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MRO Inventory Optimization

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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...
9 months ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 2 Future consideration

Add custom filtering to the advanced filter option in the Historical Information Widget

Currently the tables within the tabs of the Historical Information Widget (form views) are able to be sorted but the advance filter option is very limited to only a date range or a (seemingly) random single data point. In my case the data point av...
about 2 months ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 1 Future consideration

Create new field called Change Request ID and then add to New Trend upload

Creation of an new standard field for Change Request ID (CRID), then including the field is the template for Trend import. Currently restricted in regards to fields available to import within New Trend import (i.e. Issue Size, Business Impact and ...
4 months ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 1 Planned for future release

BULK Attachment option to add in BULK Edit

At Present, while creating a bulk workflow -- we need to go into each item to add an attachment (e.g. if create a Bulk workflow of 100 materials, then we need to go into each material 100 times to add an attachment to have a future reference) It ...
almost 2 years ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 2 Planned for future release

Have the ability to edit the form view when opening an item from workflow or work queues

I have come to notice that, if I open an item from Workflow or from Work Queues, I do not have the same option to edit the form view that I do when I open an item from the Items tab. For some materials, I would be interested in different fields, a...
2 months ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 1 Planned for future release

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...
11 months ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 0 Planned for future release

Description of available Analytics Data Sources

I would like to have available a 'cheat sheet' that describes what data all of the various Analytics Data Sources (Live Export Details, Snapshot Inventory History, etc.) include and what they are meant to capture. We are trying to encourage our us...
3 months ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 1 Planned for future release

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.
8 months ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 1 Not under consideration

Ability to be able to toggle to view all usage, scheduled usage and unscheduled usage in the usage table by clicking a check box

This feature would allow the user to easily view all usage for an item instead of having to add up all the usage from the issues table. The user could then also see the breakdown between scheduled and unscheduled usage to make a more informed deci...
7 months ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 2 Future consideration

[MRO-IO] Workflow Approvers - timesaving enhancement

the Workflow Approvers using the approvals tab
3 months ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 2 Is a defect