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Course Outline
Features, Benefits, and Challenges
- Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS)
- Enterprise Asset Management System (EAM)
CMMS/EAM Terminology
- Database tables, fields, and records
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Configuration, customization, and upgrades
Record Types
- Core records
- Components of Item Master
- Transactional records
- Integration
Implementation
- Evaluating and selecting CMMS/EAM
- Licensing considerations (number of users)
- System testing
- User acceptance testing (UAT)
- Data migration
- Legacy System Management
- Training
CMMS / EAM Best Practices
- Centralized vs decentralized
- Development, testing, production
- Database updates and maintenance
- Data ownership
- Traceability of requirements, design, system test, and UAT
- Standard work to keep the system working properly
Course Schedule
Registration Date/Time:
5/21/2025 7:30am Central Time
Event Dates/Times:
- 5/21/2025 8:00am - 4:30pm Central Time
- 5/22/2025 8:00am - 4:30pm Central Time
Location
Venue
Accommodations
Room: rates start at 154
Group Code:
Reserve by:
Accommodations include: Concourse rooms are available on a first-come, first-server basis. The link may expire at any time.
Additional Information
This is a HyFlex (in-person and online) taught course. Your registration is for one teaching platform only: in-person or online. Please be prepared to attend all days either in-person or online. Contact us if you have any questions before registering.
This course uses the Canvas course management and Zoom platforms. A UW NetID is required to access the online course site. Both in-person and online students should obtain a NetID and access the Canvas course website. Your registration confirmation email will walk you through the NetID process and how to access Canvas.
All materials for this course are digital and will be available on the Canvas course website. Access to the course materials and the webinar platform will be provided a few days before the course. Please watch the email address you provided during registration for release dates and pre-course information. Check your spam file if you do not see emails from the "wisc.edu" addresses.
Program Director & Instructors
Program Director
Jon Wellik
George Williams
CEO
George is the founder and CEO of ReliabilityX. He has a master’s degree in reliability engineering from Monash University. He began his career working for his father in maintenance – performing PMs on trucks and trailers – while in high school. George spent 16 years with a major pharmaceutical company, where he began as a technician and worked his way up to global asset management. In 2015, George’s global team won the Uptime Award for Best Maintenance and Reliability Program. He is a certified maintenance and reliability professional and certified reliability leader. In 2016, he was recognized by the Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals as Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional of the Year. He has earned certifications in vibration analysis, infrared thermography, ultrasound, motion amplification, and plant maintenance management. George is a published author and a recognized leader in reliability. He’s been teaching maintenance and reliability classes for UW-Madison Interdisciplinary Professional Programs since 2010.