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IBM MAS - Scheduler

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Add CPM Schedule action to Work Order Tracking

Work orders with tasks are normally performed serially with Finish Start, sometimes with a lag. Given a Scheduled Start Date is added to the work order, there ought to be a way to calculate the tasks schedule dates using a Work Order action that p...
about 2 months ago in IBM MAS - Scheduler 3 Not under consideration

Ability to Configure Which Fields are Available for Inline Editing in Graphical Scheduling

Allow a company to add additional fields that will be available for users to modify using inline editing in Graphical Scheduling.
about 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Scheduler 1 Not under consideration

Mark crew unavailable if labor in crew is unavailable

If you modify the labor availability for a Labor record and add non working time and that labor is on a Crew, then the Crew should also be unavailable. This should be a configurable option - to either make the crew unavailable or not, depending on...
over 5 years ago in IBM MAS - Scheduler 2 Not under consideration

Ensure tool availability GA

In GS we have resource leveling and all work orders are timely arranged so that no resouces (craft, crew, tools) are overbooked.IN GA the work order are arraged to optimize travel time and optimal assignments. However only for labor and tools are ...
almost 6 years ago in IBM MAS - Scheduler 1 Not under consideration

GWW - Make a resource match by Work Zone obvious and align with WOTRACK

In Graphical Work Week there are background colours (turquoise) in the Resource View to indicate a match (or not) by craft and skill level. There is nothing to indicate whether there is a match by work zone. There are four states, a match on the d...
almost 4 years ago in IBM MAS - Scheduler 2 Not under consideration

Gantt Charts - Improvement to Date Banners

It has been noticed that the month and day banners on the Gantt chart can get out of sync when viewing a Work List that goes across a change of month.
about 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Scheduler 1 Not under consideration

Crew Assignment Status should consider availability of labor when crews are working EXTRA TIME

In Crews application, when a crew has modified availability EXTRA TIME (or WORK) and there is assigned labor, the Crew Assignment Status dialog - Required Crafts, shows OK when the assigned labor does not have EXTRA TIME themselves. There is a mis...
over 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Scheduler 1 Not under consideration

Add Grouping Features

Grouping features would improve product for users. Users want more excel like features such as fill down. See notes from Southern Company meeting June 25th with Vikul Bantra and Braian Downey. Southern is happy to collaborate with you on design.
about 10 years ago in IBM MAS - Scheduler 2 Not under consideration

Crew Assignment Status - Required Tools to show NOT AVAILABLE when tool asset has been moved to a REPAIR location.

In the Crews application and the Crew Assignment Status action the Required Tools can have a Requirement Status of NOT AVAILABLE. When a tool asset is being repaired or is with a vendor being serviced/calibrated then it is not available but curren...
over 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Scheduler 1 Not under consideration

GWW – Work Priority column to retain background colour after you have assigned labor or crew

GWW – Work Priority column has a background colour. After you start to assign labor or crew the background colouration is lost. After completing all the assignments there is no priority colour, which makes it more difficult to find the high priori...
almost 4 years ago in IBM MAS - Scheduler 1 Not under consideration