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Status Future consideration
Created by Guest
Created on Sep 9, 2025

Limit MIO Work Queue Data by New Discipline Specific MRP Controllers from SAP

Currently the Work Queue Sets are limited only by Plant, however much of the time spares can be a mix of onshore and offshore locations depending on how close the teams need access to the stock, also due to the set up of maintenance / and the engineering teams within BP it is notoriously difficult for an Engineer to see exactly what materials are for / used by his her team. 

We've used things like filter for materials by Manufacturer etc. in the past but this means that some materials always get left out... Earlier this year BP took on the task to expand out three of its main MRP Controllers (1CR - Critical Spares) Operating Spares (1OS) and Consumables (1CN) and to expand these out further into Disciplines (Cranes, Electrical, Instrumentation, Mechanical, Rotating Equipment, etc)  - Disciplines are picked up from the MAIN WORK CENTRE on the BOM - and mapped accordingly (Critical Operating and Consumables for each discipline) 

We came up with the idea that this would be specifically useful if we could  "Limit the Data on Work queues" (Limit by Groups in Column 1 of the table below) by discipline rather than by Plant.. 

What this would mean is that without having to create 12x new work queues for each of the 13 Priority = 1, Work Queues (a total of 156 work queues!) we could keep the appearance of the work queue screen tidy and instruct people to simply limit the data by their chosen discipline and work through what they need to work through that day... Therefore increasing likelihood of users engagement with the system.

Table 

Limit To (Filter Drop Down)

MRP Controller

  Description

01-Incident / Critical

1AX

Critical Offshore SAFETY Spares

01-Incident / Critical

1ER

Emergency Response Equipment

02-Cranes

1AC

Critical Crane Spares

02-Cranes

1OC

Operational Crane Spares

03-Electrical

1AE

Critical Electrical Spares

03-Electrical

1OE

Operational Electrical Spares

03-Electrical

1CE

Electrical Consumables

04-Mechanical

1AM

Critical Mechanical Spares

04-Mechanical

1OM

Operational Mechanical Spares

04-Mechanical

1CM

Mechanical Consumables

05-Instrumentation

1AI

Critical Instrumentation Spares

05-Instrumentation

1OI

Operational Instrumentation Spares

06-Telecomms

1AT

Critical Telecomms Spares

06-Telecomms

1OT

Operational Telecoms Spares

06-Telecomms

1CT

Telecomms Consumables

07-Rotating Equipment

1AR

Critical R-Equipment Spares

07-Rotating Equipment

1OR

Operational R-Equipment Spares

08-HVAC and Facilities

1AH

Critical HVAC Spares

08-HVAC and Facilities

1OH

Operational HVAC Spares

08-HVAC and Facilities

1CF

HVAC Consumables

09-Valves

1PV

Pressure Safety Valves

09-Valves

1PS

Non repairable PSV's 

09-Valves

1VI

Isolations Valves

09-Valves

1VS

Non Repairable Iso Valves

10-General

1CR

Critical Spares

10-General

1RP

Repairable Equipment

10-General

1RK

Replenishable Kits

10-General

1EE

Engineered Equipment

10-General

1OS

Operational Spares

10-General

1CN

Consumables

10-General

1BN

Bench Stock

11-Special

1IS

Insurance Spares

11-Special

1TO

Tooling

11-Special

1FL

Bulk Fuels and Lubricants

11-Special

1CH

Bulk Chemicals and Fluids

12-Indirect Procurement

5IP

Indirect Procurement

ZZ-Obsolete/Deletion

1OB

Obsolete

ZZ-Obsolete/Deletion

1ZZ

Planned Deactivation

ZZ-Obsolete/Deletion

ZZZ

N/A (Should be Deleted)

 
Idea priority Medium
Needed By Not sure -- Just thought it was cool
  • Admin
    Mary Badman
    Sep 15, 2025

    Hello Dewi, Thank you for taking the time to provide your ideas to IBM. Our team has evaluated your idea and we will leave it here and review periodically for possible inclusion in a future release. You can encourage others to show support by voting on this idea. Thank you again for your feedback.