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Technical Data

Technical Name of Business Function

ERP_ECC_MSP_EA

Type of Business Function

Enterprise Business Function

Available As Of

SAP enhancement package 5 for SAP ERP 6.0

Technical Usage

Discrete Ind. & Mill Products

Application Component

Aerospace & Defense Industry Solution (IS-AD)

Directly Dependent Business Function Requiring Activation in Addition

SCM Enhanced Maintenance & Service Planning for MRO (SCM_APO_MSP_EPS) in SAP SCM 701

You can use this business function to optimize your use of the Maintenance and Service Planning (MSP) solution and to also benefit from general improvements in usability. This set of enhancements enables you to optimize utilization of maintenance facilities and other resources. It not only fixes specific problems faced by customers but also adapts MSP functions for use across diverse industries. The new developments increase the stability of the MSP solution and ensure improved integration between SAP SCM and SAP ERP systems.

MSP can either be run independently within SAP SCM or integrated with Maintenance Event Builder (MEB) and Plant Maintenance in SAP ERP. The enhancements have also improved MSP’s long-term planning capabilities and allow more accurate modeling of potential business scenarios.

Furthermore, with this business function the MSP function is available for all industry areas.

Prerequisites

You have installed the following components as of the version mentioned:

Type of Component

Component

Is Needed Only for the Following Features

Software Component

SAP_APPL 605

EA-APPL 605

ECC-DIMP 605

Technical Component

SCM 701

  • Transfer of independent slots as revisions

  • Transfer of one-time demands as notifications

You have defined the revision type to be created for the transfer of independent slots. In the Customizing for SAP ERP, choose   Plant Maintenance and Customer Service   Maintenance and Service Processing   Maintenance and Service Planning (MSP)   Maintain Revision Type   .

You have defined the notification type to be created for the transfer of one-time demands. In the Customizing for SAP ERP, choose   Plant Maintenance and Customer Service   Maintenance and Service Processing   Maintenance and Service Planning (MSP)   Maintain Notification Type   .

Note Note

If you activate the ERP Maintenance & Service Planning (ERP_ECC_MSP_EA) business function and import support packages for the software components SAP_APPL or EA-APPL, you must also import the support packages for ECC-DIMP.

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Integration

Integration between MSP and SAP ERP

  • The SAP APO system now transfers independent slots within the planning horizon to SAP ERP as revisions. Independent slots within the planning horizon are now flagged to indicate such a transfer. A configuration table in SAP ERP Customizing defines what revision type to create.

    One-time demands within the planning horizon are transferred to SAP ERP as notifications. If that notification already exists in SAP ERP, you can link it to the one-time demand in MSP.

  • Through the configuration table, MSP can now create revisions with different revision types. A Customizing setting is provided for this purpose. Previously, only one revision type was available.

  • MSP CIF interface settings have been removed from the DIMP switch.

For more information about MSP enhancements, see SAP Library for SAP Supply Chain Management at http://help.sap.com.