Refer to Organization structure chart for SAP PM/EAM process.
Note : Client, controlling area, company code and maintenance plant will be made available by Basis, FICO and MM consultant. As a SAP EAM/PM consultant, you will start your configuration activity starting from defining Maintenance planning plant.
1) Maintenance planning plant :
Definition
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Plant which is responsible for carrying out all maintenance
activities in a particular maintenance plant.
-> One maintenance plant can be linked with only
one planning plant.
-> One planning plant can be linked with multiple
maintenance plant.
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Scenario
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In a manufacturing company ABC, assume that you have a manufacturing
plant located in any geographical location.
As par SAP structure, you have to define a planning plant to carry out
maintenance activities.
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SPRO Menu Path
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Display IMG > ENTERPRISE STRUCTURE > DEFINATION > PLANT
MAINTENANCE > MAINTAIN MAINTENANCE PLANNING PLANT
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Pre-requisites
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Maintenance plant should exist already with the same name.
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Once you click on execute icon, screen for maintaining new plant will appear. There you have to click on New Entries button. Following screen will appear.
Here you can maintain you plant as a maintenance planning plant.
Note : Plant code you enter in above screen should be created as a plant first. Then only system will allow you to maintain that plant as a maintenance planning plant.
2) Assign Maintenance planning plant to a Maintenance plant.
Definition
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Maintenance planning plant is assigned to a maintenance plat for
which it is responsible to carry out all Maintenance activities.
-> One maintenance plant can be assigned to only
one planning plant
-> One planning plant can be assigned to multiple
maintenance plants.
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Scenario
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Assign planning plant to maintenance plant
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SPRO Menu Path
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Display IMG > ENTERPRISE STRUCTURE > Assignment > PLANT
MAINTENANCE > Assign maintenance planning plant to maintenance plant
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Pre-requisites
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Planning plant entry should exist as a maintenance plant
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Now click on execute button.
Here you enter the assignment of plant and Save the entries.
3) Create Location for a Plant
Definition
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A location allows a plant to be classified according to spatial
or situation criteria. It means you can assume hierarchical division of a
plant using locations.
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Scenario
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You want to create a location within a plant
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SPRO Menu Path
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Display IMG > ENTERPRISE STRUCTURE > DEFINATION > Logistics
- General > Define Location
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Pre-requisites
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Plant should exist for which you want to create a location.
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Click on execute button and click on New entries. Following screen will appear.
Save your entries. Locations are created now. If you use Asset Management in your system, you can assign each fixed asset
to one of these locations. The following master data objects can be assigned to these locations:
- Asset master records of Asset Management
- pieces of equipment
- functional locations
- work centers
- production resources/tools
4) Create Plant Section
Definition
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The
plant section enables you to subdivide the maintenance plant
from the point of view of production responsibility. The person responsible
for the plant section is the contact for coordination between production and
plant maintenance. The plant section can be used for evaluation purposes. |
Scenario
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Create a plant section for a plant
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SPRO Menu Path
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Display IMG > Plant Maintenance and Customer Service > Technical
Objects > General Data > Define Plant Sections
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Pre-requisites
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Plant should exist.
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Click on execute button and New Entries in next screen. Following screen should appear.
Save your entries.
5) Create Planner group
Definition
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Depending on the size and structure of your company, a maintenance planning group may be an individual department (for central work preparation), a group of skilled craftsmen or a workshop. Every piece of equipment and functional location can be allocated to a maintenance planning group. |
Scenario
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Define your maintenance planner groups
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SPRO Menu Path
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Display IMG > Plant Maintenance and Customer Service > Technical
Objects > General Data > Define Planner Groups
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Pre-requisites
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Planning plant should exist.
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Click on execute button and New Entries in next screen. Following screen should appear.
Save your entries.
