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Count Books using the Select Type of CNTFREQ should not select items where the Count Frequency is zero

In the Count Books application when the Select Type is set to CNTFREQ I think it safe to ignore items where the Count Frequency (INVENTORY.CCF) is zero which is the default for items. If it is zero, then the item will always be due a count, when t...
about 1 year ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Supply Chain 0 Future consideration

In Count Books there should be an option to exclude items where you have specified that they are not to be counted from a cycle counting perspective

Maximo has an ABC Type for Cycle Counting with options A, B, C and N - with N it means that the item is excluded from Cycle Counting. Items which are excluded are those where you would only perform a physical count once per year as part of the yea...
over 1 year ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Supply Chain 0 Future consideration

Lease/Rental Contracts - Handling of asset rentals for a small number of days

In the current Lease/Rental Contracts the Term is in months. When hiring equipment, from tool hire or plant hire companies, the term may be measured in days with only one payment or a few payments including a refundable deposit. Ideally you would ...
5 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Supply Chain 1 Future consideration

Lease/Rental Contracts - Add the term and number of payments to modifiable fields on the Associated Asset to provide greater flexibility

The term and number of payments are on the lease/rental contract header which means that if the term or number of payments will differ for an asset you need to create another contract. This can lead to many contracts with the same vendor, each wit...
5 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Supply Chain 2 Future consideration

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...
almost 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Supply Chain 2 Future consideration

Allow PR line quantities to be split across multiple PO Lines

Purchasing buyers sometimes cannot obtain a full order from a preferred vendor, when this happens it would be nice to fill the remaining quantities from another PO.
almost 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Supply Chain 1 Future consideration

Allow existing contracts to be associated to a new Master Contract

Business Requirements Within an organization, as some purchasing and contracts shift from a site or branch to global procurement, it becomes necessary to bring various existing contracts under one master contract that can be managed globally. Use ...
11 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Supply Chain 1 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 ...
almost 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Supply Chain 0 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...
over 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Supply Chain 0 Future consideration

Automatically "Change Inspection Status" to COMP in Receiving application once Inspection Form is completed associated to Receiving

Is there anyway we could change the status of Receipts to 'COMP' from 'WINSP' after completing an inspection Form via "Conduct Inspection" (Receipts Application) without coming back to Maximo and click ''Change Inspection Status"
over 1 year ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Supply Chain 1 Future consideration

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