Configuring SAP Plant Maintenance

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.

Acknowledgments
About This Book
Target Audience
What This Book Can and Cannot Do
Structure of This Book
How to Read This Book
SAP Projects in Plant Maintenance
A Possible Process for Your SAP Plant Maintenance Project
General Risk Factors and Success Factors in SAP Projects: An Empirical Survey
Tips for Your Plant Maintenance Project
Organizational Structures
General SAP Organizational Units
The Plant from a Maintenance Perspective
Maintenance-Specific Organizational Units
Work Centers
Generic Functions
Object Information
Status Management
Number Assignment
Warranties
Measuring Points and Counters
Permits
Partners
Documents
Field Selection
List Variants
Multilevel Lists
Structuring of Technical Systems
Structuring Elements
Functional Locations and Reference Functional Locations
Equipment
Fleet Management
Links and Networks
Linear Asset Management
Materials and Assemblies
Material Types
Field Selection
Serial Numbers
Bill of Material
Maintenance Processing
Notifications
Orders
Completion Confirmations
Preventive Maintenance
Task Lists
Maintenance Plans
Additional Business Processes
External Processing
Refurbishment
Subcontracting
Calibration of Test/Measurement Equipment
Pool Asset Management
Maintenance Event Builder
Shift Reports and Shift Notes
Usability
Category 1: The User' Own Options
Category 2: The IT Department's Nonprogramming Options
Category 3: The IT Department's Programming Options
Appendices
Project Plans and Overviews
Functional Scope of SAP EAM and Assignment of Priorities
Authorization Objects in SAP EAM
BAPIs for Plant Maintenance
Customer Exits for Plant Maintenance
The Author
Index