Maximo Secrets

This action was another that was introduced into Maximo specifically for software assets, but may have a wider use with physical assets, or those physical assets with onboard software. I’ve created a new item MS365 – Microsoft 365 in the Item Master application. I’ve marked the “Add as Spare Part” so that we can see…

When an item is received you may need to perform a special inspection or if it is an asset, install and configure it. A feature of Maximo was added some years ago particularly for installing and configuring IT assets when they are received, but you may find other uses for this in a physical asset…

On the Item Master application there is a Meter Group and Meter field. These two fields perform completely different functions, they are not connected. The Meter Group field is only associated with rotating items, the Meter field is only associated with non-rotating items. This article will discuss the Meter field, another has already been written…

In another article we had added a spare part, item 12853 to asset 2169 and the IssuedQty field was incremented. On the Item Master application for item 12853 I have added a value of 1 to the Maximum Quantity Issued field, left-hand column. On the Inventory application, if I go to issue item 12853 to…

On the Item Master application there is a check box on the right-hand column called “Attach to Parent Asset on Issue?”. This is only available when the item is marked as a rotating item. We will show what happens if you issue the item to the asset, first with this field unchecked and then later…

On Item Master application the “Add as Spare Part” field should be set for non-rotating items which are used as spare parts of assets. On the Assets application for rotating asset 2169 that belongs to rotating item AJE02, there is currently no sub-assemblies or spare parts. I have used the action Issue Items from Storeroom…

Item Assembly Structures are used for three purposes: For creating an asset assembly and/or spare parts of the asset For creating part of a location hierarchy – models For creating the set of items that make up a kit item This article considers item assembly structures when used with assets. An Item Assembly Structure (IAS)…

On Item Master application there is a Meter Group and Meter field. These two fields perform completely different functions, they are not connected. The Meter Group field is only associated with rotating items, the Meter field is only associated with non-rotating items. I’ll discuss the use of a meter in a separate article. A Meter…

Items can have a thumbnail image. It is very useful for end users to verify the item they are thinking of using or buying by looking at an image. Only one image can be added to a Maximo record. Additional images need to be added using the Attachments icon. The action Add/Modify Image is used…

We probably know that an item can be classified, and the attributes of the classification create the item’s specification, found on the Specifications tab. This article is all about the relationship between rotating items and rotating assets with regard to the classification and its specification. In the Item Master application an item can have an…

Contents A rotating item is an inventory item with a current balance where the instances of the item are tracked individually as serialised assets – a rotating asset. The term “rotating” is used because you are tracking the serialised assets from the storeroom, to an operating location, then to a repair shop and back to…

Contents Maximo is set up to allow 5 tax types, which means in tables like PRLINE or POLINE there are 5 tax code fields and 5 tax amount fields for storing the calculated tax after applying the tax rate associated with the tax code. The tax types equate to which of the tax fields are…