ETM Equipment

Definition

ETM equipment encompasses objects such as vehicles, equipment, machinery, scaffolding, shuttering and tools that have to be sent and managed. These objects can belong to all branches of industry.

Example Example

Engineering, construction, aircraft and road traffic objects and so on.

End of the example.

Use

Equipment can be classified as Performance-Based Equipment or Time-Based Equipment .

Recommendation Recommendation

Generally speaking, pieces of equipment that are expensive and managed in asset accounting are defined and managed as equipment items. Bulk products and less expensive equipment are defined and managed as multipart equipment. Once defined, you should not try to alter the above-mentioned definitions for equipment since any changes that you make may have a negative effect on ETM Settlement (multipart equipment → equipment item).

End of the recommendation.

Create an equipment master record if:

  • you want to add equipment to stock for the first time.

  • you want to manage ETM-specific data for the equipment.

You can perform the following activities for equipment:

  • send it directly from a warehouse/storage location to a usage site (construction site). This is referred to as an acquisition .

  • send it from usage site to usage site.

  • change the activity type of the equipment (equipment remains on the same usage site).

  • withdraw the equipment from usage ( retirement ). You may want to do this, for example, if the equipment is sold, if the rental agreement has expired or if the equipment is scrapped.

The commissioning time of equipment at one usage site is documented using Shipping and Performance-Based Equipment Documents .

Structure

The equipment master record contains several types of data:

  • General data

    Fixed, time-independent data that tends not to change with time, for example, equipment category or equipment type.

  • ETM-Specific Data

    Time-dependent data that can change throughout the period of time that the equipment is in use, for example, owner or administrator, the PM order (that acts as cost collector or account assignment object for the equipment).

    If you want the historical data to be updated, you have to make the appropriate Customizing settings in the SAP Implementation Guide under Start of the navigation path Plant Maintenance and Customer Service Next navigation step Master Data in Plant Maintenance and Customer Service Next navigation step Technical Objects Next navigation step Equipment Next navigation step Equipment Usage Period Next navigation step Usage History Update End of the navigation path and Define History-Related Fields or under Start of the navigation path Plant Maintenance Next navigation step Equipment and Technical Objects Next navigation step Technical Objects Next navigation step Equipment Next navigation step Equipment Usage Period Next navigation step Usage history update and Define history-relevant fields End of the navigation path .

  • Assignment of ETM BOMs .

  • Assignment of Insurance Data .

  • Assignment of Packages .

  • Assignment to Planning using classification.

  • Storage of master operators (partner roles).

Integration

If you want to be able to create equipment, the Owner/Administrator and the Owner/Administrator Relationship must have been defined in Customizing. If the owner and the administrator are the same, you do not need to define a relationship.

You can use workflows to minimize the amount of time and effort you have to spend on maintaining equipment master data. For more information, see the documentation in Customizing for ETM under Start of the navigation path Master Data Next navigation step Workflow Integration FI-AA ETM End of the navigation path .

For further information on equipment in the standard R/3 System, see Equipment .