Plant Maintenance with SAP: Business User Guide

2. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-4932-2819-5
Verlag: Rheinwerk Verlag GmbH

Buch, Englisch, 703 Seiten, Format (B × H): 261 mm x 182 mm, Gewicht: 1390 g

Reihe: SAP Press Englisch

Perform your plant maintenance tasks in SAP S/4HANA! This user guide contains detailed, click-by-click instructions for your core functions, from planned and preventive maintenance to repairs, refurbishment, and beyond. Integrate with SAP and third-party systems for a seamless workflow, and get up to speed with the latest technologies and AI capabilities to optimize asset management for your organization. This is the all-in-one resource for your PM workday!

Highlights include:

1)Asset management

2)Organizational structures

3)Work orders

4)Notifications

5)Preventive maintenance

6)Repairs

7)Integration

8)Plant maintenance controlling

9)Intelligent asset management

10)Mobile apps

11)Usability

Autoren/Hrsg.

Liebstückel, Karl

Seidl, Markus

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Produktionsmanagement, Qualitätskontrolle
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Business Application Unternehmenssoftware SAP
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Angewandte Informatik Wirtschaftsinformatik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Management: Immobilien & Anlagen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Wirtschaftsinformatik, SAP, IT-Management

Inhaltsverzeichnis

... Foreword ... 17

... About This Book ... 19

... Target Audience ... 20

... What This Book Can and Cannot Do ... 21

... Structure of This Book ... 22

... What’s New to This Book? ... 24

... Acknowledgments ... 24

1 ... Introduction to Plant Maintenance with SAP S/4HANA ... 27

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 ... SAP S/4HANA Application System ... 34

1.5 ... SAP Best Practices ... 40

1.6 ... SAP HANA Database ... 41

1.7 ... User Interfaces ... 42

1.8 ... Summary ... 47

2 ... Organizational Structures ... 49

2.1 ... SAP Organizational Units ... 49

2.2 ... Work Centers ... 53

2.3 ... Summary ... 61

3 ... Structuring of Technical Systems ... 63

3.1 ... Actions to Take Before Mapping Your Technical Systems in SAP ... 63

3.2 ... Functional Locations and Reference Functional Locations ... 76

3.3 ... Equipment and Serial Numbers ... 86

3.4 ... Links and Object Networks ... 96

3.5 ... Linear Asset Management ... 98

3.6 ... Material and Plant Maintenance Assemblies ... 104

3.7 ... Bills of Materials ... 109

3.8 ... Classification ... 113

3.9 ... Product Structure Browser ... 119

3.10 ... Asset Viewer ... 120

3.11 ... Generic Functions ... 121

3.12 ... SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Viewer ... 143

3.13 ... SAP Geographical Enablement Framework ... 145

3.14 ... Summary ... 147

4 ... Work Order Cycle ... 151

4.1 ... Actions to Take Before Mapping the Work Order Cycle in SAP S/4HANA ... 151

4.2 ... Work Order Cycle Steps ... 157

4.3 ... Notification ... 159

4.4 ... Plan Order ... 182

4.5 ... Schedule Order ... 217

4.6 ... Execute Order ... 234

4.7 ... Confirm Order ... 235

4.8 ... Complete Order ... 241

4.9 ... Summary ... 245

5 ... Preventive Maintenance ... 247

5.1 ... Basic Principles of Preventive Maintenance ... 247

5.2 ... Preventive Maintenance Objects ... 250

5.3 ... Maintenance Task Lists ... 253

5.4 ... Time-Based Maintenance Plans ... 263

5.5 ... Performance-Based Maintenance Plans ... 286

5.6 ... Multiple-Counter Plans ... 295

5.7 ... Inspection Rounds ... 302

5.8 ... Condition-Based Maintenance ... 310

5.9 ... Summary ... 313

6 ... Other Business Processes ... 315

6.1 ... Immediate Repairs ... 315

6.2 ... Shift Notes and Shift Reports ... 325

6.3 ... External Assignment ... 330

6.4 ... Refurbishment ... 348

6.5 ... Subcontracting ... 359

6.6 ... Test Equipment Calibration ... 365

6.7 ... Follow-On Order and Follow-On Notification ... 375

6.8 ... Pool Asset Management ... 378

6.9 ... Project-Based Maintenance ... 384

6.10 ... Checklists ... 395

6.11 ... Work Order Cycle with Phase Model ... 408

6.12 ... Billed Maintenance ... 419

6.13 ... Summary ... 423

7 ... Integration of Applications from Other Disciplines ... 425

7.1 ... Integration Within SAP S/4HANA ... 426

7.2 ... Integration with Other SAP Systems ... 462

7.3 ... Integration with Non-SAP Systems ... 471

7.4 ... Summary ... 476

8 ... Plant Maintenance Controlling ... 479

8.1 ... What's Involved in Plant Maintenance Controlling ... 479

8.2 ... SAP Tools for Obtaining Information ... 483

8.3 ... SAP Tools for Budgeting ... 517

8.4 ... Summary ... 527

9 ... Innovations in Maintenance Technology ... 529

9.1 ... Mobile Maintenance ... 529

9.2 ... SAP Business Network Asset Collaboration ... 546

9.3 ... SAP Asset Performance Management ... 559

9.4 ... Artificial Intelligence in Maintenance ... 573

9.5 ... Summary ... 586

10 ... Usability ... 587

10.1 ... Basics ... 588

10.2 ... User’s Options to Improve Usability ... 598

10.3 ... Non-Programming Options to Improve Usability ... 615

10.4 ... Programming Options to Improve Usability ... 630

10.5 ... Usability Study 1: SAP GUI With and Without Tuning ... 641

10.6 ... Usability Study 2: SAP GUI and SAP Fiori ... 649

10.7 ... Summary ... 660

Appendices ... ... 665

A ... Further Sources and Literature ... 667

B ... Overviews ... 669

B.1 ... SAP Fiori Apps with SAPUI5 Technology ... 669

B.2 ... SAP Fiori Apps with Web Dynpro Technology ... 672

B.3 ... Functional Comparison of Structuring Resources ... 673

B.4 ... Functions of Notifications and Orders ... 674

B.5 ... Integration Aspects ... 678

B.6 ... Standard Plant Maintenance Information System Reports ... 684

C ... The Authors ... 687

... Index ... 689

Über Autor(innen)

Liebstückel, Karl
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.