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Asset/Work Management

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Enhance multi-language settings for the Description field on SR classification

Context: We are a bilingual institution where our users work both in English (EN) and in French (FR). In our system, the base language is EN and the secondary language is FR – please note a descent part of our users will have default language set ...
about 4 hours ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 0 Submitted

Disassociate Inspection Forms Associated with Assets and Locations

Since there is the ability to associate an inspection form with an asset or location, why is there no capability to unassociate the form with an asset or location? There may be an inspection form that is still in use, but you no longer want being ...
1 day ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 0 Submitted

Create a PM LAST COMP Date to be populated by the completion of a PM work order.

Some of the PM work needs to be completed based on a period of time after the last time it was completed. Create a PM option that determines when to PM.LASTCOMPDATE from the associated work order. Option 1 (current maximo behavior) – Use COMP date...
6 days ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 0 Submitted

Enhance List View by Keeping the Filter Bar Fixed While Scrolling

In IBM Maximo Application Suite (MAS), recent usability improvements have made navigation more user-friendly. Specifically: The main tabs remain visible when scrolling in the application. The menu remains visible while scrolling in the list screen...
6 days ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 0 Submitted

Make Time Zone Processing Rules at the Organization and Site Levels Available in Base Maximo/Manage

Client Requirement: Generate work orders from PMs with a specific target start time for a specific time zone Issue: Client has made user profile time zone settings but are still experiencing issues. Example, setting the target start time of a PM, ...
20 days ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 2 Under review

Vendor *name* native on Purchasing Application screen

Procurement users, supervisors, storekeepers and administrators' day-to-day activities involve frequent lookups of purchase orders and purchase requisitions. One of the routine tasks associated with this is checking the associated vendor name whic...
about 1 month ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 0 Future consideration

Add the ability to manage inheirt status flag on the Job Plan on associated Tasks.

Use case is to allow administrative work tasks which are for action after the Work Order has been completed to be set on the Job Plan level rather than unflagging once the work order has been created. This will improve efficiencies of managing onl...
7 days ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 0 Submitted

Add the Asset Description field to the WO Table

The field should be a part of the WO record once an asset is put on the WO. And retained with the WO once it's in history. Currently the asset description can be updated and appear to alter the WO record.
about 1 month ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 1 Not under consideration

To be able to make a code in a failure hierarchy Inactive.

There is no ability to modify the failure hierarchy after it has been used, you will receive the error BMXAA1159E - Failure list is referenced by a failure report and may not be deleted. There should be an option on a failure code that is part of ...
14 days ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 0 Future consideration

Condition monitoring, prevent work orders to be created from earlier meter reading when existing work order is closed.

Maximo creates only one WO for one measurement. However if you enter a new measurement that also exceeds action limit, a new WO will be created. There is a system property that can partially prevent this: mxe.app.measurepoint.considerWOsGeneratedB...
14 days ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 0 Under review