Prof. Dr. Karl Liebstückel is a professor of information management and business software at the Technical University Würzburg-Schweinfurt in Germany. He has more than 35 years of experience in SAP plant maintenance. Over the course of his career, Karl Liebstückel has gained extensive practical experience in close to 100 plant maintenance projects. He was a member of the executive board of the German SAP User Group (DSAG) from 2003 to 2012 and chairman from 2007 to 2012. Furthermore, he presided over DSAG's Plant Management and Service Management work group from 2001 to 2008. Previously, he worked at SAP AG for 13 years in the areas of development, consulting, and training for plant maintenance and service management (last two positions held prior to leaving SAP AG: platinum consultant and global product manager).

Prof. Dr. Liebstückel owns a consulting firm. He has written several books on the topic of logistics.

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... Acknowledgments ... 13

... About the Book ... 15

... What Is the Correct Naming Convention? ... 15

... Who This Book Is For ... 16

... What This Book Can and Can't Do ... 17

... Structure of Contents ... 18

... How to Read This Book ... 20

... What's New in This Book? ... 22

... What Is the Status of Your SAP S/4HANA System? ... 22

1 ... SAP Projects in Plant Maintenance ... 27

1.1 ... A Possible Process for Your Plant Maintenance Project with SAP ... 27

1.2 ... General Risk Factors and Success Factors in SAP Projects: An Empirical Survey ... 35

1.3 ... Tips for Your Plant Maintenance Project ... 39

1.4 ... Summary ... 77

2 ... Configuring Organizational Structures ... 79

2.1 ... General SAP Organizational Units ... 80

2.2 ... The Plant from a Maintenance Perspective ... 89

2.3 ... Maintenance-Specific Organizational Units ... 94

2.4 ... Work Centers ... 97

2.5 ... Summary ... 107

3 ... Configuring Generic Functions ... 109

3.1 ... Object Information ... 110

3.2 ... Status Management ... 113

3.3 ... Number Assignment ... 119

3.4 ... Warranties ... 124

3.5 ... Measuring Points and Counters ... 127

3.6 ... Permits ... 132

3.7 ... Partners ... 134

3.8 ... Documents ... 141

3.9 ... Field Selection ... 154

3.10 ... List Variants ... 158

3.11 ... Multilevel Lists ... 163

3.12 ... Change Documents ... 165

3.13 ... Summary ... 167

4 ... Configuring the Structure of Technical Systems ... 169

4.1 ... Structuring Elements ... 169

4.2 ... Functional Locations and Reference Functional Locations ... 171

4.3 ... Equipment ... 182

4.4 ... Fleet Management ... 191

4.5 ... Links and Networks ... 198

4.6 ... Linear Asset Management ... 201

4.7 ... Materials and Assemblies ... 211

4.8 ... Serial Numbers ... 232

4.9 ... Bill of Materials ... 239

4.10 ... Summary ... 247

5 ... Configuring the Work Order Cycle ... 249

5.1 ... Notifications ... 250

5.2 ... Orders ... 283

5.3 ... Completion Confirmations ... 401

5.4 ... Summary ... 412

6 ... Configuring Preventive Maintenance ... 415

6.1 ... Task Lists ... 416

6.2 ... Maintenance Plans ... 425

6.3 ... Summary ... 431

7 ... Configuring Additional Business Processes ... 433

7.1 ... External Processing ... 434

7.2 ... Refurbishment ... 448

7.3 ... Subcontracting ... 463

7.4 ... Calibration of Test/Measurement Equipment ... 468

7.5 ... Pool Asset Management ... 500

7.6 ... Maintenance Event Builder ... 517

7.7 ... Shift Reports and Shift Notes ... 519

7.8 ... Checklists ... 529

7.9 ... Work Order Cycle Using the Phase Model ... 551

7.10 ... Summary ... 579

8 ... Configuring the SAP Fiori Launchpad for Plant Maintenance ... 581

8.1 ... Basics of SAP Fiori ... 581

8.2 ... How to Configure an SAP Fiori Launchpad with SAPUI5 Apps ... 586

8.3 ... Tabular Overview of All SAP Fiori Apps ... 605

8.4 ... How to Configure an SAP Fiori Launchpad with Non-SAPUI5 Apps ... 610

8.5 ... Tabular Overview of All Web Dynpro Apps ... 620

8.6 ... Summary ... 621

9 ... Usability ... 623

9.1 ... Options at the User's Disposal ... 624

9.2 ... The IT Department's Nonprogramming Options ... 646

9.3 ... The IT Department's Programming Options ... 673

9.4 ... Summary ... 690

A ... Project Plans and Overviews ... 691

A.1 ... Functional Scope of SAP S/4HANA Asset Management and Assignment of Priorities ... 691

A.2 ... Authorization Objects in SAP S/4HANA Asset Management ... 696

A.3 ... BAPIs for SAP S/4HANA Asset Management ... 699

A.4 ... Customer Exits for SAP S/4HANA Asset Management ... 705

B ... The Author ... 709

... Index ... 711