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My ideas: Maximo Inventory Optimization

Show data for deleted items

Provide read access to data for materials that have been deleted. Currently I must keep an offline database of all historical materials so that I have a baseline for reporting progress metrics, because any materials flagged for deletion in SAP are...
6 days ago in Maximo Inventory Optimization Submitted

UAT testing by key user community members

Problem Statement Recent releases have unintentionally impacted MIO data (e.g., loss of thousands of workflow items), leading to significant rework. Request Introduce a pre-release validation step where updates are deployed to a sandbox (or simila...
8 days ago in Maximo Inventory Optimization Submitted

Error Insights

Problem Statement There is big room for IBM to improve the text associated with the internal error messages, such as the 404 error and 500 error. Currently, error messages in MIO provide limited guidance on the underlying cause of the issue. As a ...
8 days ago in Maximo Inventory Optimization Submitted

Create an indication when regular usage drops to 0

Today the business will change the material they use use without informing MIO user. typical example is Part A was used and optimised historically was fine. Business has decided to change part B, and usage of A stops. with Part A, the MIO user is ...
about 1 month ago in Maximo Inventory Optimization Under review

Simulate Comparison of Reorder Level Settings - through bulk 'lead-time change %', or 'Price change %'

we want to use IBM MIO to simulate total cost of ownership prior to a goods contact update with 'lead-time change %', or 'Price change %' Simulations We want to understand if the 'lead-time change' is better or worse. what's the expected Stock val...
about 1 month ago in Maximo Inventory Optimization Future consideration

Codes List Data to be filtered by Region

Codes list currently have list of allowed data to be entered based on list provided by Alcoa requirements. For some data fields the list is too long, when there are list specific to region / company , entire list is visible to all users. Most user...
about 2 months ago in Maximo Inventory Optimization Planned for future release

Codes list data to be filtered by Division/Company

Codes list currently have list of allowed data to be entered based on list provided by clients requirements. For some data fields the list is too long, when there are list specific to region / company , entire list is visible to all users. Most us...
about 2 months ago in Maximo Inventory Optimization Not under consideration

Add filter from file capability to References tab in IBM MIO.

Since the data is so large on this page, it would be extremely helpful to be able to use the filter from file functionality.
about 2 months ago in Maximo Inventory Optimization Future consideration

Distinct Values on the References Pages

I very much appreciate the ability to download from the References tab. I would still very much like the ability to display distinct values and use Filter From file since the tables are so large and currently difficult to navigate.
about 2 months ago in Maximo Inventory Optimization Planned for future release

Export Type Field Visibility

If I'm not mistaken, a non-admin user is unable to see what fields are included in an export type except by looking at Export History to see past exports. I think it would be useful if they could see what fields are included in an export type or, ...
3 months ago in Maximo Inventory Optimization Future consideration