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Flag to Identify that a Purchase Requisition (PR) was Generated by Reorder

System: 7.6.1 Description: Currently Maximo is configured to be able to run the reorder automatically via cron task or to run the reorder manually. When those are generated, the only thing that identifies that the PR was generated by reorder is vi...
over 4 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Supply Chain 2 Planned for future release

Add ability to update ABC Type, Reorder Point and Economic Order Quantity from the results of running Inventory Reports

There used to be 6 reports which updated the database, and these were removed for 7.6.1.3 and MAS Manage 8.3 when updating to BIRT 4.8 - a security risk with Database Access is given as the reason. A pair of reports each updated ABC Type, ROP and ...
9 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Supply Chain 0 Planned for future release

PO Revision History should include Deleted Lines

PO Revision History includes lines added and modified with each revision of the PO. However, it does not include PO lines that are deleted with a PO Revision. For a Revision History to be complete it should include Added, Modified and Deleted line...
over 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Supply Chain 1 Future consideration

Tiered Price Purchase Contract

Add the ability in Purchase Contracts to have tiered pricing for the same item on contract lines. Move this functionality from Maximo for Aviation to core Maximo. This isn't industry specific functionality.
over 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Supply Chain 0 Future consideration

Allow Count Cycles for Rotating Items to be managed using combination of Count Books and Inventory physical count dates.

Take the most recent (last count date) in the Count Date (COUNTBOOKLINE.PHYSCNTDATE) field from Count Books record for a rotating item and populate this date in the Physical Count Date (INVBALANCES.PHYSCNTDATE) field on the Inventory record for th...
3 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Supply Chain 0 Under review

Provide ability to search for and see count history for specific rotating items in Count Books.

With Count Books being the application designed to provide proof that rotating items are counted the warehouse needs the ability to see the history of when specific rotating items were counted. This will provide one more step needed to help the wa...
3 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Supply Chain 0 Under review

Move MR Business Logic out of Bean Class and into MBO

There seems to be business logic around Material Requisition status that is being executed in bean classes and not within the Maximo Business Object associated with MRs. If a new MR is created in the Maximo UI and there is an active workflow on th...
over 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Supply Chain 2 Future consideration

Maximo Exchange Rates when Receiving good with different currency

Maximo is setup currently with Base Currency of CAD and a secondary currency of USD. We have a daily exchange rate that is loaded into Maximo through integration. Based on the following IBM technote https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/which-date-exc...
about 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Supply Chain 0 Future consideration

Revise REORDER Calc for tighter control and take Lead Times into consideration.

There are companies ordering and maintaining stock with extra long lead times, and has considerably increased with the advent of COVID.
about 1 year ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Supply Chain 3 Future consideration

Maximo Field Site Id issue

The Home Depot Maximo Implementation does not require a storeroom. However, if you did not put the item/service item in a storeroom the reorder will not get it. In order to complete the reorder process we are required to set up a storeroom. It is ...
over 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Supply Chain 0 Future consideration