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PM Asset Acquisition for Constructed AssetsPosted on November 19, 2013

Assets under construction (AUC) are a special form of tangible assets. They are usually displayed as a separate balance sheet item and therefore require a separateaccount determination and their own asset classes. During the construction phase of an asset, all actual postings are assigned to the AUC. Once the asset iscompleted, a transfer is made to the final fixed asset.

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In SAP Plant Maintenance, we can create a project order or investment order to capture the costs of the asset under construction. During the period and month-endprocessing will settle the costs from the project order/investment order to the asset under construction. This is done so that budget information can be entered for theAUC and tracking of the actual-to-budget can be performed. Once the project is completed, the final asset is created in the appropriate asset class, and the projectorder is set to technical completion(TECO) so that the next settlement will transfer the AUC asset value to the completed asset.

So, with the work order cycle in Plant Maintenance in mind, we can define a process wherein we can create a project order with asset under construction, then wecan create a budget for the new asset; release the project order;post the invoice(s) and materials to project order;monitor project order execution;If the Project is

already done, we technically complete the project order;come month end, we will settle all charges to the asset and then we can close the project order.

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Breakdown MaintenancePosted on November 7, 2013

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Scenario:

Sometimes, the maintenance work centers need to take immediate action, due to unexpected machine breakdowns, accidents or other malfunctions, even thoughneither the type nor the scope of the activities required are known. Maintenance of this nature is referred to as Breakdown Maintenance.

In SAP Plant Maintenance, we can have a process where a production manager or requester will fill out a manual work order form ( ideally the manual form should beidentical to the system generated form in SAP ). The technician(s)(mechanic or groups of mechanics) will now execute the job indicated in the maintenance workorder form and his findings if any.After all the work is being done, the requester will acknowledge the repairs/work done by the technician. On the next day,themaintenance planner will encode all findings and transactions (like spare parts used, actual duration of the work) in SAP with date based on the Manual Work Orderform and performs the technical completion of the maintenance order(TECO). Finance department will run a periodic settlement in which it will post the propercharges to the cost center. After all items are being settled, they fill perform the business completion of the maintenance work order(BUCO) to close the maintenancework order.

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Condition Based MaintenancePosted on November 7, 2013

Scenario:

In the course of an inspection, a system is seen to be in a condition that will require repair in the foreseeable future, then these findings can be entered as amaintenance notification and passed on to the planning group responsible.

In SAP Plant Maintenance, we can implement a condition-based process where a requester will create a notification in SAP and prints the notification for approval.The engineering manager will then approves the maintenance request made. The maintenance planner will encode the all approved request and prepare formaintenance work order creation. The maintenance planner will now plan,schedule,release(also print) the maintenance work order for corrective maintenance. Thetechnician(s)(mechanic or groups of mechanics) will now execute the job indicated in the maintenance work order form and his findings if any.After all the work isbeing done, the requester will acknowledge the repairs/work done by the technician. Then, the maintenance planner will encode all findings in SAP and performs thetechnical completion of the maintenance order(TECO). Finance department will run a periodic settlement in which it will post the proper charges to the cost center.After all items are being settled, they fill perform the business completion of the maintenance work order(BUCO) to close the maintenance work order.

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Material TypesPosted on November 5, 2013

In SAP MM, there are standard material types;and each type has its own views .

The standard R/3 System comes with the following material types. The ID used to identify the material type internally appears in parentheses. It is sometimesnecessary to know this ID, for example, when defining the attributes of material types in Customizing for the Material Master.

The following Material types found in SAP MM are the following:

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Additionals (VKHM) are assigned to a material to be sold to ensure its effective presentation to customers. EX : Clothes hangers, Care labels, Servicessuch as pressing clothing for display or arranging it on hangers.

Advertising media (WERB) are means of presentation used in advertising, grouping together advertising messages about a number of materials.Forinstance,Printed mail-order catalogs,Computer catalogs on CD-ROM,Promotional fliers.

Apparel, seasonal (MODE)

Beverages (FGTR)

Competitive products (WETT) are Observing and evaluating the activities of your competitors is essential for optimum market analysis. You can enter basicdata on the products of your competitors in material master records of this material type. By specifying a competitor number, you can assign the product to aparticular competitor.

Configurable materials (KMAT) are materials that can have different variants. For example, an automobile can have different types of paintwork, trim, andengine. The Material is configurable indicator is already set for this material type in Customizing for the Material Master in Define Attributes of Material Types[Ext.].

Empties (industry LEER, retail LGUT) are a type of returnable transport packaging generally subject to a deposit. They can consist of several componentsgrouped together in a bill of material (BOM) that are assigned to a full product. For example, an empty crate and the empty bottles are assigned to the fullproduct beer. Each of the components in the BOM has a separate material master record.

Finished products (FERT) are produced in-house. Since they cannot be ordered by Purchasing, a material master record of this material type does notcontain purchasing data.

Full products (VOLL) are the counterpart to empties. For example, with a crate of lemonade, the full product is the lemonade itself, while the empties are theindividual bottles and the crate.

Intra materials (INTR) exist only temporarily between two processing steps. A material master record of this material type contains neither purchasing nor salesdata.

KANBAN containers (CONT) .This material type is recommended for creating KANBAN containers as a material. In the standard R/3 System, only the BasicData view is offered. Using this material type makes it easy to search for KANBAN containers.

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maintenance. For example, an automobile can be a technical object, and the engine, gearbox, chassis, and so on the maintenance assemblies. A materialmaster record of this material type can contain basic data and classification data.

Manufacturer parts (HERS) parts are materials that can be supplied by different manufacturers and/or vendors who use different manufacturer part numbersto identify the materials.Nonfoods (NOF1) are items sold in grocery stores, other than food.Ex: Paper products , MAGAZINES

Non stock materials (NLAG) are not held in stock because they are consumed immediately.Non valuated materials (UNBW) are managed on a quantity basis, but not by value.Operating supplies (HIBE) are procured externally and required for the manufacture of other products. A material master record of this material type cancontain purchasing data, but not sales data.Packaging materials (VERP) are used to transport goods and come with the goods free of charge. A material master record of this material type is managed on both a quantity basis and value basis.Packaging materials (VERP) are used to transport goods and come with the goods free of charge. A material master record of this material type is managedon both a quantity basis and value basis.

Perishables (FRIP) are Goods that are perishable in an assortment. For example, Fruit and vegetables,Dairy Prodicts, and MeatPipeline materials (PIPE) are materials such as oil, power, or water that flow into the production process directly from a pipeline, line, or other type of conduit.Since pipeline materials are always available, they are not planned.Process materials (PROC) materials are used in the manufacture of co-products. They are not physical entities, but represent production processes. They areuseful if production is initiated by the availability of input materials and capacities, and not by material requirements planning.Product groups (PROD) aggregate materials according to certain freely definable criteria. For example, the products may be similar to each other in some way,or they may be finished products that were produced on the same machine.Production resources/tools (FHMI) procured externally and used in production or plant maintenance. A material master record of this material type cancontain purchasing data, but not sales data. It is managed on a quantity basis. EX: Jigs and fixtures , Measuring & Test EquipmentRaw materials (ROH) are always procured externally and then processed. A material master record of this type contains purchasing data, but not sales datasince they cannot be sold.Semi finished products (HALB) be procured externally and manufactured in-house. They are then processed by the company. A material master record of thismaterial type can contain both purchasing and work scheduling data.Services (DIEN) can be performed internally or procured externally (outsourced). They cannot be stored or transported.I.E, Construction work,Janitorial/cleaning services,Legal services.Spare parts (ERSA) are used to replace defective parts. They may be kept in stock. A material master record of this material type can contain purchasing data,but not sales data.Trading goods (HAWA) are always procured externally and then sold. A material master record of this material type can contain purchasing data and sales

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data.Value-only articles (WERT) represents a group of articles whose inventory is not managed on an article basis. All goods movements for this group of articlesare posted to the value-only article.

Enough said. =)

Posted in SAP MATERIALS MANAGEMENT | Tagged Business, Industrial Goods and Services, Manufacturing, Material Master, material master record, SAP,SAP MM | Leave a reply

PM Outline AgreementPosted on November 4, 2013

In Plant Maintenance, in every maintenance order process,we do a lot of external services, for instance, Painting Services,Fabrication, even Carpentry; This can becovered by making Outline Agreements.

The outline purchase agreement is often referred to as a blanket or umbrella purchase order. It is basically a long-term agreement between the purchasingdepartment and vendor for material or services for a defined period of time. The purchasing department negotiates with the vendor a set of terms and conditions thatare fixed for the period of agreement. A longer-term agreement between a purchasing organization and a vendor regarding the supply of materials or the performanceof services within a certain period according to predefined terms and conditions.

There are two types of Outline Agreements:

Contract is a type of outline purchase agreement against which release orders (releases) can be issued for agreed materials or services as and when requiredduring a certain overall time-frame.Scheduling Agreement is a form of outline purchase agreement under which materials are procured on predetermined dates within a certain time period.

The Outline Agreement has the following Characteristics :

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Document header: contains information relating to the entire agreement. For example, the vendor information and header conditions are in the documentheader.Items: containing the information specific to the relevant material or service. For example:Statistics on ordering activities for the item

Quantity or price of the itemConditions, such as quantity discounts and surcharges

In a Maintenance Work Order Process, we create Maintenance Order with a Purchase Requisition ( with DIEN material ),create a Contract Based on PR, thenThird Party Services will execute the job specified in the order, the Maintenance Planner will inspect the job and Completes the Maintenance Order, Store Clerkwill perform Goods Receipt for the Finance department to process the payment.

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Posted in SAP PLANT MAINTENANCE | Tagged Business, maintenance order, Outline Agreement, Outline Agreements, purchase agreement, Purchaseorder, purchasing department, SAP Plant Maintenance, Services | Leave a reply

Work Clearance / Work PermitsPosted on November 4, 2013

The Work Clearance or Work Permit is an operational safety barrier to protect against undesired incidents. It is a written document that authorizes specified personsto carry out specified work at a specified time and also describes both the work to be carried out and the requirements, that must be fulfilled.

Work permits are categorized in different levels, depending on risk considerations and the need for coordination and it can be created for a Work ClearanceManagement relevant order or for one or more operations.

We need Work Permits / Work Clearance for the following:

For the Maintenance Crews who are working in hazardous environments ( i.e high voltage or radiation exposure ) On Maintenance measures that need to be performed while systems are operational.

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On Operation of a technical system that must not be affected in any circumstances. For Work related illnesses which require special health and safety measures ( i.e LOCKOUT/TAGOUT, fire protection, radiation protection, etc )

With SAP- PM WCM , it will enable us to monitor and control these activities thus ensuring a safe working conditions for the maintenance technicians.

Below is a sample wherein we can include Work Clearance / Work Permits in Maintenance Order Processing coming from Notification or Maintenance Plan :

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Material Number & Industry SectorPosted on November 2, 2013

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In SAP-MM, We can define a Material Number uniquely identifying a material master record. We can assign mnemonic keys or nonmnemonic keys as materialnumbers, depending on the method your company prefers. For this reason, we can have the following types of number assignment in SAP:

External Number Assignment : If your company uses mnemonic keys (normally alphanumeric), you enter the character string you want to use as the materialnumber when you create the material master record.Internal Number Assignment :If your company uses nonmnemonic keys, you do not enter a material number when creating a material master record. Instead,the system assigns a consecutive number to the material. This number is visible when you maintain the material master record.

For Industry Sectors ,when we create a material master record, we are required to classify the material according to industry sector and material type. Like materialtypes, industry sectors have control functions in the R/3 System. For example, it is a factor determining the screen sequence and field selection in a material masterrecord. Once you have assigned an industry sector to a material, you cannot change the industry sector again afterwards.

The standard R/3 System contains the following industry sectors. The ID used to identify the industry sector internally appears in parentheses.

Plant engineering and construction (A)

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Pharmaceuticals (P)

The other sectors are for retail

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Product Costing & Material Master DataPosted on November 2, 2013

The material master record contains all information needed for managing a material. This data is structured by views. The views correspond to the individual areaswithin the company in which the material is used.

Product Costing are relevant to the views of the Material Master defined in SAP:

assignment of material to a plant

Costing view

Accounting view

For the Costing View for Raw Materials , in the material master, the Quantity Structure should not be selected and Variance Key indicator. For Semi Finished andFinished Products, there are also things to consider in the Material Master:

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Base unit of measure, unit of measure in which stocks are recorded

With Quantity Structure indicator ,determines whether the material is generally costed using product costing or not.

Material Origin indicator,determines whether the material number is updated in the cost element itemization

Alternative BOM , determines which BOM alternative is used as basis for product costing with quantity structure

Group counter,determines which routing within the routing group is used in product costing

Special Procurement Type for costing, Used to indicate that the material is sub-contracted; if left blank, the special procurement type in the MRP view willapply.

Costing Lot Size , indicates the quantity used as basis for costing; used to manipulate the SAP limitation on decimal places (maximum of 2).

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Profit Center, indicates to which profit center the inventory valuation or material usage cost be posted.

Co-Product Indicator, indicates if the material can also be used as a co-product in a joint production BOM.

Joint Production, contains the dialog box that allows the indication of the source-structure that determines how the order costs are distributed to co-products

For Accounting View of the Material Master, the following data should be also taken into consideration :

Material price based on the price control

Valuation class to determine what cost element/inventory account be assigned to material cost/inventory

the Currency and Price unit of the cost estimate

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Planning StrategiesPosted on November 2, 2013

Production must be planned either completely or partially especially for finished products with a lot of variants so that as many variants as possible can be delivered atthe shortest notice possible. However, we must be careful not to tie up unnecessary capital in current assets.

In SAP-PP, we can do different demand management so that various planning targets can be persued :

Planning at finished product or without assemblyPlanning using Planning Bills of Material

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Planning at assembly

It is important that planning is effective and effortlessly as possible by the planner. Moreover, it is also important that planning is integrated in sales order processing.This means that planning must be checked with the independent requirements as soon as the sales order arrives. This ensures that the parts required for the salesorder are either in production or are already in the warehouse.

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Production StrategiesPosted on November 2, 2013

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Make-to-stock production for mass production,

Make-to-order production or make-to-order production

as well as Production by lot size.

Depending on the production type, various production strategies are necessary. For each production process, you can determine optimum planning strategies. Thesestrategies can be freely chosen and can be combined with each other. You can define the appropriate strategies per material and plant.

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Processes in Production Planning and ControlPosted on November 2, 2013

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Processes in production planning and production control comprise the following main areas:

Sales and operations planning for determining the quantities to be produced.Material requirements planning to calculate net requirements and componentrequirements, taking into account scrap and lot sizes.Capacity requirements planning for detailed production planning, takinginto account available capacities.Production control to control and record the production process (createproduction documents, record confirmations)

In my case, I am more immersed in Production Control .

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Release of Multiple Purchase Requisitions SAP PMPosted on October 30, 2013

SCENARIO:

A Maintenance Planner creates a Multiple Maintenance Work Orders with several Non-Stock items (i.e Carpentry Services, Civil Works, etc. )

Instead of releasing them one by one, the Maintenance Planner can use the SAP transaction code ME55.

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From the report, just indicate the Release group, Plant, and the Materials Planner Controller. You can fill out the other fields if you want a specified number ofPurchase Requisitions to appear.After filling out the fields, click on the execute button ( its the clock located on the upper left hand of the report =) ).

To release the Purchase Requisitions by clicking the release icon ( its the pencil with the check on top). Then click the back button and your done .

Its very simple, dont you think so?

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CANNOT MAINTAIN PM CATALOGS IN THEPRODUCTION SYSTEM?Posted on October 30, 2013

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In a companys Production Server, a Maintenance Planner wants to add a new Catalog in SAP Plant Maintenance using the Transaction Code QS41. But theMaintenance Planner was not successful because it is in Display Mode:

And when you try to check your Authorization using the transaction code SU53, the Authority Check failed even if the Authorization team already set it up in your SAPID Profile.

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are CLOSED.

In order to solve this, we should apply the SAP Note 736920 to correct the problem.

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PLANT MAINTENANCE CATALOGSPosted on October 30, 2013

A Catalog contains one or more code groups. A code group is a list of codes such as reason for repair codes or part condition codes.

A catalog contains both code groups and selected sets:

A code group contains one or more codes. Since each code is assigned to a code group, codes are often referred to as group codes in SAP.

A selected set contains a combination of different codes that originate from different code groups.

Codes make up the lowest level of the catalog. Codes are used in both code groups and selected sets.

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You define codes in code groups and use the codes in selected sets (for example, to describe characteristic attributes such as colors, shapes, surfacecharacteristics), defect causes, or usage decisions.

Keep the following points in mind:

You need the necessary authorization to perform these functions.

The screens may vary slightly depending on the function you are using.

The individual field names may vary slightly.

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CAPACITY REQUIREMENTS PLANNING in PLANT MAINTENANCE ?Posted on October 30, 2013

In SAP Plant Maintenance, Capacity requirements planning supports the detailed work scheduling for the individual maintenance Work Centers.

It aims at determining the capacity available at individual work centers and to use it optimally in view of daily requirement changes. They are maximized as far aspossible in view of the changing daily requirements. Therefore, it can help us determine which Work Centers and individual persons are available and when assigningthem to Maintenance Work Orders and Work Order Operations.

In Plant Maintenance with relation to capacities, we can do the following:

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This order-based assignment of work is an alternative to the method of allocating one or more employees to individual operations although this method willcontinue to be supported.

Responsible employee in the order header: With the partner determination procedure you can assign an order to an employee. You can choose different typesof partners but the role must be that of a person.

Automatic creation of capacity load for the employee: For partners of the type Personnel, you can determine in the partner determination procedure thatcapacity load records are automatically created for the employee. If an employee has already been entered manually for an operation, this assignment is notoverwritten by the automatic assignment.

Personnel planning functions for assignment in the order: The following functions are available via help for employee assignment:

- List of employees per work center

- Qualification overview

- Qualification and scheduling overview

- Qualification comparison with reason

- usage list per employee

- Scheduling overview including HR-attendance/absences (holidays, sickness)

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Depending on the business requirement, in Plant Maintenance, we can use the Graphical or Tabular Planning Board or Multi Resource Scheduler ( MRS ) for WorkScheduling.

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HOW IS AN EXTERNAL SERVICE TRIGERREDPosted on October 29, 2013

The reasons we used External Services or Third Parties are:

Missing Qualification: A companys own labor force is not always qualified to carry out every type of maintenance work. It is often the case that certain typesof work will need to be given to external companies who have focused on this area (for example, lift servicing, the maintenance of air conditioning systems,process control etc.)

Unavailable Capacity: External Services or Third Parties can be used to supplement the capacity of the internal labor force (for example during bettermentprojects, turnarounds, end of the year maintenance etc.)

Costs: The question of whether external labor is more cost-effective than internal labor is not simply a case of primary cost comparisons( that is, the amount onthe invoice) but also of the secondary cost comparison. That is, the administrative costs associated with managing external companies such as order planning,purchasing, service acceptance, invoice checking etc.

In SAP Plant Maintenance, we can do this by using Control Keys:

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PM01: The external service is handheld, via an internal order, like internal work

PM02: the external service is processed with a purchase requisition and an individual standard purchase

PM03: the external service is processed on the basis service items or service specifications and, later on, by service measurements.Posted in SAP PLANT MAINTENANCE | Tagged Business, external companies, internal labor, internal labor force, Labor force, Process control, Purchaserequisition, SAP Plant Maintenance, Third Parties | Leave a reply

FEATURES OF A MAINTENANCE ORDERPosted on October 29, 2013

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In SAP Plant Maintenance, the features of a Maintenance Orders are the following:

Flexible order processing

Ideally, the maintenance order must be capable of being opened with a minimum data entry (for example, in the case of a malfunction). On the other hand, there aresome business processes in Maintenance, such as revisions, transfers or new constructions, for which the maintenance order should provide a wide range offunctionality working with external companies, network configuration, permit processes, cost statements, material reservations and others.

Object Reference:

The Maintenance order either refers to one specific object or to a group of any number of objects which can be displayed in an object list in the maintenance order.

Period of Validity

An individual order is valid for a specific piece of maintenance work only. In the case of standing order, however, you do not create a new order every time a newpiece of work needs to be done. The standing order is valid for a certain period of time. It is created to cover minor repairs, and all times and materials are posted toit.

Execution

Maintenance orders are performed by internal company employees or are outsourced to external companies.

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CREATION OF MAINTENANCE ORDERSPosted on October 29, 2013

In SAP Plant Maintenance, A Maintenance Order can be created by the following:

Scenario 1 : A maintenance order is automatically created in a maintenance item by the maintenance plan

Scenario2 : The maintenance notification is entered at some remote location. A maintenance order is created for the notification by the person responsible

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Scenario 3 : In the maintenance order, several notifications are combined into one or more objects

Scenario 4 : The Maintenance order is created directly = Malfunction-based Maintenance/Emergencies

Scenario 5 : An activity report for an existing maintenance order is entered subsequently as a technical confirmation.

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SCHEDULING OF MAINTENANCE PLANSPosted on October 25, 2013

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In SAP Plant Maintenance, when a Maintenance Plan is created, the cycle is assigned and defines the interval for the call dates and thus for the creation of orders.

In addition, different scheduling parameters can be assigned in order to adapt the call dates to various requirements.

- The Cycle Start determines the date from which call dates are to be calculated.

- The Shift Factor enables you to react to early or late confirmation. They are stated as a percentage related to the cycle.

Call Dates are calculated on the basis of scheduling parameters. For each call date, an order is created.

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The changes in the schedules will vary depending on what you declare on the Early/Late Shift Factors and in the Tolerance Level of your Maintenance Plan.

For Example:

A Maintenance Plan shows the shift of a planned date triggered by a late confirmation. The following parameters are taken as a basis:

- Cycle start: 01/03/98 Cycle duration: 3 months

- Planned dates: 01/06/98, 01/09/98 Tolerance for late confirmation: 10%

- Shift factor: 50% Confirmation: 15/06/98

The tolerance always refers to the shortest cycle, so that in this case the tolerance is 9 days (10% of 90 days). The shift factor always refers to the total number oflate days. As the confirmation date is outside the tolerance of 9 days, the shift factor of 50% of 14 days = 7 days applies. The newly derived planned date istherefore the 08/09/98 (instead of the 01/09/98).

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SINGLE CYCLE MAINTENANCE PLANPosted on October 25, 2013

Business process: The same job must be performed at regular intervalsExamples: Yearly inspection of fire extinguishers Acceptance test every 2 years Six yearly inspection of vessels as per pressure vessel regulations.

The processing screen for Single Cycle maintenance plans will be much simpler. It is now possible to enter a maintenance plan and the corresponding maintenance item in one screen. You can also enter a task list number on this screen and assign it to the maintenance item. The following functions can be performed directly via pushbuttons: Create task list Select task list Display task list with direct call up of operation overview Details of the task (for example execution factor) The Table-Control-Technique enables flexible display of the maintenance item list. FollowFollow


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In addition, you have scheduling information directly in the maintenance item list.

A Single Cycle Maintenance Plan can have several Maintenance Items.The maintenance item contains data on the following areas:

Planning data:

Maintenance planning plant

Maintenance planner group

Order type

Maintenance activity type

Responsible work center

Business area

Reference object

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Cycle

Offset

Cycle text

Task list

Continue reading

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MAINTENANCE STRATEGY & TASK LISTPosted on October 25, 2013

The Maintenance Strategy consist of several maintenance packages. It is the scheduling rule for preventive maintenance.

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The Scheduling Indicator determines the type of scheduling :

Examples:

- time-based

time-based with key date

time-based as per factory calendar

performance-based

A Maintenance Strategy can be assigned with Maintenance Packages. The packages of a strategy can have different cycle units (for example month, year).However, they must always have the same dimension (for example time).

Maintenance Packages define how often certain operations are to be performed.As Part of the Maintenance Strategy, Maintenance packages can be assigned tothe operations of a task list.

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The Parameters of a Maintenance Package are the following:

Package number

Description

Cycle length

Unit of measurement

Hierarchy

When two packages fall due at the same time, the hierarchy determines which package is carried out.

- OffsetThe offset determines the first due date of a package.

Preliminary/follow-up buffer

The preliminary and/or follow-up buffer defines the tolerance of the envisaged start and end dates of a package.

Maintenance Task Lists can be created with preventive maintenance in mind. The following steps are required to prepare tasks lists for use in StrategyMaintenance Plans. Where a Maintenance Strategy is defined in the Task List Header.

The different Operations of the task list are then assigned to Maintenance Packages to define the frequency at which the operations need to be carried out.

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PLANT MAINTENANCE TASK LISTPosted on October 25, 2013

Maintenance Task Lists describe a sequence of maintenance activities.

You can use them in order to standardize recurring activities, plan them more effectively, and create maintenance orders and maintenance plans more effectively.

In the Plant Maintenance component, maintenance task lists can be used for routine and planned maintenance work. In addition, task lists specify the spare partsand tools required for the work steps and the time required to perform the work.

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If you have maintenance task lists in your system, you can create maintenance orders and maintenance plans more effectively, because you refer to the operationsand sequences specified in the maintenance task list. This means that when you create a maintenance order for maintenance work which is already described in amaintenance task list, you only need to specify, this task list and the required times: you need not specify the individual operations because they are defaulted fromthe task list itself. If the same maintenance work is required again shortly afterwards, you can again create a maintenance order and refer to the task list.Posted in SAP PLANT MAINTENANCE | Tagged Business, Planned maintenance, SAP Plant Maintenance | Leave a reply

BILL OF MATERIAL ( BOM )Posted on October 24, 2013

Bills of material used in plant maintenance are called maintenance bills of material (maintenance BOMs).

The main goals of bills of material on plant maintenance are:Description of the structure

A maintenance BOM describes the structure of a technical object or material. It can help you determine on what part of technical object maintenance work has to becarried out.

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Listing of spare parts

A maintenance BOM is used in plant maintenance for linking spare parts to a technical object or material.

BOMs are used in plant maintenance for the following functions:

Assigning spare parts to task listsAssigning spare parts to maintenance ordersLocalizing damages (identifying maintenance assemblies in maintenance notifications or orders)

We can Allocate Bill of Materials ( BOM ) in 2 ways:

1) Direct Allocation

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When you allocate a BOM directly, you link one object (piece of equipment, functional location) to a BOM. The BOM can only be used by this object inmaintenance orders, maintenance notifications, maintenance plan items, etc.

2) Indirect Allocation

When you allocate a BOM indirectly, you link the master record of a technical object with material master record which has its own BOM. You do this with thehelp of the field Construction type.

Below is a sample of PLant Maintenance BOM defined in SAP:

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In this example, in Plant Maintenance, make an assembly ( the ones in yellow ) and combine it with a particular material ( the ones in red ) so that we can make a Billof Material.

Note: All the Materials(spare parts) should be defined first in SAP so that you can use them. You can also attach a Text Item or Non-Stock Item also depending onyour requirement.

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PLANT MAINTENANCE WORK CENTERSPosted on October 24, 2013

A work center can be:

A machine A group of machines

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A personA group of persons

In SAP Plant Maintenance, Work Centers can be used in the following ways :

Responsible work center in the master record of the equipment or functional location.Responsible work center in a maintenance item. Responsible work center in the task list header. Work center performing the work, specified in the task list operations Responsible work center in the order header.Work center performing the work, specified in the order operations.

In SAP the Work Center can contain the following data:

The Basic Data contains the general data such as work center type, description, responsibility, and usage, as well as the standard value keys.The Standard Values contain planning values for performing an operation. On the basis of these planning values and with particular formulas, the system cancalculate the costs, execution time, and required capacity of the work center. The standard value key and the rule for maintenance in the work centerdetermine which standard values should or can be specified in the operation and which units of measurement are to be displayed in the operation.

Links create the interrelationship between work centers and other objects within the SAP System. A work center can be linked to the following objects:

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-Cost center

-Qualifications

-Positions

-Persons

The Function of a Work Center in Plant Maintenance can be the ff:

Costing: Costing can be used to determine the costs of internal activity. Its goal is to assign to the various cost objects the cost that were incurred by them.Costing links the operation to Cost Accounting by means of the cost center and activity type maintained in the operation. If the work center is used in anoperation, standard values can be entered for the activity types specified in the work center.

Scheduling: Scheduling helps define the dates for carrying out work. This requires that the time required by the work order operations are compared with thetime available in the work center. When the operations are scheduled, the system determines the start and end dates of the operations on the basis ofscheduling formulas specified in the work centers.

Capacity planning: Capacity planning compares the capacity requirements of the work order operations with the available capacity of the work center. Viawork center hierarchies it is possible to aggregate the available and the required capacity from work centers at a lower level to work centers at a higher level.

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EQUIPMENTPosted on October 24, 2013

In SAP Plant Maintenance, a Equipment is an individual, physical object that is to be maintained independently. It can be installed in a technical system or part of atechnical system.

You should create an equipment master record for a technical object whenever:

Individual data has to be managed for the object

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Damage to the object can lead to the need to maintain the object on a regular basis and this must be documentedTechnical has to be stored and analyzed over a long period of time.The time for which the object is installed at a functional location needs monitoring.

The master record of a piece of equipment contains several types of data:General Data refers to information which normally does not change over the course of time, for example, acquisition value of the piece of equipment, size, yearof manufacture.

Maintenance Data, Location Data and Sales Data refers to information which can change over the course of time, for example, maintenance planner group,responsible work center, location plant, cost center.

On the basis of the time-related data, you can monitor a piece of equipment dynamically, i.e., changes to the equipment in a certain interval of time. If yoursystem is customized appropriately, it automatically creates a new time segments whenever certain changes are made in the master record. The time segmentdescribes the use of the equipment. Serialization Data is information you enter whenever you want to manage a piece of equipment not only as an individualobject but also as an object subject to inventory management. For example, as a material which can be stocked and sold to customers. Partner Data isinformation describing particular responsibilities for a piece of equipment, for example, supplier, buyer.

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FUNCTIONAL LOCATIONSPosted on October 24, 2013

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A Functional Location is an Organizational unit that structures / represents the objects of a company according to functional, process-oriented, or spatial criteria.

A Functional Location represents the place at which a maintenance task is to be performed.

You should structure your technical system by means of functional locations whenever

You want represent the structures of your companys technical systems according to process-oriented/functional criteria.1.Maintenance tasks have to be carried out for certain parts of your technical system and this work has to be recorded.2.Technical data has to be stored and analyzed over a long period of time for certain parts of your technical system3.The costs resulting from maintenance tasks have to be reported for certain parts of your technical system4.You want to analyze the effects of the usage within the technical system on the installed equipments proneness to damage5.

The numbers given to the functional locations have a hierarchical layout: the layout of these numbers can be defined according to company criteria.

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Location and maintenance data: for example, maintenance plant and cost center, structure indicator, superior functional location and responsible maintenanceplanner group.

Partner data: describes particular responsibilities for a functional location, e.g. supplier, buyer.

Below is a Typical sample of a Functional Location:

Every position in the structure of the technical system represents an individual functional location.

You can structure the different parts of the technical system in different degrees of detail.

Other typical examples for functional location structures are:

Power plants Chemical or pharmaceutical processing plants Vehicles (streetcars, locomotives, cranes,.) Buildings Pipeline systems Production lines Steel PlantsPosted in SAP PLANT MAINTENANCE | Tagged Functional Location, SAP Plant Maintenance | Leave a reply FollowFollow


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PLANT EQUIPMENT & SERIAL NUMBERSPosted on October 24, 2013

SCENARIO: In a Particular Plant, There are Common Equipments, for example, MOTORS , and PUMPS. In SAP Plant Maintenance, we can distinguish thesecommon Equipments by creating a Material Item for Equipment so that it can have the Plant Maintenance Order Management functionality and we can be able totrack their Maintenance History.

A Material Master Record contains all the data required to describe and manage a material. However, you are not able to distinguish individual items of thismaterial with the material master record alone. This is why SAP provides material serial number management. You use material serial numbers for serializedindividual material items thus allowing you to customize your system in a way that makes the combination of material number and serial number unique.

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You can create Equipment Master Records for material items which have a serial number. These items then have the complete functionality of PMmaintenance order management and maintenance history.

Serial Number Profiles : in order to be able to attribute serial numbers to material items when particular business transactions are carried out (e.g., goodsissue), you first have to create serial number profiles in your system and enter them in the master records of the materials to be serialized.

There are many different transactions in which you may attribute material serial numbers to material items, for example, at goods receipt, at inspection, in thesales order, and at delivery. Of course, you can attribute serial numbers during these business transactions only if a serial number profile is specified in thematerial master record.

Depending on the profile, one of the following two rules applies:

A: The material serial numbers must have been created in the system before they can be attributed to serialized materials.

B: The material serial numbers can be created at the time they are to be attributed to serialized materials.

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MAINTENANCE ORDER TECHNICAL COMPLETION ( TECO )Posted on October 23, 2013

If we set the Maintenance Order to TECO Status :

The maintenance order is given the status technically completed, that is, all maintenance work required on the order is designated as having being completed.

The maintenance order can then only be changed as follows:

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- It can be locked and unlocked.

- The deletion flag can be activated.

The location and account assignment data given to the maintenance order are fixed and can no longer be changed. However, the order can still receive costs,for example invoices for material delivered and used.

If no settlement rule has been maintained for the maintenance order it is creates automatically by the system. Should this be impossible due to missing data,the system takes you to settlement rule maintenance (see settlement rule).

All open purchase requisitions that still exists for the maintenance order are given a deletion indicator.

All open reservations that still exist for the maintenance order are closed.

Capacities that have been planned for the maintenance order and that are still open, are closed.

The order data and the data from the maintenance notifications and usage histories are available in the maintenance history and can be used for the evaluationof the past work and the planning of new work.

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PLANT MAINTENANCE REFURBISHMENT PROCESSPosted on October 23, 2013

Here is a sample on how a Refurbishment is being done in Plant Maintenance:

Procurement of spare parts: For certain high-value components you procure spares in order to be able to replace the component immediately in the case of abreakdown. Procurement of spares is handled by Material Management. The spares are ordered and delivered.

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suitable one. The defective part is removed and sent back to the warehouse while a replacement spare part is withdrawn from the warehouse and installed in itsplace. Creating a refurbishment order: When the number of defective repairable spares in the warehouse has reached a certain level, the maintenance planner incharge creates a refurbishment order. The planner defines the timeframe for the refurbishment and plans all the operations materials, tools, etc. required for therefurbishment. Order release: After planning has been completed, the refurbishment order is released. Withdrawal from the warehouse: The defective/used repairable spares as well as any additional materials planned in the order which are needed for therefurbishment are withdrawn from the warehouse. Confirmation: The work done, the refurbishment order is confirmed by the employees concerned. These confirmations show the work progress. Return to warehouse: The repaired/refurbished parts are returned to the warehouse in accordance with the planning in the order as a goods receipt. To this end,you can call up the object list from the refurbishment order as a reference. It helps you identify individual repairable spares. If an item cannot be refurbished, cancelthe reservation and post it to scrap. Order completion: The order can be completed as soon as refurbishment is finished.Posted in SAP PLANT MAINTENANCE | Tagged Business, Business and Economy, Manufacturing, Motoring, Planned maintenance, Refurbishment, SAPPlant Maintenance, Spare part, Warehouse | Leave a reply

Functional Consultant or Business Analyst : Wat Dat?? Who areU?? What am I?Posted on October 22, 2013

How do we Familiarize ourselves with Business Process Engineering? What is the Objective of a Functional Consultant or Business Analyst? The Answer, FINDINGSOLUTIONS!

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For a Functional Consultant or Business Analyst, we must have a Innovative Mind:

Out-of-the-Box Thinking

There must be another way to the objective

Breakthrough Ideas

There must be a way of getting ahead

Reinventing Work

There must be a better way of doing this

Quantum Leaping

There must be dramatic results

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Before Making any tweaks or make any system automation, we should re-engineer all existing processes.

Here is an example of methodology being used for IT enabled solutions:

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So What is the Role of a Business Analyst or a Functional Consultant?

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PLANT MAINTENANCE MATERIALS ISSUANCE PROCESSPosted on October 22, 2013

A typical sample of Materials processing May it be a Stock item or Non Stock item is that the Maintenance Planner will Print a Material Issue Slip (MIS) along with theMaintenance Order Form. The Maintenance Planner will then issue these printed forms to the Mechanic(s) for job execution. The Mechanic will go to the Plant Storeswhere all the Spare Parts are kept and the Mechanic will give the Maintenance Order form & Material Issue Slip to the Store Clerk. The Store Clerk will now check forthe reservation number in SAP, The Stores Clerk will perform a Goods Issue to the Reservation number that is based on the Material Slip in SAP. After that the StoreClerk will now physically issue the Spare Parts to the Mechanic and have him sign the Material issue slip. After the release of the actual materials, the Mechanic canperform the necessary repairs.

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PLANT MAINTENANCE CLASSIFICATIONPosted on October 22, 2013

The Objective of Classifications :

To define the properties of objects ( i.e Material , Equipment ) Create Classes Assign Classes to ObjectsThe Purpose of Classifications in Plant Maintenance:It allows you to use characteristics to describe all types of objects & group them into similar classes.to classify objects, in other words, so that you can find them moreeasily later.The Features of Classification :1. Defining the Properties of Objects FollowFollow


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You use characteristics to describe the properties of objects. You create characteristics centrally in the SAP R/3 System.

See the SAP Library, Characteristics (CA-CL-CHR).

2. Creating Classes

You need classes to classify objects. These classes must be set up. During set up you must assign characteristics to the classes.

3. Assigning Objects

Once you have created the classes you require for classification, you can assign objects to these classes. You use the characteristics of the class to describe theobjects you classify.This completes the data you require to use your classification system. You can then use your classification system to find objects that match thecriteria you require.

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When you use classification to find objects, you use the characteristics as search criteria, and the system compares the values you enter with the values of theclassified objects.

The class type is a central concept in the classification system. The class type determines howclasses are processed, and how objects can be classified and retrievedin these classes. InCustomizing for Classification, you define the settings for a class type. You define class types fora specific object type, such as materials. You canthen use classes of this class type to classify objects of this object type.When you first create a class, you must enter a class type for the class. Each class type isaclosed system. There is no link between the different class types.

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In This example, Class types 001, 300, and 200 are defined for materials. In Customizing for Classification, you define the settings for a class type.All materials canbe classified with class type 001. Class type 300 is for variant configuration. Class type 200 is for classes that are used as class items in bills of material. You canclassify the same materials separately in these class types.

You can use class type 012 to classify characteristics. This class type is defined only has the Keywords, Characteristics, and Texts screens in class maintenancefunctions. You can only classify characteristics in characteristics maintenance functions you cannot use the assignment functions in the classification menu. In thiscase the indicator Classify master record only was set. No organizational areas were maintained for the characteristics. For this reason, if you create a class of classtype012, you cannot select any organizational areas.

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Posted on October 22, 2013

Every maintenance notification includes header data, i.e., information needed for the identification and management of the maintenance notification. This data is validfor the complete maintenance notification.

In a Notification item, you can enter and maintain data in order to determine, in more detail, a problem or the damage that has occurred. A notification can haveseveral items.

Activities document the tasks performed for a notification. They are particularly important in inspections, as they prove that certain tasks have been performed.

Task data describe maintenance work, which needs to be executed. The emphasis is on planning and organizing the work. With tasks you can plan the work acrossdifferent people, and monitor the execution of activity over time.

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All the types of maintenance notifications that have been mentioned can be raised either for a functional location or a piece of equipment,in each case with or without assembly, or for a material serial number.

The objects on the maintenance notification depend on their hierarchical order, i.e. if you enter a maintenance notification for an assembly on a piece of equipmentwhich, in turn, is assigned to a functional location, the system will also transfer all the relevant data of the piece of equipment and the functional location.

It is also possible to enter the maintenance notifications without entering an object number. This is useful in the case, for example, when the malfunction reportrefers to an object, which is not maintained in the system under a number, or if a maintenance requests refers to an object that needs to be made ready for aninvestment program.


MAINTENANCE NOTIFICATIONPosted on October 21, 2013

A Malfunction report describes the malfunction of an object that constraints its performance in one way or another. In a malfunction report, a technician inProduction, for example, can report a reduction in performance or complete loss of performance, or an input on product quality.

An Activity report describes a maintenance activity that has already been performed and which was not required due to malfunction or damage. It is a purelytechnical documentation of work carried out and states which activities where performed when, why and with what result. It is therefore used for the technicalconfirmation of maintenance work.

A Maintenance request is a direct request to the maintenance department to perform a particular service. The decisive factor is that no malfunction has beendetected. Maintenance requests are used, for example, when an employee needs a new monitor or when all the telephones need to be replaced in one part of thebuilding.

Each type of notification has the same data fields and functions. However, screens vary slightly in structure for the different notification types.

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ELEMENTS OF A MAINTENANCE ORDERPosted on October 21, 2013

HEADER DATA information serves to identify and manage a maintenance order. For example, the number description and type of order, dates for the execution ofthe order, priority, person who entered the order, person who made the latest change to the order.

The OBJECT LIST contains functional locations, pieces of equipment, assemblies. You can enter these objects in the order header as reference object and/or in theobject list.

With OPERATIONS you can describe the work to be performed in the execution of the maintenance order, such as work center, planned time, control key,

MATERIALS are spare which are requires for and used up in the execution of a maintenance order.

PRODUCTION RESOURCES/TOOLS(for example, tools, protective clothes, special trucks) are also needed for the execution of the order, but they are not used up.

The SETTLEMENT RULE data informs you about who is usually to be debited with the costs. The data is defaulted from the master record of the reference objectbut can be changed for the order during the first steps of the settlement process.

COST DATAinforms you about the estimated, planned, and actual costs for this order, the costs types relevant for the order, the updating of key figures in PMIS viavalue categories and the updating of these key figures via the actual costs.

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WORK ORDER CONFIRMATIONPosted on October 20, 2013

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There are three different ways to confirm the time worked on a maintenance order:

Single entry of times per order operation

Multiple entry by direct entry via a list of operations

Entry via cross-application time sheet (CATS)

Activities performed are entered as maintenance notifications of the type Activity Report and assigned to the corresponding order. Alternatively, confirmationtexts can be entered with completion confirmations of time. However, these are not as easy to structure and analyze as activity reports.

Technical changes such as rebuilds are entered as changes to the master data of the technical object concerned.

Measurement readings for the technical object are entered as measurement documents.

When carrying out maintenance on technical objects, technical data is very important, particularly for the evaluation of maintenance work. Technical data can provideinformation on:

The cause of damage

The exact damage location on the object1.Performed work/activities and results2.Breakdowns3.Availability of the technical object during and after maintenance work4.

You can enter this data for technical objects in the object list of the maintenance order with the help of maintenance notifications.

The data from the maintenance notification is transferred to the notification history on completion of the notification. It is a part of the maintenance history andcontains information on damage, malfunctions, causes, results and maintenance work performed for each technical object.


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QUICK MONEY ADS ON THE NET? ARE YOU FOR REAL??Posted on October 20, 2013

Have you ever encountered or seen these kind of annoying ads? its all over facebook, tweeter, even some job sites!!!

http://www.Cashforvisits.com/index.php?refcode=4526

Have you guys tried them? does it pay out? or these ads are some kind of trojan viruses that gathers all your information and upload them all in the net ??

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SAP PLANT MAINTENANCE TABLESPosted on October 18, 2013

Below are the necessary tables for the Consultant needed in order to be familiar with SAP Plant Maintenance as to where the data are stored:

AFAB Network Relationships

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A Sample on How SAP PM interact with Other SAP ModulesPosted on October 18, 2013

PM

Detailed representation and management of technical system (location/vehicle assignment)

Planning and processing of maintenance tasks

Automated work order tracking

Preventive maintenance planning/scheduling/execution

Task list / Scope of work

PM Information System/History/Reports

MM

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Goods Receipt/Invoice Verification

Spare parts usage/inventory control

FI

Contractor/Vendor Invoices/GL Accounting

Fixed Asset

CO

Cost Center accounting

Work Order

Settlement

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A Straight Forward Breakdown request Process forPlant MaintenancePosted on October 18, 2013

This shows the typical breakdown process for Plant Maintenance wherein the SAP User will create a Notification to the Maintenance Planner. The MaintenancePlanner will validate the Notification. After the Notification is Validated, the Planner will now convert the Notification to Maintenance Order. In this process, theMaintenance Planner will input the necessary Task and Components ( Stock or Non Stock Items ) and Release the Maintenance Order for Approval of theDepartment Head or Supervisor. After the Maintenance Order is Approved, the Maintenance Planner will then Print the Order and distribute it to the Mechanic. TheMechanic will go to the Plant Stores to Withdraw the necessary Materials. The Storekeeper will Validate the Materials based on the Maintenance Work Order Form.The Mechanic will now then execute the work as indicated in the Maintenance Order. After all the repairs are done, the Mechanic will now give the accomplishedMaintenance Order to the Planner. The Planner will now validate if the job is properly done and record the actual start/end time through Final Confirmation. If thereare no additional jobs, the Maintenance Planner will mark the Maintenance Order as Technically Complete (TECO) and at the end of the month, it will be Settled andClosed by the Finance Department.


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PLANT MAINTENANCE MATERIAL ISSUANCE REPORTPosted on October 18, 2013

Scenario: a PM Planner and Finance wants to to display all Material(s) that has been issued in all Maintenance Orders with the corresponding Movement types &Cost Center.

We can design a Customized report with your ABAP team as such.

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FUNCTIONAL LOCATION AND EQUIPMENT DOWNTIME REPORTPosted on October 18, 2013

This Customized Report Aims to Monitor All General Maintenance Repairs ( Depending on the Order Type for General Maintenance) . This particular report gets/displays the breakdown duration, waiting time and repair time of all Maintenance Orders with TECO Status.

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This simple customized report is very helpful to Maintenance Planners specially if they want to monitor actual work being done to their equipment/assets.


SAP PLANT MAINTENANCEPosted on October 18, 2013

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Why Plant Maintenance?

PM Planning accounts for a substantial volume of expenditure and must, therefore, be carried out efficiently.

Ensure the availability of operational facilities at an optimum cost.

Plant Maintenance

Comprises all measure for maintaining and restoring the target condition as well as determining and assessing the actual condition of the technical equipmentin a system.

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Preventive Maintenance (maintaining the target condition)

Inspection (assessing the actual condition)

Repairs (restoring the target condition)

Improvement

3 Main business processes:

Breakdown maintenance (repair)

o PM11 Breakdown

Corrective maintenance (planning and control of maintenance task)

o PM12 Condition-based

o PM13 Improvement

Planned Maintenance (maintenance planning)

o PM14 Time-based

o PM15 Usage-based

3 Main tasks:

Planning

Execution

Verification for Financial purposes

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PM Technician

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