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MSCM MRO Supply Chain Matters

MSCM 2027 Conference

MSCM Community Request for Presentations

Houston, Texas · March 1 to 3, 2027

The Maximo community and Maximo users have asked MSCM for these topics. Choose a topic, then apply. The form is already set to this presentation approach.

MSCM conference presentation on IBM supply chain management

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The Maximo community and Maximo users have asked MSCM for these topics. Each card takes you to the application. Pick the topic that matches your experience.

AI in Maximo Supply Chain

Practical uses of AI with Maximo work orders, inventory, purchasing, supplier, and asset data. Examples could include demand prediction, sourcing support, inventory decisions, or identifying supply risks.

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MRO Cost Control

Using Maximo to understand and reduce MRO spend, including purchasing costs, contract pricing, inventory carrying costs, emergency purchases, and invoice discrepancies.

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Supply Chain Data Security & Access

Managing who can access, change, approve, and share purchasing, inventory, supplier, and other supply chain data in Maximo.

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Demand Forecasting & Replenishment

Using work order history, PM schedules, historical usage, reorder points, lead times, and planned maintenance to predict material demand and replenish inventory.

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Maximo & ERP Integration

How organizations divide purchasing and inventory responsibilities between Maximo and ERP systems, and how requisitions, POs, receipts, invoices, inventory, and financial data move between them.

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Inventory Accuracy & Storeroom Control

Keeping Maximo inventory aligned with what is physically in the storeroom through cycle counts, physical counts, issues, returns, transfers, adjustments, and better storeroom practices.

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Item Master & MRO Data Management

Creating and maintaining clean MRO item data, including naming standards, descriptions, classifications, manufacturer information, duplicate items, synonyms, and item master governance.

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Supplier Lead Time Management

Managing changing supplier lead times in Maximo and understanding how lead times affect reorder points, purchasing decisions, material availability, and maintenance schedules.

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Work Order Material Planning

Making sure the right materials are available when maintenance work is scheduled, from planned materials and reservations through inventory checks, requisitions, purchasing, staging, and job execution.

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Supplier & Vendor Management

Managing supplier records, contracts, performance, pricing, purchasing history, delivery performance, quality issues, and supplier relationships using Maximo data.

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End to End Supply Chain Visibility

Tracking material demand from the work order through inventory, requisitioning, purchasing, supplier fulfillment, receiving, and availability for maintenance.

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Supply Chain Training & Adoption

How organizations train technicians, buyers, planners, storeroom teams, and other users to follow Maximo supply chain processes consistently.

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Repairable Spares Management

Managing repairable components through removal, replacement, storeroom movement, repair, external vendors, return to service, costs, and history in Maximo.

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Rotating Assets & Serialized Parts

How Maximo tracks serialized assets and rotating items as they move between operating locations, storerooms, repair facilities, and other statuses.

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Receiving & Invoice Matching

Improving the process after a PO is issued, including order acknowledgements, shipment visibility, receipts, invoice matching, discrepancies, and integration with financial systems.

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Obsolete & Excess Inventory

Identifying duplicate, obsolete, slow moving, and excess MRO inventory and deciding whether to retain, transfer, return, sell, or dispose of it.

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