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MRO Inventory Optimization

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Change Request Status Filter does not align to what is displayed

In the Change Request module listing - Filters have been enabled to segment the list for reporting. One of those fields is "Status". The various "statuses" of Change request are selectable. However, when users "filter" for the "Processing" status ...
20 days ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 0

Freeze/Fix Column names on Comparison Matrix

In the Comparison Matrix Widget, when users Add certain columns to view in the matrix, when you scroll to the right, you loose visibility of what each row of information is. can the field names be fixed to the left side of the window pane so as th...
26 days ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 1 Future consideration

Auto-hide of record header

As you move up and down the "Form View" of an item record, the record header will drop down and back up. This is irritating to users as they are often needing to validate the item/material they are looking at mid-scroll, and then they have to scro...
26 days ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 0 Future consideration

Move the 'Previous Item' and 'Item state' icon to the right hand side of the screen

I personally think it would be more useful to have the 'previous item' sitting next to the 'next item' rather than to the far left of the screen, especially as more companies are moving toward the wider single monitor. I find I'm constantly scanni...
27 days ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 1 Future consideration

1 click to set to Override rules and set to Optimal

Ideally we want the decision status to be Optimal so when I see the potential OOB ROP and OOB Max as 0/0 and the status hold zero I will 'Overide' rules, then change SAP ROP and SAP Max to 0. I think it would be very useful and time saving to have...
about 1 month ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 1 Needs more information

Ability to track parts transfers out from a site and to the receiving site

Useful for tracking the flow of transferred inventory, including dead and re-deployable inventory, and which site are supporting this process.
3 months ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 0 Submitted

System rejected materials due to refresh to the original settings from the initial submission

Materials that are not approved before the MRO IO system refresh, either Delta or monthly, are rejected and returned to the Items list in MRO IO in the base state that they were originally in prior to review by planners or maintenance personnel. T...
3 months ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 1 Functionality already exists

Historic import data retrieval

Users should be able to download 12 months of imported data in zip format.
6 months ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 0 Planned for future release

PU failure rollback and alert

Upon PU failure the system should revert back to a useable state and notifications sent to users who are subscribed to that alert type (see https://ibm-ai-apps.ideas.ibm.com/ideas/MRO-I-112). Ideally this would also automatically create a support ...
6 months ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 0 Planned for future release

Enable the Equipment Module (and Where Used) to be able to link to BOM’s using just ‘DIVISION’, instead of DIVISION and DISTRICT_CD

This is useful as it will allow client to filter through on materials issued against equipment at Division level and get the right count when they view that material against all District_Cd affected
6 months ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 1 Planned for future release