SAP Learnings

  1. Plan-to-Maintain (PM) Create notifications and maintenance orders for assets. Schedule work, assign labor, and plan materials. 2. Source-to-Pay (MM) Generate reservations and purchase requisitions for spare parts and services. Manage goods issues and receipts. 3. Record-to-Report (FI/CO) Post costs from labor, materials, and services. Settle to cost centers, WBS, or assets for financial reporting. 4. Hire-to-Retire (SuccessFactors) Provide workforce data and certifications for scheduling. Feed labor confirmations into cost accounting. 5. Plan-to-Produce (SCM) Align production schedules with maintenance windows. Update inventory and supply chain based on equipment status. 🗂️Master Data & Transaction Data (plants, equipment, materials, and vendors) flows across all modules, ensuring integration and accurate reporting.

In PM, everyone talks about cost… but very few consultants truly understand how cost moves inside a maintenance order. If you want to be taken seriously in S/4HANA projects, you need to know the three cost layers and how they behave. Here’s the clean crisp clear version 👇 ⸻ 1️⃣ Estimated Cost This is the planner’s guess. Typed manually in the order header. Used for: • approvals • budgeting discussions • rough idea before starting work No SAP calculation. Just experience. ⸻ 2️⃣ Planned Cost This is SAP’s calculated cost based on what you add to the order: • Components (material price) • Operations (activity type × hours) • Service lines (info record / SRV price) Planned cost updates automatically when the order structure changes. This is the first “realistic” number. ⸻ 3️⃣ Actual Cost This is what actually happened in the plant: • Material issue (GI) → cost hits the order • Labor confirmation → hours × activity rate • Vendor invoice (MIRO) → external service • Overheads → cos...