Enterprise Asset Management Transformation for a Leading UK Building Materials Group
Full IBM Maximo EAM implementation across multiple business units in the UK and Ireland, including SAP-to-Maximo migration, cloud transition, DB2 conversion, and ongoing managed support.
Sector
Building materials & aggregates
Region
UK & Ireland
Duration
13 months
Scope
Implementation, migration, cloud, support
Versions
IBM Maximo on DB2, cloud-hosted
The challenge
The client needed to consolidate enterprise asset management across its business units onto a unified IBM Maximo platform. This involved migrating one division from SAP to Maximo, upgrading and transitioning an existing Maximo environment from on-premises to cloud, and establishing a consistent operating model across all sites.
Key challenges included executing change at pace while protecting operational continuity, managing dependencies on legacy systems and third-party integrations, data readiness and reconciliation across disparate sources, and driving adoption across geographically distributed teams.
Architecture (anonymised)
What MaxIron delivered
- SAP-to-Maximo migration (UK): large-scale migration delivered within eight months from mobilization to go-live, including database conversion from SQL Server to IBM DB2 and financial / ERP integration.
- Accelerated cloud transition (Ireland): upgrade and cloud migration delivered in under three months, executed in parallel across infrastructure, application, and data workstreams.
- Unified EAM platform: core asset and maintenance management capabilities established across all business units, including asset repository, work management, and controls for high-criticality operational assets.
- Cloud operating model: transition to a fully managed cloud environment with support tooling, incident management, and release management controls.
Integrations
| System | Direction | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Group ERP / finance | bi-directional | POs, invoices, cost centre alignment |
| IBM DB2 (converted from SQL Server) | embedded | application database aligned to IBM support matrix |
| Cloud hosting (managed) | platform | replaces on-premises Maximo infrastructure |
| Legacy SAP (UK division) | one-off migration | EAM data extracted, transformed, loaded into Maximo |
Outcomes
- Improved control and visibility of assets and maintenance activities through a unified platform.
- Standardised asset and work management practices across all business units.
- SQL Server eliminated — converted to IBM DB2, reducing ongoing database spend and aligning to MAS supported platform.
- Cloud operating model that reduced infrastructure burden and improved responsiveness.
- Demonstrated capability to deliver production outcomes within compressed timescales.
Long-term support
The engagement included transition into a BAU support model with service governance, incident and problem management, change control, release planning, and knowledge transfer. MaxIron provided operational stabilisation post go-live and embedded customer empowerment through role-based enablement, documented ways-of-working, and ongoing support and improvement cycles.
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