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Hi Ram,

Thank you! We are more looking to see how other customers use it vs. starting an implementation. Do you know of anyone that would be willing to meet briefly to give us a high-level overview of how it works on their inspection forms?

Thanks again!

Hi Stephanie,

What I've seen some organizations do is include the acceptable limits directly in the inspection question's description. In your case, however, this may not be practical. For example, with breaker inspections, different breakers may have different acceptable ranges. It sounds like you're trying to leverage Maximo data, such as the asset's Condition Monitoring points, to provide those limits dynamically.

While including the limits in the inspection question can work for some customers, there are also reasons why others choose not to. Many organizations don't want inspectors to simply enter a value that falls within the displayed range. Instead, they prefer inspectors to record the actual measured value and rely on Maximo's built-in condition monitoring and inspection automation to determine whether the reading falls outside the defined thresholds and automatically generate the appropriate follow-up work order or notification. This helps ensure the process remains objective and that corrective actions are driven by the system rather than by the inspector's interpretation.

Since you're using EZMaxMobile, there may be a way to retrieve and display that information within the inspection form, although I'm not certain. As Ram suggested, reaching out to Naviam (InterPro) Support would be a good approach, as they may already have a recommended solution or best practice.

Mike

Hi Mike,

Thank you for your comments. That is a good point on providing the limits on the actual inspection. We do have the limits set-up so, I'll have to look into Maximo's built-in condition monitoring and inspection automation with our Maximo team. 

Again, thank you,

Stephanie 

Hi Stephanie,

Although I am not qualified to answer EzMaxMobile-related questions, as I have never supported the tool. I would like to offer a recommendation.

Your question is multi-layered and complex. Can I make a suggestion? Use your unique business use case to frame your requirements to establish the baseline required to determine whether the solution you have implemented meets your business requirements or requires enhancements to align with your business case.  

Are you familiar with IBM Maximo Labs?
1.    IBM Maximo Labs cover a broad spectrum of topics and are structured to build the foundation required to understand your unique business case and define the requirements to implement the right solution from the IBM Maximo portfolio.
2.    IBM Maximo Labs are version-specific.
3.    IBM Maximo Labs provide practical guides and checklists that ensure you enforce E2E best practices throughout your implementation's SDLC lifecycle. 

Building on Mike's excellent points about process objectivity, leveraging Maximo's built-in automation is a highly effective way to handle this without biasing the inspector's input or unintentionally implementing misaligned configuration that works for a different organization's use case but is misaligned with defining your unique use case.

• Condition Monitoring Configuration: Mapping meter data directly to assets.
• Threshold & Limit Logic: Defining upper/lower limits (like your 72–90 gauge thresholds) in the system backend.
• Automated Work Queues: Triggering automatic follow-up actions, notifications, or corrective work orders the moment a recorded inspection value falls outside the normal operating zone.

By managing the limits via Maximo's core condition monitoring engine rather than hardcoding them into a mobile form UI, you maintain data integrity while ensuring critical assets automatically get the immediate engineering attention they need. The documentation and guides are completely open-source and can be reviewed at ibm.github.io/maximo-labs/. I have attached PDF examples of the Build and Test Guides for MAS v8.11.

To answer your question, you first need to clearly understand the preceding foundational concept. The foundation above will clarify how you frame your question, as not all Inspections in Maximo are the same. If your question is specifically related to the Inspections Role-based application versus the Technician Mobile application, it's important to clarify the distinct requirements for each implementation to mitigate risks and ensure use case alignment. 

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Maximo Labs Guide Example - Setup Health and Predict Demo...pdf   6.00 MB 1 version

MAS 9.2 IBM Maximo Labs.pdf   1.62 MB 1 version

Maximo Labs Guide Example - MAS Health and Predict Overvi...pdf   11.26 MB 1 version