Pool Asset Management (PAM) 
Technical name of business function |
LOG_EAM_PAM |
Type of business function |
Enterprise Business Function |
Available as of |
SAP enhancement package 3 for SAP ERP 6.0 |
Technical usage |
Central applications |
Application component |
Pool Asset Management (PM-WOC-MN-PAM) |
Directly dependent business function you also need to activate |
Not relevant |
You can use this business function to manage your physical assets, which you have collected into a pool. These pool assets may be, for example, pool vehicles, pool laptops, or pool beamers. You can control and oversee the use of your pool assets from the requirement coverage request via the output to the return and the termination of the activity, by using a capacity planning table.
Integration
Pool Asset Management is integrated in Plant Maintenance (PM) and Customer Service (CS) functions. This integration of Pool Asset Management in existing plant maintenance and customer service functions minimizes the training effort.
Prerequisites
You have installed the following components for the version mentioned and higher:
Component Type |
Component |
Only Required for the Following Functions |
Software component |
SAP_APPL 603 EA-APPL 603 |
You have activated this business function and defined the Customizing settings. In Customizing, choose the following path: 
Plant Maintenance and Customer Service 
Maintenance and Service Processing Pool Asset Management 
.
Features
To display requests and plan pool assets, you can use a capacity planning table (transaction code PAM03). You can use this capacity planning table to do the following:
Schedule a pool asset request
Reserve a pool asset
Send a confirmation e-mail to the requester of a pool asset
Issue and return a pool asset
Complete the service
Oversee repairs to a pool asset
For more information, see SAP Library under Pool Asset Management. Choose the following path: SAP ERP Central Component Logistics Customer Service Service Processing .