, California, and U.K.). We are underway to accomplishing our task on time and to provide quality data to the SAP development team. We have also begun a pilot asset reliability study within the Utility section at Gaithersburg. There are more initiatives that GenesisSolutions will be involved with after this initial pilot study involving both MedImmune and AstraZeneca sites.

GenesisSolutions’ Chad Bring is doing a fantastic job of managing these initiatives along with his System Administrator role. He is instrumental in the success of this project with our valued customer.

About MedImmune

MedImmune, the worldwide biologics unit for AstraZeneca PLC, has approximately 3,300 employees worldwide and is headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

GenesisSolutions Presents at 2010 Oil & Gas Maintenance Technology North America Conference

GenesisSolutions presented at the 2nd Annual Oil & Gas Maintenance Technology North America 2010 Expo & Conference on September 2, 2010. The presentation, delivered by Tony Vaclavicek, Manager of Reliability Services, Europe, centered on the identification of Safety Critical Elements (SCE) and the establishment of Performance Measurements for these SCE’s on Offshore Production Facilities. The presentation was delivered within the Safety & Asset Integrity session track.

The Oil & Gas Maintenance Technology North America (OGMTNA) 2010 event is in its second year and was held in New Orleans, LA. Attendees included BP, Centerpoint, Shell International Exploration and Sunoco Refining. GenesisSolutions complimented its presentation with an exhibit display within the Expo Hall.

View the Presentation

Learn More: tvaclavicek@genesissolutions.com

Upcoming September & October 2010 Events

EAM Seminars

Phoenix, AZ - Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Location: Phoenix Marriott Mesa - 200 North Centennial Way - Mesa, AZ

Chicago, IL - Thursday, September 30, 2010

Location: Oak Brook Hills Marriott Resort - 3500 Midwest Road - Oak Brook, IL

Agenda Items:

Enterprise Asset Management Fundamentals

Asset Management

Work Management (PM & CM)

Engineering Data Standards

Reliability Based Maintenance

PM Optimization

Inventory Management

MRO Purchasing

Return on Investment

Suggested Audience:

Plant Managers

Engineering Managers

Maintenance Managers

Inventory / Procurement Managers

Maintenance Planners / Schedulers

Operations Management

IT Management

Registration and Additional Information available at: info@genesissolutions.com

Life Sciences Maximo User Group (LSMUG)

Atlanta, GA - October 5 & 6, 2010

The Life Sciences Maximo User Group (LSMUG) is open to all companies in Life Sciences / Pharmaceutical, Health Care and other regulatory industries that use Maximo Asset Management. The main goal of the meeting is to network, share asset management and maintenance or services best practices in the use of the Maximo application suite. An additional focus is to share feedback and experiences on how to best implement and use new functionality with peers and the IBM Solution Development team.

GenesisSolutions will be attending and speaking at this event, hosted at IBM’s Customer Service Center, Lakeside. Mike Greenholtz, VP of Reliability Solutions, will be presenting on “Maintenance Master Planning”, while VJ Venkatraman, Senior Account Executive will be co-presenting with MedImmune on “EAM Life Cycle Maturity”.

For more information: http://www.tivoli-ug.org/groups?groupid=211

Facilities Management Maximo Users Group (FMMUG) Best Practices Seminar

Las Vegas, NV - October 17-19, 2010

This annual meeting will be hosted by the Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority. GenesisSolutions will be attending and co-presenting with Solufy (http://www.solufy.com/) on “Facilities Planning & Scheduling - A Best Practices Overview”.

For more information: http://www.fmmug.org/

Society for Maintenance & Reliability Professionals (SMRP) - 18th Annual Conference

Milwaukee, WI - October 18-21, 2010

SMRP (Society of Maintenance & Reliability Professionals) is an independent, not-for-profit, professional society formed by practitioners, for practitioners. SMRP is dedicated to instilling excellence in M&R in all types of manufacturing and service organizations, and in promoting M&R excellence worldwide.

GenesisSolutions will be exhibiting and co-presenting with Pfizer on “Launching Maintenance Communities of Practice for Reliability Excellence” at this conference.

Please visit us in Booth #212.

For more information: https://www.smrp.org/Conference/2010/

When: 04/25/10 - 04/28/10

The mission of the Facilities Management Maximo User Group is to provide a forum for Maximo users in the facilities management industry to exchange information, methods and experiences. Today there are very few forums for individuals to showcase the methods they are embracing in an effort to leverage the latest technology to optimize their company’s facilities, monitor and lower equipment costs, bench mark key indicators and eliminate costly repairs.  This exchange of information is designed to optimize the use of Maximo’s capabilities in the Facilities Environment. The integrated principles of business methods, administration, and practices of architecting, planning, and maintaining buildings, grounds, systems, and quality customer service needs to create optimal work environments. This meeting will be a great opportunity to exchange ideas, share visions, problem-solve, and take home a fresh new look at the best-practices for your organization.

GenesisSolutions is a sponsor of this event.

When: 10/10/09 – 10/11/09

Subset of the FMMUG - Focusing on Facilities Best-practices User Presentations

The mission of the Facilities Management Maximo User Group is to provide a forum for Maximo users in the facilities management industry to exchange information, methods and experiences. Today there are very few forums for individuals to showcase the methods they are embracing in an effort to leverage the latest technology to optimize their company’s facilities, monitor and lower equipment costs, bench mark key indicators and eliminate costly repairs. This exchange of information is designed to optimize the use of Maximo’s capabilities in the facilities environment.

The integrated principles of business methods, administration, and practices of architecting, planning, and maintaining buildings, grounds, systems, and quality customer service needs to create optimal work environments. The next meeting is being sponsored by Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN from October 11-12. This meeting will be a great opportunity to exchange ideas, share visions, problem-solve, and take home a fresh new look at the best-practices for your organization.

Meetings are held twice yearly.