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Thursday, June 8, 2023

Q&A in Class (2023-06-09) S4LG1

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User status in Plant Maintenance - Maintenance Order 
There are 2 User status types possible in PM-MO, one is at the Order Header and another at the Operation Detail. The status profile of each is assigned to the Order Type. 
The following reference:


Mass create and Mass changes for Material Master
In S/4 HANA, the following are standard features available 

1) The Classic LSMW (Legacy System Migration Workbench)

2) Using LTMC (Legacy Transfer Migration Cockpit) 

3) There is also a t-code MMCC that allows Mass copy of a Material template to many materials

4) Using MM17 to mass change fields contents in the Material Master 


Setting up Split Valuation for Plant Maintenance to manage Spare Parts stocks 
1) Split Valuation (using Valuation type / batch field) to manage the material as several partial stock and each partial stock is valuated separately.


Tool management and tracking in SAP
1) SAP provided "Pool Asset Management" for PM and CS module via the business function LOG_EAM_PAM since EHP4 and still available in S/4HANA 2022. It is SAP GUI based at the moment. Pool Asset Management (PAM) to schedule and manage shared physical assets such as vehicles, cranes, special tools among different maintenance crew. PAM can be used to control and monitor the use of pool assets from the reservation, through issue, to return and settlement using a graphical planning board. See below:
Other resources:


Assembly processing
Refer to the following documentation from SAP about
Internal Customs Warehouse Processes
This is a usually a Warehouse process where the Warehouse personnel will assemble purchase parts into an Assembly item; this is to prepare the Assembly items before future withdrawal for actual usage in Production or Maintenance Processes. A Material BOM is necessary where the Assembly is the Header Material BOM and the purchase parts are the Components. A Production Order for the Header Material (Assembly) is created where the BOM components are exploded into the Production Order. The Parts are then Goods Issue to the Production Order and the Assembly Material is later received into Stock. 
The Blog posts will show an example of Assembly Processing of Spare Parts into an Assembly:
PM-MM-PP integration for Spare Parts Assembly


Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
    Power App alternative SAP
You can find comprehensive information about "SAP Intelligent Robotic Process Automation" here in the SAP link.
RPA is a business process automation technology that uses virtual software robots, also known as digital robots or bots, to perform manual, time-consuming work or tasks.
Robotic process automation technology handles a variety of activities, including: 
  • Manual and repetitive tasks: Interactions with data from multiple sources, such as Microsoft Excel, vendor portals, and other sources.
  • High-volume tasks: Process steps that must be completed time after time, for example data migrations and approval workflows.
  • Multiple system tasks: Access to different applications, like Web apps, RP solutions, third-party software, and others.
You can read about RPA here:
https://blog.sap-press.com/what-is-sap-intelligent-rpa (SAP Press)


Safety Questionnaire as Vendor Evaluation Criteria
Refer to the following:
Managing Questions and Sections in the Question Library


Retention Amount
Retention process is Holding back some percent of amount from the amount due to the vendors. 
You can find the SAP explanation about Retention feature in help.sap.com
Refer to the following Blog Post:

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