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Learn about the two-level hierarchy of Commodity Groups and Commodity Codes and where they are used across Maximo.
Learn about the relationship between Item Sets and Organizations and the three types of Items. You will also learn that an Item Type and the PR/PO Line Type while similar are not the same. Finally, we discuss the fields found in the Item/Organization Details action and the similar actions on Tools and Service Items.

The fourth article in the series reviewing the Invoices – Allocate Services action. The focus of this article is on allocating a standard service against other services, manually modifying prorated costs and removing a previous allocation of costs.

The third part in the series on the Allocate Services action in the Invoices application returns to the dialog and shows how multiple Standard Services can be allocated across different invoice lines and that you can manually change the Prorated Cost.

The second part of a series reviewing the Allocate Services action in the Invoices application, except in this part we will show that Maximo automatically allocates Standard Services to material lines during invoice approval without using the Allocate Services action.

The first of five parts reviewing the Allocate Services action in the Invoices application, most commonly used for handling freight costs or other standard service costs which you wish to distribute across other PO lines.

Get to know the enhancements made to Maximo Scheduler since Scheduler 7.6.8 in July 2020. This article is work in progress.

Learn about some of the IBM Ideas (enhancements) that have been delivered for Maximo Scheduler since Scheduler 7.6.8 (Maximo 7.6.1.2) – Part 1.

Learn about the new user interface features that you will find in MAS 9.1.

Continuing the history of Maximo, the other side of the coin to MRO.com during the years 1999-2000. Surviving the dot-com years with Maximo 4i.

During the three year period between 1999-2002 PSDI split and formed a subsidiary MRO.com. I have also split this period into two, with the Maximo article for the same period following next.

The second part in the history of Maximo. A personal reflection, my first 3 years with Maximo.

Maximo reached its 40th birthday on 13th May 2025. Read about the early years, the first decade, you’ll love the postscript. This is a personal view, based on what I remember and a lot of research

If you are an existing Maximo client upgrading to MAS or you are in the process of upgrading then this presentation has been written for you. It highlights the differences in core Maximo between Maximo 7.6.1.3 and MAS 9.0 and MAS 9.1.

Step 4 in Planning and Scheduling Maturity is Labor, the first Planning Work step. Every work order should have a work plan labor record, and a few other work order fields should be set. When first setting out in Maximo this article provides details of the minimum data you should set-up in order to be…