Plant Maintenance with SAP S/4HANA: Business User Guide

Your company is now on SAP S/4HANA so how do you run your plant maintenance operations on this new system? Between these pages, you'll find the detailed, step-by-step instructions you need for your routine (and non-routine) functions. Ample screenshots walk you through scheduling repairs, planning maintenance cycles, completing inspections, and all the tasks you perform to keep your assets in shape. With information on new UIs and mobile apps, this guide is the only one you need!

• Run preventive maintenance, repairs, refurbishment, and more in SAP S/4HANA
• Manage routine plant operations with step-by-step instructions
• Improve your usability and workflows with SAP Fiori, SAP Work Manager, SAP Asset Manager, and SAP Intelligence Asset Management

Functional Tasks

Shift notes and reports, preventive maintenance and planned repairs, subcontracting or refurbishment whatever your daily, weekly, or monthly PM task list looks like, get the click-by-click instructions you need.

Best Practices

With tips and tricks gathered from real-world experience, this book shows you how to get the most out of plant maintenance in SAP S/4HANA. Best practices will help you avoid common pitfalls and get some easy wins!

User Interfaces and Apps

SAP is always evolving, so you'll find details about new user interface technologies, like SAP Fiori. You'll also get a rundown of mobile apps and other programs like SAP Work Manager, SAP Asset Manager, SAP Intelligence Asset Management, and integration with RFID devices.

• Asset management
• Organizational structures
• Work orders
• Notifications
• Preventive maintenance
• Repairs
• Inter-department integration
• Plant maintenance controlling
• User interfaces
• Mobile apps

About the Author

Karl Liebstückel is a professor of information management and business software at the Würzburg-Schweinfurt University of Applied Sciences in Germany. He has more than 30 years of experience with plant maintenance in SAP solutions. Over the course of his career, Dr. Liebstückel has gained extensive practical experience in more than 70 plant maintenance projects. He was a member of the executive board of the German SAP User Group (DSAG) from 2003 to 2012, and its chairman from 2007 to 2012. Furthermore, he presided over its Plant Management and Service Management work group from 2001 to 2008.

Dr. Liebstückel owns his own consulting company and is the author of several books on the topic of logistics. Previously, he worked at SAP AG for 13 years in the areas of development, consulting, and training for plant maintenance and service management.