- [Instructor] The SAP Plant Maintenance
or PM module functions to keep a plant working
at the most efficient and effective level possible.
Plant Maintenance has three major areas,
inspection, preventive maintenance, and repair.
First, we'll look at inspection.
Inspection measures the actual current condition
of a production area.
Next, preventive maintenance is used to maintain
the ideal condition of a production area.
Similar to how an oil change in your car
keeps everything in good working order,
preventive maintenance in SAP ensures the work areas
are kept in the best condition possible.
Finally, we have repair.
Repair functions are used to restore the ideal condition
of a production area.
Functionality here allows immediate response to an event
that causes a production shutdown.
Let's look at plant maintenance orders in SAP.
Over in our test system,
we're looking at a list of plant maintenance orders.
Each of these orders has a description
of what needs attention.
In our first line, we see a need to repair a leaking valve.
The column equipment signals the asset that needs attention.
Our last two columns show the plan total cost
and the actual total cost of maintenance.
In our first line,
Our asset that needs attention is a cooling tower fan.
The plan total cost is $262.08,
but work has not begun on this order,
so the actual total cost is still zero.
The plant maintenance module in SAP
helps keep businesses functioning
at the most optimum levels possible.