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March15,2016

MariaTerence
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PLMEnterpriseAssetManagement(EAM)/PlantMaintenance(PM)
Solution | eam | maintenanceorder | materialavailabilitycheck | materialavailability
checkmaintenanceorder | materialavailabilitychecksappm | sapeam | sapplant
maintenance

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MaterialAvailabilityCheckinMaintenanceOrder
Thepurposeofthisdocumentistoprovidedetailinformationonsettingup
thematerialavailabilitycheckinSAPPlantMaintenanceforstock
Materials.
MaterialAvailabilitycheckinthemaintenanceorderisoneoftheuseful
functionalityprovidedbySAP.Whenweplanmaterialsinthe
maintenanceorder,youcaneitherchecktheavailabilitybeforetheorder
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isreleasedorthesystemcandoitautomaticallywhentheorderis
released.MaterialPlanningisoneoftheimportantKPIsforplanning
team.
Prerequisites
1.PlantMaintenanceConfiguration
2.MaterialMasterdataMaintenance

PlantMaintenanceConfiguration

1.DefineCheckingRules
PlantMaintenanceandCustomerServiceMaintenanceandService
ProcessingMaintenanceandServiceOrdersFunctionsandSettings
forOrderTypesAvailabilityCheckforMaterial,PRTs,andCapacities
DefineCheckingRules

2.DefineScopeofCheck
PlantMaintenanceandCustomerServiceMaintenanceandService
ProcessingMaintenanceandServiceOrdersFunctionsandSettings
forOrderTypesAvailabilityCheckforMaterial,PRTs,andCapacities
DefineScopeofCheck
ForIndividualRequirements

Separaterequirementswillbegeneratedforeachorder.

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ThisdocumentwilldealonlywithAvailabilityCheck02(Individual
Requirement)
3.DefineInspectionControl
PlantMaintenanceandCustomerServiceMaintenanceandService
ProcessingMaintenanceandServiceOrdersFunctionsandSettings
forOrderTypesAvailabilityCheckforMaterial,PRTs,andCapacities
DefineInspectionControl
ThisconfigurationneedstobedonewithacombinationofPlant/Order
type/AvailabilityCheck
Checkavailabilityduringordercreation

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*Checkmaterialavailabilitywhensavingorder
*AssigntheCheckingrulecreatedinStep2
*Collect.Conversionisusedtodeterminetheactionyouwant
todoincaseofMaterialnotavailable.Thiswillnotberelevant
whenthenOrderisincreationphase
Checkavailabilityduringorderrelease

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IfStatusCheckisused,anavailabilitycheckdoesnothavetorunevertime
anorderisreleased.Thisreducesthesystemload.(SAPhelp)

4.DefineChangeDocuments,CollectivePurchaseRequisition,MRP
relevance

ThisconfigurationplaysavitalroleoncheckingtheMaterialAvailabilityin
SAPPM.

YouneedtomakesureRes/PurReqissetImmediately,elseduringWork
OrderCreation,Materialavailabilitycheckwillnotwork.

MaterialMasterdataMaintenance
AvailabilitycheckneedstobemaintainfortheMaterialinMRP3view.

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AvailabilityCheck02ismaintainedfortheMaterial.

Case1:CheckavailabilityduringOrdercreation

Scenario1:BeforeSavingtheWorkOrder

Aworkordercreationinprogress,afterenteringtheMaterialavailabilityicon
highlightedbelowwillgivethepopupNonAvailabilityofMaterialSeelog

SystemStatusMSPTMaterialShortagewillbeupdated.

ClicktheLogicontoseethemessages

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ClicktheDisplayloginTotaltoviewallmessages

Pleasemakeanote,thiswillnotstopyouonsavingtheWorkOrderinCRTD
status.

Scenario2:AftertheWorkOrderissaved

MaterialAvailabilitywasnotcheckedmanually

DuringcreationSystemStatusissetasMANC(MaterialAvailabilitynot
checked)

AftersavingtheWorkOrder

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SystemStatusMSPT(MaterialShortage)issetautomaticallyonsave.

WorkOrdercanbereviewedusingSystemStatusitself
Case2:CheckavailabilityduringOrderrelease

Scenario1:DefineInspectionControlUserdecidesonreleaseifparts
aremissing

WhentheOrderiscreated,materialplanningisdoneandsaved.Upon
clickingthereleaseflag,systemgivesbelowmessage

Basedontheconfiguration,userhaveauthoritytobypassandreleasethe
order.
ClickonMissingPartsListicon

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Scenario2:DefineInspectionControlNoreleaseifpartsismissing

Whenthereleaseflagisclicked,systempopupbelowerrormessage

Inthisconfigurationsetting,youcannotreleasetheworkorder,tocheckthe
logclickGotoLogsRelease

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ClickonDisplaylogiconinTotaltoviewallmessages

Thisdocumentispreparedbasedonthedefaultconfiguration,exploremore
ontheconfigfordifferentkindsofscenarios.

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15Comments
SantoshPandurangYadav
April12,2016at6:46am

GooddocumentMaria.

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MariaTerence Postauthor
April12,2016at6:57am

ThankyouSantosh

AmolKhairnar
April12,2016at7:56am

NiceMaria..

MariaTerence Postauthor
April12,2016at8:03am

ThanksAmol

AmolKhairnar
April14,2016at9:56am

HiMaria,
JustforclarificationregardingIWPKreport,asfarasi
knowinstandardSAPitdoesnotupdateinfounless
materialavailabilitycheckisdoneonaWO.isthereany
wayouttoautoupdateoncematerialisavailable?

MariaTerence Postauthor
April15,2016at6:56am

HiAmol,
YouaretalkingaboutIWBKreport.Iamyet
toexplorethisconcept,willupdateifiget
anyalternateinformation.
Ifthistransactionisupdatedafterthework
ordersaved,idoubtitwillbedifficultto
update.
Regards
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MahaveerSharma
April14,2016at9:44am

GoodJob!reallyhelpful!

MariaTerence Postauthor
April15,2016at6:33am

ThanksMahaveer

RaviMGowda
April19,2016at4:47am

nicedocument

MariaTerence Postauthor
April19,2016at5:13am

ThanksRavi

Rameshkumar
April22,2016at8:25am

Veryhelpful!!clearedmyalldoubt.
ThankyouverymuchMaria.

MariaTerence Postauthor
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April22,2016at8:34am

ThankyouRamesh

SallyXu
May11,2016at5:11am

HiMaria,
Itisreallyausefuldoc.
MayIasktheavailabilitycheckcanbedonewithinorderorIWBKifthePur/reqis
setas2(fromrelease)?
Weneedtosetit2becauseonlyauthorizedpersoncanreleasetheorderand
approvethespending.
Thankyou,
Sally

MichaelPotthoff
September7,2016at7:03am

HiMaria,
averygooddocument.
ButhowdoyourunavailabilitycheckforallyouropenPMorders,e.g.aftera
stocktake?
Thankyou
Michael

RodrigoA
September23,2016at2:38am

HiMaria
Excelentdocument

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