3 posts tagged “Purchase Requisition”
Storekeepers and buyers want to ask the Maximo Assistant to create an item, raise a purchase requisition and check whether a part already exists. This evidence-tiered guide separates what IBM documents today (the Assistant can query supply-chain objects once an admin enables them; similarity is documented for work orders, records and tickets), what IBM has only announced, and what you can build yourself on MAS 9.2 as custom MCP tools — items that land in PENDING, PRs that land in WAPPR and go through your normal approval workflow, and a duplicate-item check — with code, governance and a rollout plan.
Surendra KattaOct 20, 2026Part 7 of 8
The buyer desk has its own Tier 0. Here is the BUYER_HOME starter pack for MAS 9 Manage: seven work-queue result sets and five KPIs, eighteen copy/paste saved queries scoped by buyer code, inbox hygiene with bulk approve and delegation, and the stale-PR, open-PO, and orphan-line cleanup that clears a migration mess in an afternoon.
Venkat AchantaJul 16, 2026Part 6 of 10
Cycle time from an approved requisition to an issued purchase order is the buyer's number-one metric. In MAS 9 Manage the conversion is a one-click Create Purchase Order action, desktop requisitions push intake upstream to the person who knows what they need, and a thresholded approval workflow routes by dollar value without approver-shopping. Here is the whole PR-to-PO flow, click by click.
Venkat AchantaJul 16, 2026Part 7 of 10