Perform your plant maintenance tasks in SAP S/4HANA! This user guide contains detailed, click-by-click instructions for your core functions, from planned and preventive maintenance to repairs, refurbishment, and beyond. Integrate with SAP and third-party systems for a seamless workflow, and get up to speed with the latest technologies and AI capabilities to optimize asset management for your organization. This is the all-in-one resource for your PM workday!

• Run preventive maintenance, repairs, refurbishment, and more in SAP S/4HANA
• Manage routine plant operations with step-by-step instructions
• Apply experts‘ real-world tips to improve usability

In this book, you’ll learn about:

1. Core Processes

   Run your plant maintenance business processes, step by step. Set up notifications, create maintenance plans, refurbish goods, manage pool assets, and more.

2. Tips and Best Practices

   Follow the guidance of plant maintenance experts! Discover how to simplify your daily work, set up a user-friendly system, and apply what you learn to your system’s unique requirements.

3. What’s New in PM

   Ready to modernize your plant maintenance processes? Explore the latest SAP Fiori apps, work with new features like phase-based order cycles, and see how AI capabilities enhance your way of working.

Highlights include:

• Asset management
• Organizational structures
• Work orders
• Notifications
• Preventive maintenance
• Repairs
• Integration
• Plant maintenance controlling
• Intelligent asset management
• Mobile apps
• Usability

About The Author

Prof. Dr. Karl Liebstückel was a professor of information management and business software at the Technical University Würzburg-Schweinfurt in Germany, and he has approximately 40 years of experience in the field of enterprise asset management. Over the course of his career, Karl Liebstückel has gained extensive practical experience in close to 100 plant maintenance projects. He was a member of the executive board of the German SAP User Group (DSAG) from 2003 to 2012 and chairman from 2007 to 2012. Furthermore, he presided over DSAG’s Plant Management and Service Management work group from 2001 to 2008. Previously, he worked at SAP AG for 13 years in the areas of development, consulting, and training for plant maintenance and service management (last two positions held prior to leaving SAP AG: platinum consultant and global product manager).

Prof. Dr. Liebstückel owns a consulting firm. He has written several books on the topic of logistics.

Markus Seidl is a principal solution architect at SAP with more than 25 years of experience in the field of enterprise asset management. He advises customers worldwide on the digitalization of maintenance processes and has been active for many years as a speaker and contact person in the DSAG maintenance management working group. He combines practical experience with enthusiasm for new technologies such as AI, networks, and mobile solutions.