Start Center

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

Go-live morning is won or lost in the first hour. Here is the Tier 0 starter pack for MAS 9 Manage: a Start Center template with six result-set portlets and four KPI tiles, fifteen copy/paste saved queries scoped by home storeroom, a 60-minute admin deployment plan, and an hour-1 checklist every storekeeper uses to confirm they got it — all out-of-the-box, no code.

Venkat AchantaJul 16, 2026Part 1 of 10

IBM's Operational Dashboard is the strategic replacement for Start Centers as the maintenance manager's command center. Here's what ships out of the box in MAS 9 Manage — the WO KPIs, the pre-built Maintenance Manager dashboard, the card types worth knowing — and the honest 9.1 limitation that keeps many teams running Start Centers side by side.

Venkat Achanta