Maximo Secrets

Contents If you have been following other notes on the functionality of Inventory Usage application, you will have noticed a couple of references to reservations. Material and tool reservations can be created from the approval of a: We’ll explore each of these. Action – Set User Validation Options The Set User Validation Options action controls…

To transfer an item from one storeroom to another you use the Usage Type of TRANSFER on the inventory usage record. The source storeroom, “From Storeroom”, is mandatory. The Inventory Owner field defaults from the same field in the Storerooms application for the From Storeroom.  There are other fields associated with transfers in the header…

Contents This section will take a deeper dive into the Inventory Usage record and its lines.  Issue items The inventory usage record is created based on the user’s default insert site and the From Storeroom may also be defaulted from the user’s profile. The From Storeroom is the storeroom in which you will issue or…

Contents In the Organizations application there are a few settings that effect the behaviour in the Inventory Usage application. Transfer Options The Transfer Options action determines when you must transfer using the SHIPPED status. Across Organizations is the default, but you can choose Across Sites or All Transfers. This is a system wide setting. It…

When you use the Inventory Usage application the storerooms that you have access to are dependent on your user security profile. How the application defaults the attributes in the header of a new record will also depend on your profile. This is best illustrated with an example. I have logged in as user HUNTER, navigated…

Contents The Inventory Usage records have the following statuses: Status Description ENTERED The default status when you insert a record in the Inventory Usage application STAGED Used when you have collected the items from the storeroom bins, and they are ready to be issued or transferred. They exist in a staging bin. You cannot move…

The Inventory Usage application exists in the Inventory module and is used for issuing, returning and transferring items and tool items within site or across sites that share the same item master. It is an application that was introduced with Maximo 7.5 along with the Shipment Receiving application, the two together replaced the Issues and…