Both Corrective and Preventative maintenance processes exist in the Plant Maintenance module.

Corrective maintenance refers to the activities conducted by the Maintenance Organization to repair equipment of all forms within their area of responsibility. Preventive maintenance is a discipline that uses processes and activities that focus on the prevention of failures or performance degradation before it occurs.

The following diagram illustrates the common process for both Corrective and Preventative Maintenance within the Plant Maintenance module:

 

Subcomponents of the SAP Plant Maintenance (SAP PM) Module:

· Management of Technical Objects - includes master data objects such as functional locations and equipment master records.

· Maintenance Processing - includes processing steps such as notifications and work orders.

· Preventative Maintenance - includes maintenance planning and work scheduling tasks.

This is brief review of the components and processes associated with the SAP PM module. For a more in-depth understanding of the Plant Maintenance module, please review our available SAP Plant Maintenance training.

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SAP Project System (SAP PS)

Project System provides tools to track project milestone, costs and resources. SAP's Project System module contains tight integration to the Controlling, Human Resources, and Logistics modules. It utilizes personnel records from HR, rolls costs into Controlling and links to materials or customers in the Logistics modules.

Two key objects that define the Project in SAP are:

· Work Breakdown Structure - defines tasks and assign resources to those tasks

· Network - defines the dependencies within the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

Common processes in Project System include:

· Tracking costs against WBS elements. These costs can either be from personnel time charged against the project or from materials and/or services procured to support the project.

· Tracking milestones against key dates defined in the project.

The following diagram illustrates the hierarchy of objects within an SAP Project:

This is brief review of the components and processes associated with the SAP PS module. For a more in-depth understanding of the Project System module, please review our available SAP Project System training.

Please Note: The Learn SAP pages on this site are intended to be brief summaries for SAP customers who are encountering SAP for the first time. For more advanced knowledge, please review the articles in our SAP Library, and our SAP Trainingofferings for both Super Users and Project Teams.