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Purpose

Ensuring a high availability of objects in the long term is an important part of Plant Maintenance. Planned maintenance is used to avoid system breakdowns or the breakdown of other objects, which - in addition to the repair costs - often result in much higher costs subsequently owing to production breakdown.

There are many benefits in using planned maintenance within your company. It is the generic term for inspections, preventive maintenance and planned repairs, for which the time and scope of the work can be planned in advance.

In addition to internal company aspects for planned maintenance, external factors should also be considered. An increasing number of conditions set by legislative bodies demand more stringent requirements on planned monitoring and maintenance of objects. External requirements can be:

The manufacturer of your technical objects may recommend certain procedures to ensure that the objects always function optimally.

There may be labor protection laws or laws concerning the safety of objects which require you to maintain your technical system on a regular basis.

Effective planned maintenance can also help to prevent breakdowns which could lead to environmental hazards.

Another reason for planned maintenance is the need for quality assurance, since, for example, the quality of products manufactured at a technical system is substantially affected by the operating condition of the production plant.

It is also often more cost-effective to maintain objects regularly, and therefore prevent a much more expensive breakdown. You can determine the data required for this using past data supplied by the system.

Integration

The Maintenance Planning component is integrated with the following components and sub-components of the SAP System:

Plant Maintenance application component

Customer Service application component

Materials Management application component

Quality Management application component

Sales and Distribution application component

Features

You can use maintenance planning to describe the dates and scope of plannable maintenance and inspection activities at technical objects. You can ensure that your technical objects are maintained on time and thereby function optimally.

Generation of Maintenance Call Objects

The system generates maintenance call objects during the scheduling process. The following maintenance call objects are available in the overview:

Split-Level Maintenance

One of the most significant advantages offered by the Plant Maintenance application component is the option of split-level maintenance. You can create a maintenance plan, and consequently also the maintenance call objects, for example, at the following levels:

The possibility of split-level maintenance allows you to plan and perform maintenance tasks for the following objects:

Thereby you can maintain the whole functional location, rather than the independent technical objects it comprises.

 

 

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