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Acknowledgments
13
About the Book
15
What Is the Correct Naming?
16
Who This Book Is For
16
What This Book Can and Can’t Do
18
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 SAP Projects in Plant Maintenance
27
1.1 A Possible Process for Your Plant Maintenance Project with SAP
27
1.1.1 Implementation Strategy
27
1.1.2 SAP Activate Methodology
29
1.2 General Risk Factors and Success Factors in SAP Projects: An Empirical Survey
35
1.2.1 Risk Factors
35
1.2.2 Success Factors
38
1.3 Tips for Your Plant Maintenance Project
40
1.3.1 Discover Phase
40
1.3.2 Prepare Phase
50
1.3.3 Explore Phase
69
1.3.4 Realize Phase
79
1.3.5 Deploy Phases
80
1.3.6 Run Phase
82
1.4 Summary
83
2 Configuring Organizational Structures
85
2.1 General SAP Organizational Units
86
2.1.1 Company Code
87
2.1.2 Controlling Area
90
2.1.3 Plant General
93
2.2 The Plant from a Maintenance Perspective
96
2.3 Maintenance-Specific Organizational Units
100
2.4 Work Centers
104
2.5 Summary
115
3 Configuring Generic Functions
117
3.1 Object Information
118
3.2 Status Management
121
3.3 Number Assignment
127
3.4 Warranties
132
3.5 Measuring Points and Counters
135
3.6 Permits
140
3.7 Partners
141
3.8 Documents
147
3.9 Field Selection
158
3.10 List Variants
163
3.11 Multilevel Lists
168
3.12 Summary
171
4 Configuring the Structure of Technical Systems
173
4.1 Structuring Elements
173
4.2 Functional Locations and Reference Functional Locations
175
4.3 Equipment
187
4.4 Fleet Management
197
4.5 Links and Networks
206
4.6 Linear Asset Management
209
4.7 Materials and Assemblies
221
4.7.1 Material Types
223
4.7.2 Material Master Layout
228
4.7.3 Field Selection
240
4.8 Serial Numbers
245
4.9 Bill of Material
252
4.10 Summary
262
5 Configuring the Work Order Cycle
265
5.1 Notifications
267
5.1.1 Notification Types
269
5.1.2 Catalogs and Catalog Profiles
283
5.1.3 Other Functions
292
5.2 Orders
302
5.2.1 Order Types
306
5.2.2 Availability Check
325
5.2.3 Electronic Parts Catalogs
333
5.2.4 Material Planning
343
5.2.5 Scheduling
354
5.2.6 Capacity Planning
369
5.2.7 Printing
378
5.2.8 Estimated Costs and Costing
389
5.2.9 Order Settlement
406
5.2.10 Project Management and Investment Management
414
5.2.11 Other Functions
423
5.3 Completion Confirmations
433
5.3.1 SAP S/4HANA Asset Management Completion Confirmations
433
5.3.2 Cross-Application Time Sheet Confirmations
439
5.4 Summary
444
6 Configuring Preventive Maintenance
447
6.1 Task Lists
449
6.2 Maintenance Plans
459
6.3 Summary
466
7 Configuring Additional Business Processes
467
7.1 External Processing
468
7.1.1 External Processing as an Individual Purchase Order
469
7.1.2 External Processing with Service Specifications
475
7.2 Refurbishment
483
7.2.1 Material Master
485
7.2.2 Refurbishment Notifications
491
7.2.3 Refurbishment Orders
493
7.2.4 Material Requirements Planning
498
7.3 Subcontracting
501
7.4 Calibration of Test/Measurement Equipment
506
7.4.1 Customizing Functions for Plant Maintenance
508
7.4.2 Customizing Functions for Quality Management
523
7.5 Pool Asset Management
542
7.6 Maintenance Event Builder
561
7.7 Shift Reports and Shift Notes
564
7.8 Summary
575
8 Configuring SAP Fiori Launchpad for Plant Maintenance
577
8.1 Basics of SAP Fiori
577
8.1.1 SAP Fiori Design
578
8.1.2 Types of SAP Fiori Apps
579
8.1.3 Characteristics of SAP Fiori
583
8.2 How to Configure an SAP Fiori Launchpad with SAPUI5 Apps
584
8.2.1 Step 1: Check SAP System Data
585
8.2.2 Step 2: Browse the SAP Fiori Apps Reference Library
587
8.2.3 Step 3: Configure the Logon/Logoff Screen
590
8.2.4 Step 4: Create a Role
592
8.2.5 Step 5: Create a New Group for SAP Fiori Launchpad
593
8.2.6 Step 6: Assign Role Authorizations
595
8.2.7 Step 7: Initialize the App
596
8.3 How to Configure an SAP Fiori Launchpad with Non-SAPUI5 Apps
598
8.3.1 Step 2: Browse the SAP Fiori Apps Reference Library
599
8.3.2 Step 5: Create a Business Catalog
601
8.3.3 Step 8: Initialize the App
605
8.4 SAP Fiori Apps for Plant Maintenance
607
8.4.1 Report and Repair Malfunction
607
8.4.2 Request Maintenance
612
8.4.3 Maintenance Planning Overview
615
8.4.4 Maintenance Scheduling Board
617
8.4.5 Manage Work Center Utilization
618
8.4.6 Technical Object Damages
619
8.4.7 Analytical List Page for Technical Object Breakdown Analysis
620
8.4.8 Actual Maintenance Cost Analysis
622
8.4.9 Find Maintenance Objects
624
8.4.10 Monitor Material Coverage
627
8.5 How to Configure SAP S/4HANA for SAP Fiori Launchpad
629
8.5.1 Customizing
629
8.5.2 Check and Activate ICF services
634
8.5.3 Check and Install OData Services
636
8.6 Summary
638
9 Usability
641
9.1 The User’s Own Options
642
9.1.1 General User Parameters
642
9.1.2 Maintenance-Specific User Parameters
644
9.1.3 Roles and Favorites
651
9.1.4 List Variants
652
9.1.5 Personalizing Input Help
659
9.1.6 Buttons and Key Combinations
660
9.1.7 Table Controls
661
9.2 The IT Department’s Nonprogramming Options
664
9.2.1 Transaction Variants
664
9.2.2 Customizing
670
9.2.3 Action Box
674
9.2.4 SAP Business Client
675
9.2.5 SAP Work Manager
680
9.2.6 SAP Asset Manager
688
9.2.7 SAP Fiori
697
9.2.8 GuiXT
698
9.2.9 SAP Screen Personas
704
9.3 The IT Department’s Programming Options
708
9.3.1 Upstream Transactions
708
9.3.2 Business Application Programming Interfaces
710
9.3.3 Web Interface
712
9.3.4 Customer Exits
715
9.3.5 Business Add-Ins and Enhancement Points
718
9.3.6 SAP Business Workflow
721
9.4 Summary
726
A Project Plans and Overviews
729
A.1 Functional Scope of SAP S/4HANA Asset Management and Assignment of Priorities
729
A.2 Authorization Objects in SAP S/4HANA Asset Management
735
A.3 BAPIs for SAP S/4HANA Asset Management
736
A.4 Customer Exits for SAP S/4HANA Asset Management
743
B The Author
747
Index
749