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What's new in Maximo Manage 9.2.

74 changes IBM lists for Maximo Manage 9.2, grouped by area. Each one quotes IBM and links to the record behind it. IBM's What's new in Maximo Manage 9.2.

Assets

• AI-generated insights for alerts are available in the Tickets application
  IBM: “Alert insights help you understand why an alert occurred for an asset and what actions to take next”
• Alert generation can be inhibited for assets and locations
  IBM: “You can stop alert creation for specific assets or locations during start-up, shutdown, or maintenance”
• Asset and location meters can be related to one another
  IBM: “You can now relate asset and location meters to one another.”
• Calibration accuracy validation is automatically performed for standards and assets
  IBM: “Maximo Manage now automatically validates that calibration standards have adequate accuracy specifications when you select a rotating asset as a calibration standard on a work order”
• Classification updates are synced with asset templates
  IBM: “In the Asset Templates application, updates made on the Specifications tab of the Classifications application appear automatically”
• Intervention templates can be linked to job plans in Maximo Asset Investment Planning
  IBM: “You can now link a job plan to an intervention template to ensure accurate intervention costs and facilitate downstream planning.”
• Maximo Asset Investment Planning can optimize the timing, sequencing, and selection of asset interventions, including refurbishment and replacement strategies, through a step-by-step lifecycle optimization process
  IBM: “Run the optimization to generate and analyze multiple optimized scenarios to identify the most effective intervention strategies.”
• Maximo Manage 9.2: Assets & locations dashboard enhancements
  IBM: “Maximo Manage 9.2's What's New content describes enhancements making the Assets & locations dashboard 'a powerful, flexible workspace for monitoring asset performance and taking timely action.'”
• Optimization results include goal and score data
  IBM: “You can see goal and score data in the optimization results table to understand how each scenario performed against the objectives.”
• Scenarios can be personalized and managed with custom display names
  IBM: “You can also now personalize and manage scenarios more effectively by providing custom display names without impacting the system generated name, which serves as a key field.”
• Strategy creation supports large asset populations by integrating Maximo queries
  IBM: “Strategy creation now supports large asset populations more easily by integrating Maximo queries into the asset selection step.”
• The Alerts application allows users to view and manage alerts for assets and locations
  IBM: “As a maintenance manager, you can now use the Alerts application to view and manage alerts”
• The Asset application allows users to turn off asset population from a location
  IBM: “The new Prevent Asset Population from Location field allows users to prevent the auto-population of the Asset field from a location”
• The Assets & locations dashboard allows users to monitor and analyze asset data
  IBM: “Use the Assets & locations dashboard to monitor and analyze asset data across your organization from a single, unified view”
• The Assets & locations dashboard provides AI-driven insights for decision-making
  IBM: “Use AI-powered insights to detect patterns, highlight anomalies, and identify potential risks”
• The Investment plan tab provides a consolidated view of approved asset interventions
  IBM: “The Investment plan tab provides a consolidated view of all approved asset interventions across strategies and serves as the single source of truth for planned investments.”
• The complete optimization pipeline runs as a background process
  IBM: “The complete optimization pipeline now runs as a background process, which provides performance benefits and supports planning across large asset populations.”
• Up to 4 concurrent optimization processes can be run
  IBM: “You can now run up to 4 concurrent optimization processes to better facilitate decision-making with varied inputs and constraints.”
• Users can bypass the accuracy check for specific assets in special cases
  IBM: “You can now bypass the accuracy check for specific assets in special cases”

Work orders

• Actual costs of materials can be reported in a work order
  IBM: “Report actual costs of materials in a work order”
• Assignment status is retained during optimization
  IBM: “When you run optimization for a labor or crew, accepted technician assignments must not change status.”
• Attachments can be added to work orders in the Work Orders application
  IBM: “You can add attachments to work orders in the Work Orders application”
• Cost and compliance can be calculated and monitored from the Planning dashboard
  IBM: “You can now calculate cost and monitor compliance for schedules directly from the Planning dashboard.”
• Explain why a work order is not assigned in Optimizer with better error messaging
  IBM: “Starting in Maximo Manage 9.2, a better error messaging is provided to indicate exactly why the work could not be scheduled.”
• Failure reporting is now supported in the Work Orders application
  IBM: “Failure reporting is now supported in the Work Orders application”
• Manage assignment rejection during scheduling by configuring rejection parameters
  IBM: “As a planner and scheduler, you can control how Maximo Optimizer handles rejected assignments during scheduling.”
• Maximo Manage 9.2 includes capacity planning optimization to determine when and where to increase craft capacity to meet project deadlines or maximize turnaround savings within a limited budget
  IBM: “Planners and schedulers can now use capacity planning optimization to determine when and where to increase craft capacity to meet project deadlines or maximize turnaround savings within a limited budget.”
• Maximo Optimizer 9.1.0 enhanced scalability and performance for solving large-scale dispatching and assignment problems using Improved Large Neighborhood Search (LNS) Algorithm
  IBM: “The Large Neighborhood Search (LNS) algorithm handles large-scale dispatching problems with thousands of work orders.”
• New fields are available for predecessor information
  IBM: “Three new fields are available when you edit a constraint.”
• Run what-if analysis with natural language to describe changes and test scenarios
  IBM: “You can now use natural language to describe changes for what-if analysis.”
• The Collab Session application can be accessed from the Work Orders module in Maximo Manage
  IBM: “The Collaborate Sessions application is migrated to Maximo Manage as the Collab Session application under Work Orders”
• The Tickets application allows users to manage all ticket records from one centralized location
  IBM: “Use the Tickets application to manage all ticket records from one centralized location”
• View and download conflict diagrams for Maximo Optimizer jobs to explain conflicts between business rules
  IBM: “You can now access and download conflict diagrams that explain conflicts between business rules in an optimization job.”
• Work orders can be selected and assigned from the map
  IBM: “You can now use the map to find and select multiple work orders in the same area.”
• Work orders generated from a PM inherit descriptions from job plans
  IBM: “When a work order is generated from a PM, the work order description is inherited from the associated job plan”

Inventory

• A new selection type ABC has been added to the Count Books application
  IBM: “You can now select ABC as a selection type when adding or updating count books in the Count Books application.”
• Inventory validation is available for work assignment
  IBM: “In the Graphical Assignment, Graphical Scheduling, Graphical Scheduling - Large Projects, Scheduling Dashboard, and Dispatching dashboard applications, from More Actions menu, when you select a template, for example Labor or Crew Templates or Resourcing Templates, you can select the Enforce Material Availability or Enforce Tool Availability checkboxes to check if the material or tool is available in the inventory.”
• Rotating assets are available in the View Inventory Transactions window
  IBM: “In the Inventory and Stocked Tools applications, rotating assets are now available in the View Inventory Transactions window, on both the Receipts & Transfers and the Issues & Returns tab, streamlining data entry.”
• The mxe.app.invuse.preventAutoSplitRotating system property controls how the Auto-Split function allocates rotating assets in the Inventory Usage application
  IBM: “Use the mxe.app.invuse.preventAutoSplitRotating system property to control how the Auto-Split function allocates rotating assets in the Inventory Usage application.”
• The name of a staged bin can be changed in the Inventory Usage application
  IBM: “In the Inventory Usage application, you can now change the name of a staged bin.”
• The storeroom field is automatically populated when assigning a rotating asset to a work order
  IBM: “When assigning a rotating asset to a work order the storeroom field is automatically populated.”

Scheduling and dispatching

• Create dashboard-ready scenarios in the Graphical Assignment application
  IBM: “You can also create dashboard-ready scenarios in the Graphical Assignment application”
• Enhanced business rules are available for scheduling and large project scheduling
  IBM: “You can use enhanced business rules to optimize scheduling for complex scenarios.”
• Prepare schedules for the Scheduling dashboard directly from Add schedules
  IBM: “You can now prepare schedules for the Scheduling dashboard directly from Add schedules”
• Schedules can be added to the Dispatching dashboard
  IBM: “You can choose which schedules appear on the Dispatching dashboard by creating a schedule scenario and preparing the schedule for the dashboard.”
• Schedules can be edited or deleted by other users
  IBM: “You can now edit or delete schedules created by other users.”
• Travel time is automatically calculated for next assignment
  IBM: “Maximo Manage now automatically calculates travel time to the next assignment when you apply street-level routes.”

Labor

• A supervisor field has been added to the Crews application
  IBM: “When you add a crew, you can specify a supervisor for the crew.”
• Crews can be automatically inactivated when assigned labor becomes inactive
  IBM: “When a labor record that is assigned to a crew is set to inactive status, the crew can now be automatically inactivated.”
• Expert Groups and Technicians applications are migrated to Person Groups and Labor applications in Maximo Manage
  IBM: “Expert Groups and Technicians applications are migrated to Person Groups and Labor applications in Maximo Manage”
• Labor rotational shift can be defined for multiple weeks
  IBM: “As a planner or supervisor you can define a shift pattern for multiple weeks.”

Inspections

• Condition Monitoring measurement points can be configured to generate alerts only, work orders only, or both alerts and work orders
  IBM: “You can now configure Condition Monitoring measurement points to generate alerts only, work orders only, or both alerts and work orders based on your operational requirements.”
• Inspection forms can be linked to purchase order lines
  IBM: “You can now link inspection forms to purchase order lines to ensure quality control during receiving.”
• The EVENT meter enables Maximo Manage to capture and monitor incoming event data from external systems
  IBM: “The EVENT meter enables Maximo Manage to capture and monitor incoming event data from external systems.”

Installation and platform

• Custom scripts can be executed during the Maximo Manage build process
  IBM: “You can include shell scripts in your customization archives to perform advanced customizations during the Maximo Manage build process”
• Maximo IT Version 9.2 now supports Java 25
  IBM: “Maximo Optimizer supports Java 25”
• The operator version number is now displayed with the release date in the system information for Maximo Manage
  IBM: “The operator version number is now displayed with the release date in the system information for Maximo Manage”

Work execution

• Resource shift information and availability can be viewed in the Dispatching dashboard
  IBM: “As a dispatcher, you can view a resource's shift in the Dispatching dashboard as well as a resource's availability.”
• Technician status can be viewed in the Dispatching dashboard
  IBM: “As a dispatcher, you can view a technician's availability, that is, whether the technician is online or offline.”
• Travel time can be set for labor or crew in Dispatching dashboard
  IBM: “You can view the travel time between assignments for a particular resource in the Dispatching dashboard.”

Architecture

• Dynamic scaling for execution service pods can be configured to optimize resource usage in Red Hat OpenShift environments
  IBM: “Administrators can now configure dynamic scaling for execution service pods to optimize resource usage in Red Hat OpenShift environments.”
• Queue worker distribution management for execution service pods can be managed to balance workload and optimize resource usage
  IBM: “As a system administrator, you can now manage how optimization jobs are distributed across execution service pods to balance workload and optimize resource usage.”

Preventive maintenance

• The Set Due Date to End of Month field is now configurable at a site level
  IBM: “The Set Due Date to End of Month field is now configurable at a site level”
• The framework that determines the appropriate time zone for date/time-related operations has been enhanced
  IBM: “The framework that determines the appropriate time zone for date/time-related operations such as scheduling PMs and generating work orders has been enhanced”

Security

• Maximo Optimizer is compliant with FISMA standards
  IBM: “Compliant with Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA) standards”
• Users can configure OAuth to send emails in Maximo Manage
  IBM: “You can configure OAuth to send emails in Maximo Manage”

Application Designer

• Maximo Collaborate is an add-on in Maximo Manage starting in version 9.2
  IBM: “Maximo Collaborate is now an add-on in Maximo Manage”

Database configuration

• Support for using Oracle stored outlines at session startup has been removed
  IBM: “Removed support for using Oracle stored outlines at session startup”

Integration

• JMS debug logs now include the MEAMSGID when messages are received from queues
  IBM: “JMS debug logs now include the MEAMSGID when messages are received from queues”

General

• Arabic and Hebrew language support is available for applications built on the Maximo Application Framework
  IBM: “Support for Arabic and Hebrew is available for applications that are built on the Maximo Application Suite Framework”

Job plans

• Three new fields are available when editing a constraint in the Graphical Scheduling or Graphical Scheduling - Large Projects application: Maximum Lead Lag Hours, Optional Relationship, and Use Lead Lag As Shift Hours
  IBM: “Three new fields are available when you edit a constraint. The same fields are available in the Work Order Tracking application, when you edit or display a relationship constraint.”

Mobile

• Configure Maximo Mobile settings in Maximo Manage
  IBM: “For configuring Interactive Connectivity Establishment (ICE) servers, Collaborate app settings are now part of the Mobile Configuration application in Maximo Manage”

Procurement

• Purchase orders can be filtered by purchase requisition
  IBM: “Purchase orders can now be filtered by purchase requisition.”

Reporting

• Each KPI on the Operational dashboard includes trend information
  IBM: “Select a specific KPI and a time range and compare it with up to nine other KPIs in a graph”

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