TTX Corporation partnered with Electronic Data, Inc. (EDI) to develop a hybrid, customized solution that combined aspects of the Maximo Transportation Industry solution with the Asset Configuration Manager module in order to provide the traceability, flexibility, and control to effectively manage multiple complex railcar transactions. EDI implemented this highly customized Maximo for Transportation asset lifecycle management solution to drive down TTX’s maintenance costs and improve efficiencies in its maintenance planning, scheduling, and forecasting processes through the analysis of multiple budget scenarios against both unplanned and planned maintenance forecasts for its fleet. The result was a fleet-wide maintenance schedule that minimized maintenance costs and maximized asset reliability. This unique and custom-driven Maximo implementation project involved more than 12 interfaces to major systems, replacement of embedded legacy systems (retiring a mainframe), and organizational and cultural change challenges.