Plant Maintenance
Purpose
This component contains the functions for Plant Maintenance.
Plant Maintenance comprises the following activities:
Inspection
All measures which establish the actual condition of a technical system
Preventive maintenance
All measures which maintain the ideal condition of a technical system
Repair
All measures which restore the ideal condition of a technical system
Other measures taken using the maintenance organization
Integration
Through integration with other modules (for example, Materials Management, Production, Sales and Distribution, Personnel Management, and Controlling) the data is always kept current and processes that are necessary for Plant Maintenance and Customer Service are automatically triggered in other areas (for example, a purchase requisition for non-stock material in the Materials Management/Purchasing area).