SAP Plant Maintenance (SAP PM) is a software product that manages all maintenance activities in an organization. Plant Maintenance module consists of key activities to include inspection, notifications, corrective and preventive maintenance, repairs, and other measures to maintain an ideal technical system.
This tutorial has been prepared for anyone who has a basic knowledge of Plant Maintenance activities like inspection and maintenance. After completing this tutorial, you will find yourself at a moderate level of expertise in Plant Maintenance activities and possess a fair knowledge of the key functions mentioned in this tutorial.
Before you start proceeding with this tutorial, we assume that you are well-versed with the basic meaning of terms like inspection, maintenance, breakdown, and other key terms related to Plant Maintenance.
You should also have a basic understanding of other SAP modules like Material Management, Sales and Distribution, and Production Planning. If you are not aware of these concepts, then we recommend that you first go through an overview chapter of any of these modules.
SAP Plant Maintenance (SAP PM) application component provides an organization with a tool for all maintenance activities to be performed. All the activities that are performed under maintenance are interconnected and hence this module is closely integrated with other modules - Production Planning, Material Management, and Sales and Distribution.
Using SAP PM, you can perform automatic repairs and facilitate maintenance requests in an organization. It allows you to record problems in SAP system, plan labor and material activities, and to record and settle the cost.
In an organization, you can identify, document, manage problems and perform enterprise asset management for any required assets.
To perform these activities, Plant Maintenance contains the following submodules −
- Management of technical objects and equipment master record.
- Planning of maintenance task.
- Manage workflow notifications and work orders under maintenance order management.
Key Functions of Plant Maintenance
Following activities are performed under Plant Maintenance −
Inspection
Inspection is done to check the actual condition of a technical system.
Preventive Maintenance
Preventive maintenance is used to maintain high availability of the technical system. It includes maintenance planning and work scheduling activities for technical objects.
Repair
Repair involves all measures that can be performed to restore the ideal condition. Repair process can be performed at many planning stages - like work scheduling, resource planning and initial costing, etc. You can respond immediately w.r.t to a damage events causing production shutdown. You can create required purchase requisition and processed work orders to reduce the downtime.
Integration with Other Modules
In SAP PM, you can integrate with other modules such as Material Management, Production Planning, Personnel Management, and Sales and Distribution. These modules are used to keep the current data as per the requirement in Plant Maintenance and are initiated automatically to maintain the current data in the system.
Following are the key modules in which integration is performed with Plant Maintenance −
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