Plant Maintenance User Manual

Written By : Getahun Teferi SAP Functional and Business Consultant  Electrical and Computer Engineer Certified SAP Digital Badge in SAP S_4HANA Cloud - Support and Success Essentials for  SAP Consultant

The SAP Plant Maintenance module is designed to help tackle the challenges faced by modern plant managers and operators by helping to drive effective plant equipment optimization. In this article, we’ll cover the core components of SAP PM, who in your organization will benefit from it, and how to get started with it. Let’s dive in.

Purpose

This component contains the functions for Plant Maintenance.

Plant Maintenance comprises the following activities:

Inspection

All measures which establish the actual condition of a technical system

Preventive maintenance

All measures which maintain the ideal condition of a technical system

Repair

All measures which restore the ideal condition of a technical system

Other measures taken using the maintenance organization

Integration

Through integration with other modules (for example, Materials Management, Production, Sales and Distribution, Personnel Management, and Controlling) the data is always kept current and processes that are necessary for Plant Maintenance and Customer Service are automatically triggered in other areas (for example, a purchase requisition for non-stock material in the Materials Management/Purchasing area).