ENTERPRISE ASSET MANAGEMENT
ENTERPRISE ASSET MANAGEMENT ONFIGU GURI RIN NG AND ADMINISTERING CONFI SAP R/3 PLANT MAINTENANCE
Ian McMullan
iUniverse, Inc. New York Lincoln Shanghai
Enterprise Asset Management Configuring and Administering SAP R/3 Plant Maintenance
All Rights Reserved © 2004 by Ian McMullan McMullan No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping, or by any information storage retrieval system, without the written permission of the publisher. publisher. iUniverse, Inc. For information address: iUniverse, Inc. 2021 Pine Lake Road, Suite 100 Lincoln, NE 68512 www.iuniverse.com www .iuniverse.com ISBN: 0-595-77379-6 Printed in the United States of America
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ABOUT THIS BOOK The focus of this book is to provide the reader with a good understanding of the configuration required to implement SAP R/3 Plant Maintenance, as well as how that configuration configuration affects the day to day day use of the system. Configuration will be explored step by step through the Implementation Guide (IMG). An overview of master data, the work order process, preventive maintenance, and reporting will be provided. After reviewing reviewing other SAP-related SAP-related documents, documents, a common common criticism criticism is is that the configuration of the R/3 system is not discussed adequately, if at all. In response to that criticism, this book spends more time discussing the th e configuration of the R/3 Plant Maintenance module than in discussing the actual day-to-day use of the module. Some topics associated with the R/3 Plant Maintenance module that could not adequately be covered include Customer Service (formerly Service Management), Classification, Cross Application Time Sheet (CATS), Document Management, Work Clearance Management (WCM), and Archiving. None of those topics are specific sp ecific to the Plant Maintenance module and, although some of the Customer Service functionality relies on Plant Maintenance configuration, Customer Service also relies on Sales and Distribution (SD) functionality. functionality. SAP training specific to Customer Service is recommended in order to obtain a complete understanding of the Customer Not Covered Covered for Service “module.” See Appendix See Appendix A: Topics Not for further information regarding the functionality that could not be explored further in this book.
About the Author Ian McMullan is an SAP certified Plant Maintenance consultant. He lives with his family in Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada and has been working with SAP R/3, specializing in the Plant Maintenance module, since 1994. Mr. McMullan welcomes the opportunity to share this accumulation of knowledge with the SAP community.
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