SAP EAM Overview and Structure

SAP Enterprise Asset Management (EAM)

• Focuses on managing, maintaining, inspecting, and repairing plant business assets throughout their life cycle
• Assets refer to the equipment, machinery, and facilities that an organization has
• Benefits include:
  • Increased asset reliability: Proactive maintenance lessens unexpected breakdowns
  • Improved efficiency: Reduced downtime, faster response time, and optimized resource utilization
  • Cost-saving: Controlling maintenance expenses, minimizing unnecessary parts inventory, and extending asset lifespan
  • Compliance and safety: Meeting regulatory compliance requirements and ensuring safety standards are upheld

EAM Organizational Structure

• Client: An independent environment within the system
• Company code: The smallest organizational unit where a legal set of books can be maintained
• Plant: The operating area of a branch within the company (e.g., manufacturing, distribution, purchasing, or maintenance facility)
• Storage location: An organizational unit differentiating various material stocks in a plant and required to store spare parts
• Maintenance plant: The plant where the company’s technical objects are installed, including locations, plant sections, and work centers.
• Maintenance planning plant: The plant where maintenance tasks are planned and prepared

EAM Master Data

• Functional location: Hierarchically organized structure representing the location (technical system, building, or part of it) where maintenance is performed
  • Includes information about the functional location
  • Can have different types of equipment
  • Benefits:
    • Structural depiction of the technical plant
    • Planning and performing maintenance tasks
    • Verification of maintenance tasks
    • Data gathering for extended times
    • Cost monitoring
    • Behavioural analysis of individual areas under different conditions
• Equipment: Physical object for which maintenance tasks are planned and performed (e.g., pumps, personal computers, circulation fans, and engines)
  • Can be placed in functional locations
  • Benefits:
    • Administration of individual objects and data
    • Verification of maintenance tasks
    • Object-oriented cost monitoring
    • Data gathering and analysis for extended periods
• Bill of Material (BOM): Complete structured list of all components allocated to functional locations or equipment
  • Types in EAM: Material BOMs, Equipment BOMs, and Function location BOMs
  • Benefits:
    • Structuring of objects
    • Service parts planning in maintenance orders and maintenance task list
    • Used in plant maintenance for similar objects

EAM Processes

• Notification: Gathers malfunctions and other maintenance requirements
  • Highlights breakdowns that need quick action
  • Used to record works already carried out
  • Must include:
    • Technical object
    • Location data
    • Breakdown
    • Reported by
    • Damage location
    • Description
• Planning: Triggered by a notification, includes:
  • Order creation
  • Order planning: Steps to be performed, required parts, and specialized tooling
  • Planned costs are calculated based on internal activity rates and external service costs
• Maintenance Order Control Functions: Vary depending on the order type
  • Functions include:
    • Mass change or mass editing
    • Availability check for spare parts
    • Capacity requirements planning
    • Printing work instruction papers
• Implementation and Completion:
  • Planned and unplanned materials withdrawals (goods issues) are possible
  • Completion steps:
    • Time Confirmation
    • Technical Completion Confirmation
    • Technical Completion
  • Customer billing is performed after successful technical completion

This quiz explores the fundamentals of SAP Enterprise Asset Management (EAM), focusing on the management and maintenance of plant business assets throughout their life cycle. Learn about the organizational structure of EAM and the benefits it offers, including increased asset reliability and cost savings.