SAP R/3 Plant Maintenance: Making it work for your business [Hardcover]

Britta Stengl (Author), Reinhard Ematinger (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 28, 2001

SAP R/3 Plant Maintenance offers a clear introduction to this small but sophisticated component and provides a highly practical guide to implementing PM. Beginning with a examination of the key business processes underlying PM functionality, the book goes on to cover all the crucial aspects of maintenance planning and execution in R/3. Particular attention is given to integrating plant maintenance with a company's natural process flow.

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Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German

From the Back Cover

Efficient plant maintenance is vital to a company's ability to optimize and harmonize its production processes. For companies using SAP's R/3 system, the effective implementation and use of the Plant Maintenance (PM) component represents a strategy with considerable practical benefits.

SAP R/3 Plant Maintenance

offers a clear introduction to this small but sophisticated component and provides a highly practical guide to implementing PM. Beginning with a examination of the key business processes underlying PM functionality, the book goes on to cover all the crucial aspects of maintenance planning and execution in R/3. Particular attention is given to integrating plant maintenance with a company's natural process flow.

Written for SAP project teams, consultants and students, SAP R/3 Plant Maintenance provides detailed coverage of the following essential topics:

• Defining plant maintenance from a business perspective

• Objects in R/3 PM

• Breakdown maintenance and corrective maintenance

• Planned maintenance

• Refurbishment processing

• External services management

• Integration with other R/3 components

• Interfaces with non-SAP systems

• Role-based and integration workshops
   

 

SAP R/3 Plant Maintenance is part of the Business Roadmap series from SAP Press. Aimed at users, managers and consultants, this series emphasizes the business background and the processes which underpin the functionality of the R/3 system and its various modules. Building on this deeper understanding, the books offer sound practical guidance on how best to tailor the system to the requirements of your business.

SERIES FEATURES:

• Experienced SAP-approved authors.

• Supported by real-life case studies.

• Illustrated examples from SAP s IDES training system.

• Written for all levels of R/3 user.

• Practical hints and customizing tips.

• Suitable for latest versions of R/3.

Britta Stengl and Reinhard Ematinger are both certified Plant Maintenance (PM) and Customer Service (CS) consultants of many years' experience. They work for SAP AG at its headquarters in Walldorf, Germany.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 368 pages
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional; 1 edition (May 28, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0201675323
• ISBN-13: 978-0201675320
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 7.6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Don't do it without it!, July 13, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: SAP R/3 Plant Maintenance: Making it work for your business (Hardcover)

This book was very helpful while doing a PM implementation and has since allowed me to make several enhancements to my implementation. Fortunately it touches on nearly every aspect of SAP PM and gets fairly in depth in many areas. If you are thinking about Plant Maintenance with SAP, don't think about doing it without this book.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Teaches the fundamental concepts of SAP PM, September 20, 2006

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Carla Fair-Wright "avid reader" (Houston, TX USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: SAP R/3 Plant Maintenance: Making it work for your business (Hardcover)

Rather than trying to be a detailed guide to Plant Maintenance, a comprehensive reference book, or a source of answers to complex problems, Stengl tries to teach the fundamental concepts of SAP PM.

A very basic introductory book that demystifies the PM module. Aimed at the newcomer to SAP R/3, the book is a great guide. And a guide any new traveler must have to navigate the highways and back roads of SAP. It works best as a supplement to a SAP-PM course, but lacks the depth of a resource book.

In Chapter 4 - "Objects in R/3 PM", the authors do a good job of explaining the relationship of Functional Locations, Equipment, PM Assemblies, and Materials. Chapter 5 attempts to tackle breakdown and corrective maintenance, having worked as a Maintenance Planner, my first reaction was humor. In a perfect world, the roles of Maintenance Planner, Maintenance Technician, and Maintenance Controller would be this structured and defined. In the real world things are not so black and white.

Buy the book if you are new to SAP PM. It is a nice entry point. If you are approaching the Plant Maintenance with prior SAP experience then I recommend skimming the chapters in a bookshop before buying online.

10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Book, August 10, 2001

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A.Srinivasa Reddy (United Kingdom.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: SAP R/3 Plant Maintenance: Making it work for your business (Hardcover)

This is a very useful book on SAP PM.This covers recent Version of of SAP PM ie 4.6x.Flow is smooth.Transaction codes are also available for quick navigation.