{"id":6767,"date":"2023-02-16T09:51:05","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T08:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gemba.nl\/ibm-maximo-also-a-powerful-purchasing-system\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T15:06:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T14:06:47","slug":"ibm-maximo-also-a-powerful-purchasing-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gemba.nl\/en\/ibm-maximo-also-a-powerful-purchasing-system\/","title":{"rendered":"IBM Maximo: also a powerful purchasing system!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Graph Chart Section&#8221; module_class=&#8221;hero_sec&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; background_enable_color=&#8221;off&#8221; background_enable_image=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax=&#8221;on&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;160px||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;250px||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;130px||||false|false&#8221; 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From a purchase request to costs and obligations: with the<\/b> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gemba.nl\/ibm-maximo\/\"><b>IBM Maximo<\/b><\/a><\/span> Procurement Management module, you have out-of-the-box access to all the tools needed to manage the purchasing process from start to finish. 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The IBM Maximo Procurement Management module manages the entire purchasing process for you. And this not only for asset-related products and services, but also for other articles such as office or IT supplies. So you don&#8217;t need a separate, often costly and difficult to link ERP solution for your purchasing. All the functionality you need is in the purchasing module of IBM Maximo.    <\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/gemba.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image23-1.png&#8221; title_text=&#8221;image23&#8243; align=&#8221;center&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; width_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; width_phone=&#8221;100%&#8221; width_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;100px||||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; header_2_font=&#8221;Titillium Web|600|||||||&#8221; header_2_font_size=&#8221;36px&#8221; header_2_letter_spacing=&#8221;2px&#8221; header_2_line_height=&#8221;1.3em&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||12px|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;50px||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;50px||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;50px||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;flip&#8221; header_2_font_size_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; header_2_font_size_phone=&#8221;28px&#8221; header_2_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bullet\" src=\"https:\/\/gemba.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Vector-5.png\"> <b>Entire<\/b><span style=\"color: #6ed400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibm.com\/docs\/en\/maximo-manage\/continuous-delivery?topic=manage-purchasing\" style=\"color: #6ed400;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b> purchasing process<\/b><\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #6ed400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibm.com\/docs\/en\/maximo-manage\/continuous-delivery?topic=manage-purchasing\" style=\"color: #6ed400;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b> via IBM Maximo<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; text_font=&#8221;|300|||||||&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;22px&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;slide&#8221; animation_direction=&#8221;left&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Processing purchase requests, creating purchase orders, sending quotation requests and order confirmations: you do it all directly from IBM Maximo. Are goods received or services provided? Then you simply enter this in the system. You do the same with purchase invoices, just like with obligations. This way you know exactly what your current purchasing costs are and what is still to come. You also keep track of contracts with suppliers in IBM Maximo. This ranges from contracts for, for example, guarantees to contracts for hiring maintenance staff. Last but not least, you create budgets and forecasts in IBM Maximo based on historical purchasing data. In other words: you can really do financial asset management.        <\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; header_2_font=&#8221;Titillium Web|600|||||||&#8221; header_2_font_size=&#8221;36px&#8221; header_2_letter_spacing=&#8221;2px&#8221; header_2_line_height=&#8221;1.3em&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||12px|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;50px||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;50px||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;50px||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;flip&#8221; header_2_font_size_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; header_2_font_size_phone=&#8221;28px&#8221; header_2_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bullet\" src=\"https:\/\/gemba.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Vector-5.png\">  Insight into all costs for the purchase of your assets<\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; text_font=&#8221;|300|||||||&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;22px&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;slide&#8221; animation_direction=&#8221;left&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>One of the advantages of fully recording and managing purchasing activities in IBM Maximo is that you have insight into all your purchasing costs. That is a different story if part of the process runs through your financial system. Suppose a purchase request goes from IBM Maximo to your financial software and your accountant adds all kinds of expenses, such as costs for transport or certificates for employees you hire. These additional costs are often difficult to trace back to the original purchase order, so you miss them in your cost picture. Instead of assuming the actual costs, you have to estimate them in your budgets and forecasts.    <\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; header_2_font=&#8221;Titillium Web|600|||||||&#8221; header_2_font_size=&#8221;36px&#8221; header_2_letter_spacing=&#8221;2px&#8221; header_2_line_height=&#8221;1.3em&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||12px|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;50px||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;50px||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;50px||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;flip&#8221; header_2_font_size_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; header_2_font_size_phone=&#8221;28px&#8221; header_2_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bullet\" src=\"https:\/\/gemba.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Vector-5.png\">  Collaboration between IBM Maximo and your financial system<\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; text_font=&#8221;|300|||||||&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;22px&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;slide&#8221; animation_direction=&#8221;left&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Of course, it is important that IBM Maximo can properly exchange data with your financial system. Because if you send out a purchase order, for example, you want the obligation you enter into to immediately end up in the correct general ledger account in your accounting. We developed various interfaces for this at Gemba, including to Exact, InforSun and Microsoft Navision. 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