Metered MaterialMetered Material occurs when the quantity issued of an item increments a meter. More occurs when the quantity issued of an item increments a meter.

Metered Material is used when you wish to measure the consumption of an item on an asset, this feature is not available to locationA physical place where assets exist and where work can be performed. More meters. It is most often used with fuels and oils. For example, on a vehicle it would allow you to measure the miles per gallon, or kilometres per litre. It can only be used with continuous meters.

When the MeterA Meter is an identifier for recording meter readings, measurements and observations on assets or locations. More field on the Item Master application is given the same meter name as that on an asset then the issued quantity of the item will be used to also increment the asset’s meter.

The asset meter incremented is defined at the SiteA structural element of a Maximo database that is used for data separation. More level. The issued quantity (MATUSETRANS object) is also defined at the Site level. The Item Master record is defined at the ITEMSET level.