SAP PLM Introduction
Description:
PLM in SAP stands for Product Lifecycle Management. It is one of the parts for SAP Business One software and based on NetWeaver architecture. Hence it is also known as SAP NetWeaver PLM. It contains collections of solutions for handling the complete product related processes. It handles from the initial idea about product to the distribution of that product. It handles the entire Lifecycle of a product.
SAP PLM mainly deals with the following activities
Strategy and planning
Managing innovative ideas
Create and Choose new successful products
Strategic portfolio management (monitor, analyze, evaluate, and optimize your overall portfolio, including concepts, projects, and products.)
Handling the lifecycle of product development
Collect and store product-related data for the entire life cycle.
Product Compliance
The main advantages of using SAP PLM for an Organization are as follows
Reduced costs
Better business results
Higher product quality
Faster product development
Improved manufacturing operations
Higher productivity
Better business decisions
Lower cost of ownership
PLM can be integrated with other solutions like ERP, SCM, SRM, CRM etc.
What you Learn
Course Goals:
Business Process
How PLM Module work in R/3
Implementation Training
Integration with other Modules
Real-time Training with End to End Implementation Process.
SAP PLM Contents
1. Overview of my SAP PLM with the key functional areas:
Program and project management
Life-Cycle Data Management
Life-Cycle Collaboration
Enterprise asset management
Quality management
Environment, Health & Safety
2. Document Management Functions:
Using the document info record
Object links to other SAP R/3 objects
Managing original files
Storage of Original files in secure areas
CAD-integration
Document distribution
Customizing
Internet Scenarios
3. Configuring, maintaining and using the system to classify objects:
Characteristics maintenance
Class maintenance
Object classification
Options for using the classification system to find objects
Class hierarchies and characteristic inheritance
Object dependencies in classification
Customizing, including maintaining class types and classifiable object types
Applications of classification
4. Complex Plant Maintenance projects (such as shutdowns or revisions) in Enterprise Asset Management:
Course Content Planning & budgeting Scheduling & capacity planning
Execution Response to changes Completion and analysis Notes
5. Plant Maintenance in Enterprise Asset Management and SAP solution portfolio:
Organization of Plant Maintenance
Technical objects
Breakdown maintenance
Corrective maintenance
Spare parts
Preventive maintenance (maintenance plan)
Project-oriented maintenance (short overview)
Work clearance management (short overview)
Mobile solutions (short overview)
Reporting and analysis
6. Structuring and Managing Technical Objects:
Structuring of Functional Locations
Using, Classifying and Customizing Equipment
Usage of Maintenance Bills of Materials
Customizing for Bills of Material
Working with and customizing Serial Numbers
Measuring Points and Counters
Object Services
Partners and Addresses
Status Management
Warranties
7. Schedule Work and Maintenance Planning
Task List Management & Customizing
Single Cycle Maintenance Planning
Maintenance Planning with Strategy: Time-Based Maintenance Strategy
Strategy Plan Scheduling (Time-Based)
Maintenance Planning with Strategy: Performance-Based
Maintenance Plan Scheduling (Performance-Based)
Maintenance Planning with Cycles of Different Dimensions
Maintenance-Plan-Based Sales of Services
Condition-Based Maintenance
Maintenance-Plan-Based Test Equipment Management
8. Customizing settings for Maintenance Processing.
User Interface: SAP GUI, Enterprise Portal, Mobile Solutions
Notification Category and Type
Configuration of the Notification Interface
Priorities, Field Selection and Object Information
Catalogs and Catalog Profiles
Setting up an Order Type, Work Center, Capacity Planning
Scheduling, Permits, Workflows, Printing
Material Availability Check
Completion Confirmation
CATS
9. Integration between Maintenance Order Processes and Financial and Management Accounting
Cost flow in the maintenance process (estimated costs, planned costs, actual costs)
Period end closing process for maintenance orders including settlement
Budgeting and cost planning (individual budgets, maintenance projects, investments, maintenance budgets)
Plant Maintenance Information System (info structure, update)
Key figures and queries in Business Information Warehouse (BW) relevant to Plant Maintenance
10. Work Clearance Management:
Overview of Work Clearance Management
Asset Structuring
Work Clearance Management Architecture
Approval and Permit Process
Lockout / Tagout Process
Integration of WCM with Maintenance Processing
Further functions
Customizing