Your company is now on SAP S/4HANAso how do you run your plant maintenance operations on this new system? Between these pages, youll find the detailed, step-by-step instructions you need for your routine (and non-routine) functions. Ample screenshots walk you through scheduling repairs, planning maintenance cycles, completing inspections, and all the tasks you perform to keep your assets in shape. With information on new UIs and mobile apps, this guide is the only one you need!Highlights include:1) Asset management2) Organizational structures3) Work orders4) Notifications5) Preventive maintenance6) Repairs7) Inter-department integration8) Plant maintenance controlling9) User interfaces10) Mobile apps

Dr. Karl Liebstückel is Professor of Information Management and Business Software at the Würzburg-Schweinfurt University of Applied Sciences, Germany. He has been Chairman of the German SAP User Group (DSAG) since 2007 and leads its Plant Maintenance and Service Management work group.

... Target Audience ... 21 ... What This Book Can and Cannot Do ... 22 ... Structure of This Book ... 22 ... What's New to This Book? ... 24 ... Acknowledgments ... 25 1.1 ... Plant Maintenance Today: New Ideas Need New Space ... 28 1.2 ... New Plant Maintenance Terminology ... 29 1.3 ... Maintenance Strategies over Time ... 33 1.4 ... Plant Maintenance over Time in SAP ... 35 1.5 ... SAP S/4HANA Application System ... 36 1.6 ... SAP HANA Database ... 40 1.7 ... User Interfaces ... 42 1.8 ... Summary ... 52 2.1 ... SAP Organizational Units ... 55 2.2 ... Work Centers ... 59 2.3 ... Summary ... 66 3.1 ... Actions before Mapping Your Technical Systems in the SAP System ... 68 3.2 ... Functional Locations and Reference Functional Locations ... 80 3.3 ... Equipment and Serial Numbers ... 91 3.4 ... Links and Object Networks ... 100 3.5 ... Linear Asset Management ... 102 3.6 ... Material and PM Assemblies ... 109 3.7 ... Bills of Materials ... 113 3.8 ... Classification ... 118 3.9 ... Product Structure Browser ... 123 3.10 ... Asset Viewer ... 124 3.11 ... Generic Functions ... 125 3.12 ... Summary ... 149 4.1 ... Actions to be Taken before Mapping the Work Order Cycle in SAP S/4HANA ... 151 4.2 ... Notification ... 159 4.3 ... Planning ... 175 4.4 ... Controlling ... 205 4.5 ... Processing ... 219 4.6 ... Completion ... 221 4.7 ... Summary ... 230 5.1 ... Basic Principles of Preventive Maintenance ... 234 5.2 ... Preventive Maintenance Objects ... 236 5.3 ... Maintenance Task Lists ... 239 5.4 ... Time-Based Maintenance Plans ... 248 5.5 ... Performance-Based Maintenance Plans ... 268 5.6 ... Multiple-Counter Plans ... 277 5.7 ... Inspection Rounds ... 284 5.8 ... Condition-Based Maintenance ... 291 5.9 ... Summary ... 294 6.1 ... Immediate Repairs ... 297 6.2 ... Shift Notes and Shift Reports ... 306 6.3 ... External Assignment ... 311 6.4 ... Refurbishment ... 326 6.5 ... Subcontracting ... 337 6.6 ... Test Equipment Calibration ... 344 6.7 ... Follow-On Order ... 355 6.8 ... Pool Asset Management ... 357 6.9 ... Project-Based Maintenance ... 364 6.10 ... Summary ... 373 7.1 ... Integration within SAP S/4HANA ... 376 7.2 ... Integration with Other SAP Systems ... 419 7.3 ... Integration with Non-SAP Systems ... 427 7.4 ... Summary ... 434 8.1 ... What Plant Maintenance Controlling Involves ... 437 8.2 ... SAP Tools for Obtaining Information ... 441 8.3 ... SAP Tools for Budgeting ... 477 8.4 ... Summary ... 494 9.1 ... New Technologies in the User Interface ... 495 9.2 ... Mobile Maintenance ... 515 9.3 ... SAP Intelligent Asset Management ... 538 9.4 ... Summary ... 568 10.1 ... Basics ... 570 10.2 ... User’s Options to Improve Usability ... 580 10.3 ... Non-Programmer’s Options in IT ... 594 10.4 ... Programmer's Options in IT ... 608 10.5 ... Usability Studies ... 618 10.6 ... Summary ... 627 B.1 ... Functional Comparison of Structuring Resources ... 635 B.2 ... Functions of Notifications and Orders ... 636 B.3 ... Integration Aspects ... 640 B.4 ... Standard Plant Maintenance Information System Reports ... 645