3 posts tagged “Route Optimization”
Travel is where field service wins or loses. This part covers how Optimizer estimates travel — from straight-line distance to real road networks — how route optimization groups and sequences work, and when the optional Esri ArcGIS integration is worth the effort versus straight-line estimation.
Venkat AchantaJul 16, 2026Part 4 of 5
A five-part program for standing up true scheduling optimization in IBM Maximo Application Suite 9 — from why the 7.6 Scheduler was never an optimizer, through the constraint-and-objective model, the labor and location data it lives or dies on, routing and ArcGIS spatial integration, to the Dispatching Dashboard and a phased, Phase-4 rollout.
Venkat AchantaJul 16, 2026Part 0 of 5
How Maximo AI Assist uses watsonx.ai for natural language queries, WO creation, and field recommendations — plus Optimizer's constraint-based scheduling with route optimization. Also covers Civil Infrastructure and Parts Identifier.
Posam LakshminarayanaMar 17, 2026Part 14 of 25