Tag: PM
SAP Serial Number: OIS2 setup and material vs equipment
A SAP serial number is the unique identifier attached to one specific physical unit of a given material. It is the tool for unit-level traceability, the foundation for individualized after-sales...
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SAP PRT: Production Resources and Tools
On an industrial site, the tools shared between production lines are often invisible in SAP. Jigs, probes and technical drawings move from one order to the next, but nobody knows...
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SAP PM Preventive Maintenance: the complete guide
One hour of unplanned downtime costs a manufacturer 25,000 USD on average, and up to 2.3 million USD/hour in the automotive sector according to the Siemens report True Cost of...
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SAP Classification System: characteristics and classes
You are looking for every high-criticality 24V piece of equipment in SAP. Every batch with a viscosity between 200 and 250. Every premium customer in a specific geographic area. If...
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SAP Material Staging for Maintenance Orders: PM-WM Setup Guide
Reserving a spare part and staging it for a maintenance order are not the same thing. In the first case, the part disappears from the system at goods issue. In...
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SAP PM Permits: Work Permit Approval in Maintenance Orders
The hot work permit is signed, in duplicate, sitting in a binder in the maintenance office. Meanwhile, out in the workshop, the grinder is already running. Every industrial site knows...
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SAP PM Cost Management: Value Category, settlement KO88
Cost management in the SAP Plant Maintenance module is one of the most poorly exploited topics on industrial projects. Most consultants treat it as a passive reporting subject, when it...
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SAP Plant Maintenance Module: Complete Overview of SAP PM
One Tuesday morning, a press stops in the middle of a production order. Within minutes, you have to alert maintenance, pull parts from the warehouse, book a technician, inform production...
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