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PINNED Enable inventory reservation automatic cron task for specific site
Advantage : Enable the cron for specific site which is necessary. Summary: In Maximo, we have more than 50 Active sites. When we try to enable inventory reservation automatic cron task for specific site, There is no Cron Parameters are available....

IBM MAS - Manage (Base)

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Configuration Management/Deployment (DBCs) for MAS SaaS

This request is based on some discussions with the SRE team related to how configuration management for large Maximo implementations in MAS SaaS can be improved and automated, leveraging the same way extensions are done in the system (i.e.: via DB...
9 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 1 Future consideration

Hierarchical Query support for DB2

Many hierarchies are created in Maximo. Asset, locations, classifications, item assembly structure, etc. It is useful and efficient to be able to generate hierarchical queries in the database.
over 1 year ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 1 Not under consideration

Work Orders (RBA) - List view should show work type and not the work type description for multiple reasons

Reasons: - The work type description is much wider than five characters and will take up more room- The description is not a unique attribute and may be repeated multiple times as it is in the MAXDEMO database- The description does not exist in th...
26 days ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 0 Under review

Work Orders (RBA) - Workflow Assignments should show the Assigned Person Code

In the Work Orders role-based application, the Workflow Assignments option shows the process and task but not the Assigned Person Code as you would see on any Workflow enabled application in a classic Maximo application. You should be able to easi...
26 days ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 0 Under review

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 ...
27 days ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Supply Chain 0 Under review

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...
27 days ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Supply Chain 0 Under review

Utilise AI to provide a simpler interface when creating reports. For example: Show me the bad actors in this area.

Having the ability to use normal language to create a query that pulls back information from the manage database would reduce the time it takes to gather results and insights into data. At the moment the process requires individuals to write SQL o...
about 2 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Reporting 0 Under review

Life Sciences requirement: Ability to manage like for like asset and items replacements

To replace paper forms with digital records and to avoid extensive customizations, Maximo Application Suite should have features to designate assets and items as like for like replacements, support related assessment details, and provide tracking ...
4 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 1 Future consideration

Life Sciences requirement: End of Calendar Month Due Date Calculation

Calculating work order due date as an end of calendar month supports business requirements, however a system-wide flag (mxe.pm.enforceMaximumDayOfMonthContinuity) does not provide needed flexibility. Ability to manage this functionality at a site ...
5 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 2 Not under consideration

Add Setting to have the Reorder process for Direct Material / Services to create separate Purchase Requisitions for different Work Orders

To automate administrative tasks we are leveraging the Reorder process (and the Reorder Cron Task) to generate our Purchase Requisitions. There is a very common use case though where Multiple WOs are being planned, or approved within the same time...
4 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Supply Chain 0 Under review