To successfully manage assets in SAP S/4HANA, you need to tailor plant maintenance to your exact specifications. This book is your step-by-step guide! Plan your plant maintenance project, and then dive into detailed configuration for the organizational structure, generic functions, and technical systems. Follow click-by-click instructions to set up key secondary processes, including refurbishment, subcontracting, and pool asset management. Get details on the SAP Fiori launchpad and usability to customize your system from end to end! In this book, youll learn about:a. System Setup Configure the core organizational units for plant maintenance in SAP S/4HANA. Find the step-by-step instructions need you for system-wide functions such as permits and list variants and technical systems such as equipment and functional locations. b. Process Configuration Set up the processes that are relevant for your organizations unique asset management requirements: external processing, refurbishment, subcontracting, checklists, equipment calibration, the new phase model work order cycle, and more. c. UI and Usability Dont forget about your end users! Craft the best user experience by configuring the SAP Fiori launchpad and learn about key applications. Walk through usability options such as user parameters and table controls, and then implement helpful customer exits and workflows. Highlights include: 1) Organizational units2) Generic functions3) Technical systems4) Work order cycle5) Preventative maintenance 6) Refurbishment7) Subcontracting8) Checklists9) Phase model10) SAP Service and Asset Manager11) SAP Fiori launchpad 12) Usability

... What Is the Correct Naming Convention? ... 15 ... Who This Book Is For ... 16 ... What This Book Can and Can’t Do ... 17 ... Structure of Contents ... 18 ... How to Read This Book ... 20 ... What’s New in This Book? ... 22 ... What Is the Status of Your SAP S/4HANA System? ... 22 1.1 ... A Possible Process for Your Plant Maintenance Project with SAP ... 27 1.2 ... General Risk Factors and Success Factors in SAP Projects: An Empirical Survey ... 35 1.3 ... Tips for Your Plant Maintenance Project ... 39 1.4 ... Summary ... 77 2.1 ... General SAP Organizational Units ... 80 2.2 ... The Plant from a Maintenance Perspective ... 89 2.3 ... Maintenance-Specific Organizational Units ... 94 2.4 ... Work Centers ... 97 2.5 ... Summary ... 107 3.1 ... Object Information ... 110 3.2 ... Status Management ... 113 3.3 ... Number Assignment ... 119 3.4 ... Warranties ... 124 3.5 ... Measuring Points and Counters ... 127 3.6 ... Permits ... 132 3.7 ... Partners ... 134 3.8 ... Documents ... 141 3.9 ... Field Selection ... 154 3.10 ... List Variants ... 158 3.11 ... Multilevel Lists ... 163 3.12 ... Change Documents ... 165 3.13 ... Summary ... 167 4.1 ... Structuring Elements ... 169 4.2 ... Functional Locations and Reference Functional Locations ... 171 4.3 ... Equipment ... 182 4.4 ... Fleet Management ... 191 4.5 ... Links and Networks ... 198 4.6 ... Linear Asset Management ... 201 4.7 ... Materials and Assemblies ... 211 4.8 ... Serial Numbers ... 232 4.9 ... Bill of Materials ... 239 4.10 ... Summary ... 247 5.1 ... Notifications ... 250 5.2 ... Orders ... 283 5.3 ... Completion Confirmations ... 401 5.4 ... Summary ... 412 6.1 ... Task Lists ... 416 6.2 ... Maintenance Plans ... 425 6.3 ... Summary ... 431 7.1 ... External Processing ... 434 7.2 ... Refurbishment ... 448 7.3 ... Subcontracting ... 463 7.4 ... Calibration of Test/Measurement Equipment ... 468 7.5 ... Pool Asset Management ... 500 7.6 ... Maintenance Event Builder ... 517 7.7 ... Shift Reports and Shift Notes ... 519 7.8 ... Checklists ... 529 7.9 ... Work Order Cycle Using the Phase Model ... 551 7.10 ... Summary ... 579 8.1 ... Basics of SAP Fiori ... 581 8.2 ... How to Configure an SAP Fiori Launchpad with SAPUI5 Apps ... 586 8.3 ... Tabular Overview of All SAP Fiori Apps ... 605 8.4 ... How to Configure an SAP Fiori Launchpad with Non-SAPUI5 Apps ... 610 8.5 ... Tabular Overview of All Web Dynpro Apps ... 620 8.6 ... Summary ... 621 9.1 ... Options at the User’s Disposal ... 624 9.2 ... The IT Department’s Nonprogramming Options ... 646 9.3 ... The IT Department’s Programming Options ... 673 9.4 ... Summary ... 690 A.1 ... Functional Scope of SAP S/4HANA Asset Management and Assignment of Priorities ... 691 A.2 ... Authorization Objects in SAP S/4HANA Asset Management ... 696 A.3 ... BAPIs for SAP S/4HANA Asset Management ... 699 A.4 ... Customer Exits for SAP S/4HANA Asset Management ... 705