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Storeroom areas are introduced in the coming Calem release of R2025a (March 2025). They can be used to partition storerooms for physical count planning.  Menu: Inventory | Codes | Storeroom Area; Organization | ACL Profiles | Storeroom Team | Storeroom AreaThe store area codes can be exported, populated and upload back to Calem for bulk area c...

PM Multi-assignment allows one to assign more than one user in a PM. Multiple users can be assigned to a PM in the "PM Assigned (Additional)" list (screenshot below).A primary assignment is populated at PM object (next screenshot). Here is the work order assignment after the PM is released. All the assigned users are carried over to work orders whe...

Requisition approval by department is available in the coming release of R2025a. It allows an organization to manage requisition approvers based on departments. Calem will search the approval list (screenshot below) to find an approver/team based on department approval. If found the Approver or Approval Team are populated when a REQ is re...

Filtering by asset priority will be available for work order comments and part cost in the coming release of R2025a (March 2025). For instance, a client may use asset priority filtering to collect comments and part cost for critical assets of priority P1. WO Comments: Work Order | Report | WO Comments, and Work Order | Open | WO CommentsWO Par...

An asset link to Calem can be used to load an asset in a browser. For instance, paste the link to Safari browser: "https://example.calemeam.com/index.php?raid=wfAS11__0041241d-38bf-2b53-0ddf-b3c9ba385f65". It will bring up your Calem site and display the asset after login to Calem. 1. The Algorithm to Create Asset Links  He...

A new asset status report is replacing the current asset status report in excel in the coming release R2025a (March, 2025). It includes asset attributes and detail lists of status (with status duration), incidents, service requests, and work orders. Menu path: Asset | Report | Asset Status The reports can be customized like other reports ...

Completed work orders will be auto-closed after 30 days in the coming release of R2025a (March 20250). The change is made due to the following reasoning: Work orders are completed, accepted, and then closed.There are cases that acceptance is not required, leaving many work orders staying in "Completed" status."To Accept" bar in the Dashbo...

A work order contact may be entered when a work order is created by a login user on behalf of another user. The contact lookup form will find available contacts based on department of the login user.  Work order's department code is used if populated. Otherwise, the current user's department code is used. If no data is found from the filtering...

     Annual part cost estimate for PMs are available in the coming release of R2025 (February 2025). Menu path: PM | Report | PM Part Cost Estimate by Site (Avg Price). This is the annual PM cost based on site average pricing. Menu path: PM | Report | PM Part Cost Estimate by Store (Avg Price). This is the annual PM cost based on sto...

Editing Asset and Location from work orders will be changed in Calem R2025 planned for February 2025. The changes are made so that editing assets and locations from work orders are only enabled when needs arise. The menu items "Edit Location" and "Edit Asset" will be turned off in R2025 out of the box.Configuratio...

Invoices for purchase orders can be uploaded from an excel template of PO invoices. PO #, invoice #, invoice dates (invoice date and due date), and costs (item total, tax and freight).The excel template is cm_po_invoice.PO-Invoices.xls.The template is a quick way for invoice entry for the following screen:  Additional Resources How to Cre...

Inventory stores can be configured to receive transfer-in items in the coming release of Calem R2025. For instance, transfer-in items should be received to general stores, not project or repaired stores.This is done by setting the category set of Transfer-In stores (screenshot below) of a site. A site is located at Organization | EAM...

Incident class tree is introduced in the coming release of Calem R2025 to improve the efficiency of incident management. A incident class code is prompted when reporting an incident.The incident tree is shown for lookup selection of a class code.Each incident class may have its own forms with different information:An injury form includes detailed i...

A vendor email field may include more than one email addresses in the coming release of Calem R2025. For instance, the email field of vendor ACME includes two email addresses separated by semi-colon ";".  When the vendor is used for a PO, the email address is copied over. Use "Email" to send the PO to the vendor of the PO. Calem...

Vendor Memo is a new field added in vendors in release R2024g. It will be carried over to a PO when a PO is created and its vendor has a Vendor Memo field populated. Here is a use case for the Vendor Memo field: Populate the field with vendor agreement number.The vendor agreement will be available in POs for this vendor.Customize PO ...

The KPI of work order count by department in "WO KPI-10" tab of dashboard can be filtered by a specialty set or a specialty code in the coming release of R2024g. The KPI shows work order created across departments.It can be by year and a selective month.It can be filtered by work order category set.It can be further filtered by ...

A new KPI is added to analyze maintenance cost and production output in the coming release of R2024g (Jan. 2025). The chart shows the total production (as a line), maintenance cost (as a line), and a unit cost/production (as a bar). The Unit Cost/Production may be used to measure maintenance efficiencies. The new ...

Google Translate Plugin is developed by Google. It may be used to translate Calem Web Interface to a language other than English. Here's a screenshot of Calem Web Interface in Italian with Google Translate plugin. Field level help is also translated by Google Translate plugin. Calem provides language packs which are pre-translated an...

A new KPI is added to monitor inventory transfer in the coming release of R2024g (Jan. 2025). An inventory transfer moves inventory from one site to another. For instance, a spare part is transferred from a plant at Austin, Texas to another plant in Louisiana. The new KPI is at Dashboard | Inventory Tab.Inventory values tra...

MQTT (message queuing telemetry transport) is a protocol for communication with devices (IoT – internet of things). MQTT integration is available in the coming release of Calem R2024g (Jan. 2025).  Asset meter readings are taken by Calem via MQTT. The readings from MQTT can be viewed at Integration | Open | MQTT Queue 1. MQTT Brokers...