Creating Spare Parts

You perform this procedure to maintain manufacturing information, technical data, and assignment information pertaining to spare parts.

Prerequisites

  • Your user ID either belongs to the group ORG_ADMIN or ORG_DATA_EXPERT, or has the roles PART_DELETE or PART_EDIT assigned.

    For more information, see Roles for SAP Cloud Platform - Neo Environment.

  • You have identified the subclass for creating the spare part.

Procedure

  1. Launch the Spare Parts application.
  2. To create a single spare part, navigate to Start of the navigation pathNew Next navigation step Single Spare PartEnd of the navigation path. To create spare parts by mass upload, follow these substeps:
    1. Navigate to Start of the navigation pathNew Next navigation step Mass Upload of Spare PartsEnd of the navigation path.
    2. From the Mass Upload of Spare Parts dialog box, download the template.
    3. Fill in the necessary details and upload the template.
  3. In the New dialog box, enter the following details:
    Field Description
    Spare Part ID (*) Provide a unique name
    Subclass Choose the appropriate subclass from the dropdown

    Template

    Select a spare part template
    Short (*) and Long Description Provide a description for the spare part
    Unit of Measure (*) Choose the appropriate unit of measure

    Phase

    		 Choose if the spare part is in Planned or Released phase
    Manufacturer (*) Choose the name of the manufacturer of the spare part
    Manufacturer Part Number (*) Provide the manufacturer part number
  4. Choose Save.
  5. In the Spare Parts details screen, to add the unit of measure and long description perform the following steps:
    1. Go to the INFORMATION section and choose Edit.
    2. Select the unit of measure from Unit of Measure.
    3. Choose Save.
  6. In the Spare Parts details screen, to update manufacturer information perform the following steps:
    1. Go to the Start of the navigation pathINFORMATION Next navigation step Part NumberEnd of the navigation path section and choose Edit.
    2. Enter the details.
    3. Choose Save.
  7. In the Spare Parts details screen, to update availability and procurement information perform the following steps:
    1. Go to the Start of the navigation pathINFORMATION Next navigation step Availability and ProcurementEnd of the navigation path section and choose Edit.
    2. Enter the required details like delivery time, manufacturer stock level, shelf life, quality, contract, and standard. You can also specify if the spare part is hazardous or is 3D printable.
      You can view the date when the manufacturer stock level information was last updated.
    3. Choose Save.
  8. In the Spare Parts Details screen, to maintain information about dimensions of the spare part, perform the following steps:
    1. Go to the DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHT DATA section and choose Edit.
    2. Provide the appropriate dimensions for size, length, width, height, and weight.
    1. Choose Save.
  9. In the Spare Parts Details screen, to maintain attributes pertaining to the spare part, perform the following steps:
    1. Go to the Start of the navigation pathINFORMATION Next navigation step Data SheetEnd of the navigation path section and choose Edit.
    2. Choose Add Templates. The attributes are derived from the selected templates. You can also edit or remove templates.
    3. You can select a template and choose Remove Template to remove the template.
    4. You can display the alternate unit of measure using Show Alternate UoM.

      You can set the default unit of measurement system in the Unit of Measure Variant under Start of the navigation pathUser Account(icon on the left corner of the launchpad) Next navigation step Settings Next navigation step Unit of MeasureEnd of the navigation path.

    5. Choose Save.
    In the ASSIGNMENTS section, you can view the details of models, equipment, locations, or instructions that are assigned to the spare part.
    • By assigning models to the spare part, the model owner can provide specific information about Default Delivery Quantity and Advised Stock Quantityof the spare part.
    • Instructions are for the operator about the spare part use.
  10. In the Spare Parts Details screen, to add the spare part to a group perform the following steps:
    1. Go to INFORMATION section.
    2. Choose Add and select if you want to add a spare part to a new group or to an existing group. Similarly, you can remove a spare part from a group by using Remove.
    3. Choose Save.
  11. In the Spare Parts Details screen, to view or assign spare part successor information about, perform the following steps:
    1. Go to the Start of the navigation pathINFORMATION Next navigation step Life Cycle Information Next navigation step Successor Spare PartEnd of the navigation path section and choose Assign.
    2. Select one or more spare parts in the Assign Successor dialog box.
    3. Choose Assign.
    4. You can edit the spare part successor information by choosing Edit on the selected spare part in the Successor Spare Partsection.
    5. Enter the date until when the spare part can be ordered in the <Valid From> of the Edit Successor Information dialog box.
    6. Choose Save.
  12. In the DOCUMENTS section, you can view the list of documents assigned to the spare part. You can also add, remove, or download a document from the list.
    When uploading a new document, you can:

    • Upload a document without a duplicate check using the Upload button.

    • Run a duplicate check and if no duplicates, only then upload a document using the Check and Upload button.

  13. In the ASSIGNMENTS section, you can view all the business objects to which the spare part is assigned.
  14. In the FAILURE MODES section, you see details of failure modes assigned to the spare part. You can also assign a failure mode to the spare part using Assign.

    If you have write access to the spare part even though you do not have write access to the failure mode, you can edit the failure mode instance page of the spare part.

    When you copy a failure mode and Save & Publish it:

    • A new failure mode is created with the same causes and instructions from the source failure mode

    • The newly created failure mode is directly assigned to the object

    • The new failure mode is in published state

    • You navigate to the new failure mode instance page that includes all the copied failure mode instances: effects, causes, instructions, and detection method

    • The new failure mode appears in the failure mode section list

Results

You have created a spare part.

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