G. Hartmann / U. Schmidt

Product Lifecycle Management with SAP

The Complete Guide to mySAP PLM - Strategy, Technology, and Best Practices

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This outstanding new reference gives you a detailed analysis of Product Lifecycle Management with SAP. You get in-depth knowledge of the functionality and the application processes of mySAP Product Lifecycle Management with expert guidance on product data management, engineering, program and project management, lifecycle collaboration, enterprise asset management, and much more. Plus, you'll take your newly found expertise to the next level as you learn to leverage key insights on integrating of these processes with logistics. Practical application examples illustrate the benefits that can quickly be realized by adopting mySAP PLM.

The book focuses on mySAP Product Lifecycle Management based on R/3 Enterprise, but users of mySAP ERP will also benefit greatly.

Highlights include:

- Lifecycle Data Management

- Program and Project Management

- Lifecycle Collaboration: Collaborative Engineering and Project Management, cFolders and cProjects, xApps for PLM Quality Management

- Enterprise Asset Management

- Environment, Health & Safety

- Interfaces

- User and Authorization Management

- Methods and Examples of Implementation

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Galileo Press
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781592290369
• ISBN-10: 1592290361
• Artikelnr.: 20749638

Autorenporträt

Gerd Hartmann joined SAP AG in 1999, beginning in PLM consulting and managing numerous PLM implementation projects in the rail vehicle, automotive, and power plant construction sectors, among others. He was promoted to Consulting Manager in 2001 and assumed responsibility for implementing SAP-based marketplace solutions, including platforms for automotive suppliers and the consumer product industry. He began at his present position, Product Sales Executive for mySAP PLM at SAP Germany, in 2003.

Ulrich Schmidt formerly worked for many years as a consultant at SAP AG, assuming project management for numerous SAP R/3 implementation, before he became head of PLM consulting and responsible for European PLM sales. He was responsible for Professional Service at SAP Markets in Europe from 2000-2002. He has served in his present position as managing director of bdf consultants, with overall responsibility for PLM-related issues, since 2003.

Inhaltsangabe

- Preface 13
- Introduction 15

1. Product Lifecycle Management with SAP 19
1.1 Integrated Processes with mySAP PLM 19
1.2 General Overview of mySAP PLM 26
1.3 mySAP PLM as Part of the mySAP Business Suite 35

2. Sample Processes in Integrated Product Development 37
2.1 Sample Scenario in Mechanical/Plant Engineering and Construction 37
2.2 Sample Scenario for Product Development in the Automotive Industry 62

3. The SAP Product Portfolio 69
3.1 SAP NetWeaver 71
3.2 mySAP Business Suite 102
3.3 SAP xApps 118
3.4 SAP Solutions for the SMBs 119
3.5 SAP Industry Portfolios 121

4. Life-Cycle Data Management 123
4.1 Document Management System 123
4.2 Product Engineering 175
4.3 Process Engineering 226
4.4 Integrated Product and Process Engineering 251
4.5 Engineering Change Management in the Life Cycle 277
4.6 Application Integration 301

5. Program and Project Management 339
5.1 Project Management 341
5.2 Product Life-Cycle Costing (PLCC) 384

6. Application Integration—Interdepartmental Collaboration 391
6.1 Object Status Management 391
6.2 Lifecycle Data Management in Shop Floor Control 398
6.3 Quality Management in Procurement 400
6.4 Document Management in the Sales and Distribution Document Flow 401
6.5 Lifecycle Data Management in Product Cost Planning 403
6.6 Product Data Replication 405
6.7 Master Data Management 409

7. Collaboration—Interenterprise Cooperation 411
7.1 Lifecycle Collaboration 411
7.2 Collaborative Engineering and Project Management 413
7.3 cProject Suite 421
7.4 xApps for PLM 433

8. Quality Management 437
8.1 Audit Management 439
8.2 Quality Planning 440
8.3 Quality Inspection 444
8.4 Continuous Improvement 446
8.5 Integration with Logistics 449

9. Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) 453
9.1 Asset Structuring Objects 453
9.2 Serial Numbers 461
9.3 Main Maintenance Processing Scenarios 465
9.4 Other Maintenance Scenarios 473
9.5 Mobile Asset Management (MAM) 484

10. Environment, Health and Safety (EH&S) 489
10.1 Substance Database 491
10.2 Phrase Management 494
10.3 EH&S Reports 495

11. Information Systems 497
11.1 Engineering Change Management 497
11.2 Logistics Information System 499
11.3 PLM Content in SAP BW 500

12. Business Workflow (WebFlow) 505
12.1 Workflow Definition 506
12.2 Workflow Execution 510
12.3 Business Workplace 512
12.4 Workflow Template 513

13. Interfaces 515
13.1 Programming Interfaces 515
13.2 Data Exchange Interfaces 519
13.3 Data Conversion Interfaces 525
13.4 Standard Interfaces 529

14. Enhancement Framework 537
14.1 Enhancements to Program Logic 537
14.2 Table Changes 539
14.3 Modification Assistant 540
14.4 ABAP Workbench 540
14.5 UI Personalization 541
14.6 Enhancements to System Documentation 542

15. User and Authorization Management 545
15.1 User Management 545
15.2 Authorization Management 547
15.3 Central User Administration 557
15.4 Directory Services 559

16. Implementation Methodologies 563
16.1 Implementation Strategies for CAx Integration 566
16.2 Strategies for Data Distribution 568
16.3 Engineering Processes 573
16.4 Implementation Strategies 575
16.5 ASAP for PLM 580

17. Implementation Examples 583
17.1 Variant Manufacturing in Mechanical Engineering 583
17.2 Engineering in Plant Construction 586
17.3 Product Engineering in the Automotive Industry 588

- Glossary 597
- About the Authors 611
- Index 613