Configuring Plant Maintenance in SAP S/4HANA®

Dr. Karl Liebstuckel is Professor of Information Management and Business Software at the Wurzburg-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.

... 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

1.2 ... General Risk Factors and Success Factors in SAP Projects: An Empirical Survey ... 35

1.3 ... Tips for Your Plant Maintenance Project ... 40

1.4 ... Summary ... 83

2 ... Configuring Organizational Structures ... 85

2.1 ... General SAP Organizational Units ... 86

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

4.8 ... Serial Numbers ... 245

4.9 ... Bill of Material ... 252

4.10 ... Summary ... 262

5 ... Configuring the Work Order Cycle ... 265

5.1 ... Notifications ... 267

5.2 ... Orders ... 302

5.3 ... Completion Confirmations ... 433

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

7.2 ... Refurbishment ... 483

7.3 ... Subcontracting ... 501

7.4 ... Calibration of Test/Measurement Equipment ... 506

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

8.2 ... How to Configure an SAP Fiori Launchpad with SAPUI5 Apps ... 584

8.3 ... How to Configure an SAP Fiori Launchpad with Non-SAPUI5 Apps ... 598

8.4 ... SAP Fiori Apps for Plant Maintenance ... 607

8.5 ... How to Configure SAP S/4HANA for SAP Fiori Launchpad ... 629

8.6 ... Summary ... 638

9 ... Usability ... 641

9.1 ... The User's Own Options ... 642

9.2 ... The IT Department's Nonprogramming Options ... 664

9.3 ... The IT Department's Programming Options ... 708

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