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MRO Inventory Optimization

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Allow inventory supervisors the access to stop processing an SLC CR on behalf of the inventory team member that is currently processing the CR, but is out of the office.

It would be useful in the case of an inventory controller being out of the office and a site needs an SLC CR actioned ASAP. It would benefit the flow of production. All inventory supervisors would have access that would enable them to stop process...
about 1 year ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 1 Future consideration

Option to default the optimization method to better service level of "Optimal" and "Fixed Service Level"

For our critical materials, it is imperative that we have stock availability. To ensure this, we use fixed service levels of 98% (for top tier equipment) and 95% for the remainder of material marked critical in SAP. HOWEVER, often times, the Optim...
about 1 year ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 1 Future consideration

Add a "reject" button in addition to approve and defer.

The current practice of our users, if they do not want to accept the tool's recommended parameters, is to make a note, select "approve" but leave the export button unchecked. It can be difficult to determine whether or not the tool's recommendatio...
about 1 year ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 1 Future consideration

I would like the ability to add a calculated field/column to the Items view, similar to what you can do with a pivot table.

With a company as large as ours, different groups are interested in different metrics. It would be nearly impossible to capture and manage all of these centrally as fields in the tool. The specific example I am looking at is someone who wants to m...
over 1 year ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 2 Future consideration

Enhance "Stock history relocation" feature to transfer usage history between storage locations on multiple stock codes at same time.

Stock history relocation feature is very useful in transferring usage history from old storage location to another new storage location. However, it has be done one material code at a time. Operations/maintenance initiated few projects in the past...
over 1 year ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 0 Planned for future release

Workflow Rules download facility

Currently workflow master approval table maintained in MROIO is not visible to users and cannot download the table, Every time user has to approach to IBM to provide the excel download. It is suggested to provide the master approval table visible ...
almost 2 years ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 3 Functionality already exists

Provide option in configuration to set to OOB where OOB recommendations are greater than standard configured Service Level configurations.

This would provide greater availability while saving on purchasing costs, etc.
about 1 year ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 1 Not under consideration

Bulk Edit from File if errored should display more details

When the file used in bulk edit from file throws error, it will be good to have more details on the error like- no unique match found for some specific rows or missing items etc. Currently, we have to try various scenarios to troubleshoot the prob...
over 1 year ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 1 Future consideration

Introduce new field Count of Work Queues into Bulk list view

Recommending the introduction of new field for Bulk list view (Items) to allow a user to see if the item is currently on a Work Queue. This could be shown as a count or perhaps a Yes. Additionally, the ability to see which work queues. This would ...
about 1 month ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 1 Future consideration

Ability to create workflow based on the requester.

We have lots of different users of the tools with different roles and levels of authority. I would like to be able to create a workflow rule based on the requestor, so that, if that individual does not have the proper level of authority to make th...
4 months ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 1 Planned for future release

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