Plant Maintenance

This flowchart collection document outlines the critical maintenance processes within SAP Plant Maintenance (PM), providing detailed flowcharts for various maintenance scenarios. It illustrates the common workflows from initial notification to final settlement, encompassing both internal and external service management. The document emphasizes the integration of different roles and modules within SAP, showcasing how maintenance activities are initiated, executed, and concluded.

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SAP S/4HANA Plant Maintenance (PM) is a comprehensive solution for managing the lifecycle of physical assets in an organization. This PPT presentation document provides a deep dive into the core concepts, processes, and basic configurations of SAP PM. From basic organizational structures to advanced features like pool asset management, this resource covers everything maintenance professionals need to know to effectively implement and utilize SAP PM. Whether you’re new to SAP or looking to optimize your existing system, this guide offers valuable insights into streamlining maintenance operations, reducing costs, and maximizing asset performance.

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This training PDF document provides detailed notes on the SAP Plant Maintenance (PM) module, covering its key components and functionalities. It delves into the organization structure, master data management, maintenance processing, and reporting capabilities of the SAP PM module. The document is a comprehensive guide for understanding the fundamental aspects of setting up and utilizing the SAP PM solution within an organization.

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Preventive maintenance in SAP is a proactive approach to maintenance that aims to prevent equipment failures before they occur. It involves scheduling and performing maintenance tasks at regular intervals, based on factors such as equipment age, usage, and manufacturer recommendations. SAP provides a number of transaction codes that are specifically designed to support preventive maintenance activities. These codes allow users to create, manage, and execute maintenance plans, ensuring that assets receive the necessary care to remain in optimal working condition.

Here’s a brief overview of some key SAP PM transaction codes for preventive maintenance;

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SAP PM (Plant Maintenance) is a module that helps organizations manage their maintenance activities. One of the key aspects of PM is the management of master data, which includes information about equipment, locations, and maintenance tasks.

SAP provides a number of transaction codes that can be used to manage PM master data. These transaction codes are used to create, modify, and view master data records.

The following table provides a list of SAP PM master data transaction codes, along with a brief description of each code:

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This document provides a user manual for creating and processing maintenance orders in SAP. It covers the end-to-end steps for creating different types of maintenance orders, planning materials and operations, releasing and technically completing the orders, and settling and closing the orders.

Key maintenance procedures covered in this document are:

• Creating Maintenance Orders from Notifications
  • Steps to create maintenance orders from breakdown, corrective, and preventive notifications
  • Linking notification types to order types
  • Entering order header data, operations, materials, account assignment
  • Saving notification with order
• Material Planning and Issue from Stores
  • Selecting materials with special stock indicator
  • Viewing reservation number against components
  • Budget checking during order save
• Releasing Maintenance Orders
  • Releasing order to REL status
  • Allows material issue, services, operation confirmation
• Confirming Operations
  • Steps to confirm operation completion and actual durations
  • Status updates to CNF and PCNF
• Technically Completing Orders
  • Setting order to TECO status
  • Entering settlement rule and reference date/time
  • Allows financial postings still
• Settling Maintenance Orders
  • Steps to settle order costs to cost center
  • Carried out periodically or for single orders
• Closing Maintenance Orders
  • Setting order to CLSD status
  • Indicates order is fully complete
• Creating Maintenance Orders Directly
  • Creating orders without notifications
  • Generating notification along with order
• Appendix
  • Lookup tables for common fields like planner groups, work centers, PM activity types

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In SAP S/4HANA PM, a breakdown maintenance is a type of corrective maintenance that is done when a machine or equipment stops working unexpectedly and needs to be fixed or replaced as soon as possible. It is also known as reactive maintenance. In SAP, the Breakdown Maintenance process generally consists of the following major activities:

1. Raising of Breakdown Notification with correct priority by operation group to notify the responsible Maintenance department/ main work center. The priority can be E (emergent), A (urgent), B (important), S (shutdown), or O (opportunity), depending on the effect on generation and safety.
2. Creating a breakdown maintenance order by the maintenance department if material, external service, or permit is needed to carry out the maintenance.
3. Releasing the notification and the order by the maintenance department.
4. Performing the maintenance work by the maintenance personnel and recording the actual data.
5. Completing and closing the notification and the order by the maintenance department after verifying the results.
6. Issuing work permits by operation department
7. Performing Work Completion (WOCO), Notification Completion (NOCO) and Tehnical Completion (TECO) subsequently

In this guide, following list of PM transaction codes involved in breakdown maintenance (including permit procedures) are explained step-by-step with screenshots;

• Create Breakdown Notification [IW21]
• Receipt Of Breakdown Notification By Maintenance [IW22]
• Permit(S) Applying By Maintenance [IW32]
• Work Approval [WCLE]
• Release Of Breakdown Order – By Maintenance – [IW32]
• Time Confirmation Of Order Operations– By Maint. Dep’t [IW41]
• Work Completion In The Breakdown Order – Permit Return [IW32]
• Untagging/Normalisation Of Isolations – By Operations Dep’t [WCLE]

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This SAP PM End User Guide (326 Pages PDF) provides a comprehensive list of 28 no of transactional processes. Each process is accompanied by a Business Process Overview, Tips & Tricks, and Procedural Steps, including screenshots.

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