Planning and scheduling work

You can plan and schedule upcoming work in a graphical view.

You can manage upcoming work and assignments by creating schedules. By using the graphical view, maps, and calendars, you can see the work and resource requirements that are in the schedule. For unplanned work, you can respond to requirements by graphically assigning work to the appropriate labors and crews based on their availability. You can create street-level routes for work lists to visually manage work progress on maps that show work, crews and labor based on their Maximo® service addresses.

The following applications are used to plan and schedule upcoming work.

Table 1. Scheduling applications
Application Description
Graphical Scheduling Maintenance planners and schedulers can manage and schedule upcoming work.
Graphical Scheduling - Large Projects Maintenance planners and schedulers can manage and schedule upcoming work in large projects.
Graphical Assignment Supervisors and dispatchers can assign the work records to resources.
Graphical Assignment - Repair Facility Repair facility planners can assign the work records to repair facilities.
Graphical Work Week Schedule and assign work while you manage resources over a short period of time.
Graphical Resource View Manage resource hours over one week or one month at a time.
Graphical Crew Management Supervisors and dispatchers can assemble crews to complete the work assignments.
  • Graphical Appointment Book
  • Appointment Book Manager
Customer service representatives can schedule appointments with customers to complete the work.
Scheduler Data Manager Validate a schedule or work list's data before scheduling or assigning work, while ensuring that data best practices are followed.
Scheduling Alternate Resources Define alternate availability for resources in your schedules.
Configure Tootltips Modify tooltip text for work records and resources in the graphical view.
  • Configure Weather Forecast
  • Configure Weather Alerts
If you have a subscription to Weather.com®, you can display weather data in Maximo Manage. Supervisors and dispatchers can configure notifications that are sent to technicians and customers to warn them about weather conditions that might affect work.

If your labor and crew resources have mobile devices that can access Maximo Mobile, they can remotely complete their daily tasks, such as preparing resources, and reviewing and updating work orders.