Maximo Scheduler and
Scheduler Plus
Overview
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1) What is Maximo Scheduler and what does it offer today?
2) Advanced capabilities that were being requested by clients
3) Introduce Scheduler Plus- What is Scheduler Plus and how is it delivered?
- Review use cases
4) Roadmap
5) Extending Maximo to Field Workforce Management
6) Why IBM Weather?
Agenda
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Scheduler – embedded in Maximo
Maximo SchedulerMaximo Scheduler
Maximo Asset Management
iLog
DOCRequired only for
Optimization
• Add-on product to
Maximo EAM, code
embedded in core
Maximo therefore a
single install
• Requires a separate
license purchase
• Includes integration
adapter and optimization
engine and models
• Optional: clients may choose
not to use the optimization
capability and can skip the
DOC installation during the
install process
DOC Server
• 7.6.0.5 fix pack level
Roles We Cater To With Scheduler
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Scheduler Pedigree
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Scheduler 7.6.x Delivery Timeline
New capabilities built on a
new technical foundation
• Repair Facility Capacity
Planning
• Repair Facility
Graphical Assignment
Core Maximo PM costing
• Includes Nested Job
Plans
“Scheduler” application
name change
• New name: “Graphical
Scheduling”
Usability enhancements
• Improved Gantt tools
and navigation
New Asset/Location
scheduling capabilities built
on a new technical foundation
• Work Orders and PM
forecasts viewed by
asset/location hierarchy
Multi-tenancy support
Usability enhancements
• Improved Gantt tools and
navigation
Port existing applications to
the new technical foundation
• Graphical Scheduling
• Graphical Assignment
• Dispatch
• Graphical Crew
Management
Usability enhancements
• Multi-column sort, search,
and filtering
• Multi-craft/skill display
• Undo / Redo
• Expand / Collapse
• Much more….
Addressing RFEs during these releases
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Advanced use cases being requested by clients
• Ability to schedule customer appointments• Match customer's location and requirements with technician's skills and availability to schedule a service
appointment
• Model a complex project plan using real world interdependencies of tasks• A plant turnaround requires many dependent actions to shutdown the location, perform project work, and re-
start the location to bring it back to an operational stage
• Ensure resources with the right qualifications are assigned to work with special requirements• Supervisors need to ensure that technicians have valid certifications to do the work
• How do the current traffic conditions effect work in progress?• Incorporate real-time traffic conditions to better route technicians to their work locations
• Handle larger volumes of data• Many Maximo clients require the ability to manage a heavy volume of work orders be it for shutdowns,
turnarounds, outages, or for dispatching field technicians
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Appointment booking
• Make customer appointments within a schedule window
• Customer notifications – cancel / reschedule
Managing complex projects
• Model complex work order network dependencies
• Highlight critical path, backward pass, % complete
Weather integration
• Incorporate weather data into planning/scheduling and dispatching
• Weather alerts / notifications
Dynamic dispatching
• Auto refresh, re-optimization based on real-time progress
• Incorporate real-time traffic conditions
Introducing – Scheduler Plus!
Advanced work management solution, built on top of Maximo Scheduler
Scheduler Plus – also embedded in Maximo
• Advanced work
management solution
• Add-on product to
Maximo Scheduler, code
embedded in core
Maximo therefore still a
single install
• On-prem and via SaaS
• Requires a separate
license purchase
• Includes the
optimization models
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Now catering to the Customer Service Representative too
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Managing Complex Network Dependencies
Use Case -
While planning a plant shutdown 100s
to 1000s of tasks need to be
completed in a specific order. Work
order 1 must be completed before
work order 2 can start.
Joe, the Planner, generates work
orders from many job plans to make
up one project; which may include an
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isolation/shutoff of a complex asset, multiple subassembly tasks such as replacement, firmware
updates, PM work and lastly a return to service of the complex asset.
The planner pulls all this work into a schedule and graphically links the relationships between
these various tasks to allow minimum down time and maximize productivity by allowing work to
be started as soon as its prerequisites are satisfied.
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Managing Projects
Use Case –
Joe, the Planner, is managing a turnaround at an oil exploration site.
Using the Pert Chart view in Scheduler Plus, he reviews all the work orders
created for the project and updates the dependencies.
He views the highlighted critical path of the network of dependencies and
focuses on the important activities that have the biggest impact to the
schedule finish. He then tracks the overall progress by looking at the percent
complete data to ensure that things are moving as planned and starts the
process of alerts and notifications on any exceptions he identifies.
Release 2
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Appointment Booking
Use Case –
John calls his local utility provider to request service.
Liz, the customer service representative, looks up John’s address and selects the
appropriate Job Plan for the required work. She looks up available appointment slots based
on staffing and other commitments made. Liz provides John a few dates to choose from.
Liz and John book Wednesday 10 AM. (The appointment can be rescheduled, if required).
This process automatically creates a scheduled work order for John’s premise and is ready
for a Supervisor to assign technician(s) to.
Release 1
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Using Weather w/ Appointment Booking
Use Case –
John calls his local utility provider to request service.
Liz, the customer service representative, determines that this will be a half
day job that requires both indoor and outdoor work. She looks up available
appointment slots.
System Administrator has set up Scheduler Plus to visualize 10 days of basic
weather forecast in all views that contain a geo code (asset/location). From
this data, the system determines that Wednesday and Thursday mornings
have the lowest probability of precipitation at John’s home location.
Liz and John book Wednesday morning.
Release 1
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Weather Integration (Graphical Scheduling)
Use Case -
Joe, the Planner, configures the
information that he wishes to see on his
schedules for current, daily and hourly
weather.
He looks at a 2 week rolling schedule and
decides to filter down to work orders on
assets that could be affected by weather.
He uses the tool tip on each row to see
the formatted weather forecast for each
asset on its scheduled date.
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From the daily forecast view, he elects to open the hourly view for the duration of the work. He feels confident that the crew can
travel to, perform the required work, and return back without an adverse weather impact.
Joe now approves the work and commits the scheduled dates.
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Weather Integration (Graphical Assignment)
Use Case -
Joe, the Planner, configures the information that users want to see on their
schedule for things like current, daily, and hourly weather.
Fred, the Supervisor, looks at tomorrow’s schedule and reviews work on
assets that could be affected by weather. He uses the tool tip on each row to
see the formatted weather forecast for each asset on its scheduled date.
After looking at the hourly view for the duration of the work, he feels
confident that the crews can travel to, perform the required work, and return
back without an adverse weather impact.
Fred now assigns the work and is ready for the morning crew meeting.
Release 1
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Weather Impact on Assets
Use Case –
Joe, the Planner, is responsible for equipment that is affected by weather. In
Maximo, Joe has set up a job plan effected by key weather parameters with
no go or alternate job plan that considers the weather condition.
For a planned cell tower maintenance, high wind and storm conditions
should be avoided when possible. Lightning must be strictly avoided.
Scheduler Plus will search for Work Orders with this job plan and either
reschedule the work for no go conditions or change to the alternate job plan.
When Joe optimizes the schedule, weather is included as a constraining
factor along with schedule windows and priority.
The new plan Joe publishes now includes critical information that can lead to
safer, more efficient operations.
Release 2
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Dynamic Dispatching
Use Case -
Tim, the field technician, is on his daily route
that was optimized by Maximo Scheduler. A
new emergency has come in and Frank, the
dispatcher, identifies Tim as the most
appropriate person to assign this work to in
the work zone that Tim covers.
Frank makes the assignment and Scheduler
Plus automatically re-optimizes the remainder
of Tim’s day so he can continue to accomplish
priority work and return back on time.
Release 3
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Weather Informed Dispatching
Use Case -
Crew1 has finished cleaning the storm drains in county Sector A.
They begin to proceed North to Sector B to work on the next job,
but they and Frank, the dispatcher, receive alert notifications
that Sector B is at risk of a tornado.
Frank sees the updated map and re-routes them South where
they can service assets near the vehicle depot and head to safety
if needed.
The tornado has created new emergent work and has impacted
travel conditions. Additionally, planned work in Sector B must be
rescheduled as well. Scheduler Plus will merge all the work and
create street level routes based on this updated information.
The Crew will now avoid the damaged roads and be expedited to
priority work.
Release 3
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Roadmap
Notice: IBM’’’’s statements regarding its plans, directions, and intent are subject to change or withdrawal at IBM’’’’s sole discretion. Information regarding potential futureproducts is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in making a purchasing decision. The information mentioned regarding potential
future products is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code or functionality. Information about potential future products may not be
incorporated into any contract. The development, release, and timing of any future features or functionality described for our products remains at our sole discretion.
Weather
− Configurable weather views
− Enabled in Graphical Scheduling
and Graphical Assignment
Appointment Scheduling
- Make customer appointments
within a schedule window, see
tech availability, incorporate
weather
- Cancel, reschedule
appointments
Network dependencies (Phase 1)
- Link across WOs and
tasks
Weather impact on Assets / Locations
− Asset configured to indicate when
weather will effect work to be done on
them
− Go or No Go criteria will adjust the dates
of work scheduled for the asset
− Applying work requirements due to
weather will allow scheduled work to
have Job Plan changed
− Current day automatic escalations to
apply the assets configured weather
conditions
Network dependencies (Phase 2)
- Backward pass
- Highlight critical path
- Pert chart
- Introduce % complete
Excel Export
Color code WO synonyms
Tool tip in Graphical Scheduling –
resources required
Start time for PMs – in GS and in
generated work orders
Qualifications at WO & Task Level
- Manual and Optimization
Weekly and Monthly planning buckets
- Alternative resource availability input
Performance
Dynamic Dispatching
− Auto refresh for improved tracking
of progress
− Re-optimization based on real-time
progress, including emergent work
− Real-time road conditions and traffic
− Continuous weather updates and
weather event notifications
− Everyplace template updates -
weather
Weather based assignments
− Manual clearing of decks
− Optimization – reschedule
planned and emergency
Enhanced resource availability
− WO outside schedule, shifts/breaks
PM display
− Constraint window
− Compare PM scenarios
− Emergency template (ex. Weather
event activity)
Performance
SchedulerScheduler Plus
The information on the new product is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in making a purchasing decision. The information on the new product is for informational purposes only and may not be incorporated into any contract. The information on the new product is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code or
functionality. The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described for our products remains at our sole discretion. .
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� Scheduling, optimizing and assigning field technicians (daily, weekly, mid and long range)
� Complete Mobilization of Technician to preform end to end task.
� Ability to receive work requests from the field on a mobile devise
� Field Supply Chain Management – Tools – Materials – Parts Management
� Support all task/work models: reactive dispatch; routine maintenance; inspections;
preventive; condition-based; predictive; prescriptive
� Routing and Route Optimization with directions and real-time traffic
� Supporting online/offline maps and customer specific map GIS data
� Support a Mobile Application User Experience with Mobile Work Flows
� Weather Forecasts and real-time conditions which may effect work locations and field
assignments
Key Field Workforce Management Requirements
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Field Workforce Management with Maximo
Scheduler/Scheduler Plus• Forecast and schedule work
• Incorporate weather data
• Optimization of work via resource
leveling or capacity planning
Planning of Work
Maximo
Asset
Management
Assignment of WorkMapping of Work
Completion of Work
Scheduler/Scheduler Plus• Optimize resource assignment
based on geolocation, craft, skill,
weather
• Monitor work and adjust based on
real-time field progress
• Plan and schedule appointments
Spatial/Anywhere/Plus• Optimization of work route on an
Esri/Google/Bing map along with
turn-by turn directions displayed
on a mobile device
• Incorporate real-time traffic
Anywhere• Technician receives work
orders in the field
• Provides real-time status
updates to dispatcher and the
back-office
• Receives weather
alerts/notifications
• More efficient work management with embedded weather data
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Precision
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Speed
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