How to Customize SAP Plant

Maintenance
DeeDee Kato Director of Marketing
Tony Holland Solutions Consulting
Manager

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Agenda

Plant Maintenance Challenges

Liquid UI Platform
Customer Use Case
Screen design and tools demo
WS function concepts
Steps for combining screens
Screen Combine example
WS Variables
Invoking functions
Interpreting function codes
Code snippets
Q&A
The Challenges faced with traditional SAP use

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 Challenges for Plant Maintenance
Technicians, Supervisors, and Schedulers

Inefficient: SAP screens and navigation cause

a reduction in productivity for maintenance
technicians who are not SAP power users
Error-prone: Users do not understand
transaction-based language, data quality
suffers
Negative production performance: Orders
not closed even when the work has been
completed creates a work order backlog
Labor-intensive: Time-consuming
processes impact the need to respond
quickly to plant maintenance issues
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 Challenges for company

Compliance to Regulatory boards

Increase production costs
Unplanned downtime
Equipment failures
Laborious scheduling and
monitoring of maintenance
resources
Uncontrolled inventory

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 And a multitude of SAP solutions

Internally developed or acquired solutions

Silod solutions for different interfaces
Browser-based alternatives with latency issues

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What if you could go from this .

25 Screens with less than 4 input fields per screen

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To this..
One Screen with all fields plus:

Intuitive Screen
Layout
One button click to
access various
lookups
Data to be entered to
screens that are not
showing
Pushbuttons and
radio buttons for
repetitive search
criteria.

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And deploy to this

One development effort, all touchpoints

SAP @ Your Fingertips
Statistics AEI

Single screen for (Purchase Requisitions)

ME51N, ME52N and ME53N.
Training time reduced by 80%.
ME51N is now 4 min. vs. 8 min. process.
Savings of 100K annually just on Create
transaction.
 The Active Launchpad

Notifications and Work Orders queue

Contextual Menu Bar

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 Before and After Notifications

Browse, update, create, print

No tab, no drop down or pop up,

simpler menu
Failure Data section displayed
only if needed for cleaner layout

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 Before and After Work Orders

Browse, update
Wildcard and BOM search for
components
Create emergency work order
Time confirmation

No tab, no drop down or pop up,

simpler
Failure Data section displayed
only if needed for cleaner layout

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Statistics

More time available for actual maintenance work

(Stats for skilled users. For average users gains
are even better)
Retrieve Notification or Work Order: -70%
Create Notification or Work Order: -40%
Less training required and better data quality
No need of formal sessions. Basic on the job
training is sufficient.
 Plant Maintenance Planning and
Scheduling Console

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 Statistics

With approximately
8,000 work orders in
various stages, an
average of 5 mins
per work order was
reduced to 30 secs,
increasing
productivity by 90%.

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 Liquid UI- IOS

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 Built on proven GuiXT technology
Extends your SAP across both desktop
and mobile devices
Consolidates business related
transactions, fields and tabs
Start from SAP, Record Once and
Deploy everywhere
No Java, ABAP programming; No 3rd
party application server required
Simple scripting to empower a
responsive IT Team

Unified, Non-disruptive Business Solution

Lean, Agile Development
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 Companies running PM powered by GuiXT

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Agenda

Plant Maintenance Challenges

Liquid UI Platform
PM - Customer Use Case
Screen design and tools demo
WS function concepts
Steps for combining screens
Screen Combine example
WS Variables
Invoking functions
Interpreting function codes
Code snippets
Q&A
Customer Scenario
(Maersk Drilling P3M)

GuiXT WS/Mobile/Offline
w/RFID Barcode Scanners
SAP Module: PM,QM,WM,MFG
About Maersk

The largest container ship operator and supply vessel operator in the world
since 1996.
A.P. Moller Maersk Group is based in Copenhagen, Denmark, with
subsidiaries and offices in more than 135 countries worldwide and around
108,000 employees.
It ranked 147 on the Fortune Global 500 list for 2010, down from 106 in
2009
Revenue US$60.4 billion (2010)
Operating income US $11.42 billion (2010)
Employees 108,110 (average, 2010)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maersk
Business Case Large Drilling Company

No existing handheld application

being used in the drilling rigs
offshore for maintenance of rigs.

No current support to access SAP during VSAT

downtime (offline mode)
Problem Statement

Previous project with another vendor did not get deployed

successfully and got lost in the pipeline. (Cost to develop $1.3
Million USD)

Synactive Offline solution was more for less (relatively a fraction of

the cost, but more functionality)

Support for offline VSAT

Synactives Approach

Develop an offline application to handle PM process in SAP

Successfully download records from SAP through VSAT connection

Perform rig maintenance on Mobile Devices in offline mode

Successfully synchronize data into SAP eliminating redundant data

entry
Synactive Solution

Mobile Application works with both Stylus and

Keypad.
User has help screens to guide through each
screen built into the application.
Added easy navigation through context-menus.
First implementation for synchronizing through
high latency VSAT
Process Flow of Customer PM Use Case
Screen Cam

Download Metrics Through VSAT (750ms Latency)

Notification Records VSAT (mm:ss) Land Line (mm:ss)

318 1:36 0:26

319 1:30 0:25

Before / After Screen Performance
Improvements

Screens % Time Spent Native SAP Guixt

Work Order Display 71% 35 Seconds 10 Seconds
Notification Display 69% 35 Seconds 11 Seconds
Create Notification 40% 250 Seconds 150 Seconds
Create Work Order 37% 330 Seconds 210 Seconds
Screen design and tools demo
 WS function concepts

WS function concepts
Steps for combining screens (Using Designer)
Screen Combine example
WS Variables
Invoking functions
Interpreting function codes
Screen Combine 5 Step Process

1. Record business process

2. Turn off the recording and save
the recorded function
3. Design the interface
4. Make changes to the recorded
function
5. Attach the function to a
Pushbutton or a UIEvent
 Screen Combine
Step 1: Record Business Process

Launch designer
and toggle to the
script mode.
Click on the record
option
Complete steps
involved in the
business process
Screen Combine Create Material MM01
Step 1: Record Business Process

Click Select
Views
 Screen Combine
Step 1: Record Business Process Select Views
Basic Data 1
Sales Org. Data 1
Sales: General/Plant Data
MRP 1, MRP 2, MRP 3

Enter: Plant, Stor. Location,

Sales Org, Division
Press Enter
Click Organizational levels
Screen Combine
Step 1: Record Business Process

Enter Material description

Enter Base unit of measure
Enter Material group
Click on Sales: sales Org.1
tab
Screen Combine
Step 1: Record Business Process

Enter Tax Classification

Click on
Sales: General/Plant Tab
Screen Combine
Step 1: Record Business Process

Enter Trans. Grp

Enter LoadingGrp
Click on MRP 1 Tab
Screen Combine

Step 1: Record Business Process

Enter MRP type
Click on MRP 2 tab

Check Bulk material

Enter SchedMargin
key
Click on MRP 3 tab
Screen Combine
Step 1: Record Business Process

Enter Availability
check
Click on Save to
create material

Click Yes to
create material
Screen Combine
Step 1: Record Business Process

Material
created
 Screen Combine
Step 2: Save the script recording as a function in the same script file or
a different script file

Turn off recording

 Screen Combine
Step 3: Design Screen Interface Using Designer

Delete unwanted fields

Default values in fields
Create radio buttons for
Plant to limit user
choices
Select Text control to
change Inputfield label
Specify label for the
Inputfield
 Screen Combine
Step 3: Design Screen Interface Using Designer

Double click on edit field

Specify size of the
Inputfield
Select Parameters to
specify name of the
variable. User input is
stored in this variable
 Screen Combine
Step 3: Design Screen Interface Using Designer

No field for
Availability check, default to 01
SchedMargin, default to 000
Create Checkbox for Bulk Material
Specify name of variable for the checkbox
Screen Combine
Step 3: Design Screen Interface - Result screen
 Screen Combine
Step 4: Modify Recorded Script

Replace recorded
values with variables
Screen Combine
Step 4: Modify Recorded Script

Add code to
select table rows
(Select Views).
These are not
recorded by the
script recorder
 Screen Combine
Step 5: Link the recorded function to Pushbutton

Create Pushbutton with icon

Check Process checkbox
Specify function name
 Screen Combine
Result Screen

Designer Screen SAPGUI Screen

Code snippets PM Launchpad
Code snippets -
SAPLSMTR_NAVIGATION.E0100.sjs
title('Launchpad: Powered by GuiXT');
clearscreen();

productName = "LiquidUI:";

MainDir = "d3=C:\\GALA";

PMUTIL2012Dir = "d3=C:\\GALA\\UTIL-2012\\PM";

MMVASDirN = "d3=C:\\GALA\\UTIL-2012\\MMC-Trial";
MMVASDir = "C:\\GALA\\UTIL-2012\\MMC-Trial";

PMCTrial = "d3=C:\\GALA\\UTIL-2012\\PMC-Trial";

load("globalFunctions.sjs");

box([0,0],[5,44],'Plant Maintenance - Packages');

pushbutton([1,2],"PMC - Trial","/nsession_manager/"+PMCTrial, {"size":[2,40]});
pushbutton([3,2],"Plant Maintenance","/nzguixt/"+PMUTIL2012Dir, {"size":[2,40]});

box([0,46],[5,90],'Material Managment - Packages');

pushbutton([1,48],"MMC - Trial","/nsession_manager/"+MMVASDirN, {"size":[2,40]});

set('V[Z_LOAD_FILES]','');
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Code snippets PM Launchpad
Code snippets -
SAPLSMTR_NAVIGATION.E0100.sjs

function isBlank(jvar){ //checks the value of a variable

if(typeof jvar == 'string') {
jvar = jvar.trim();
}
return(jvar == null || jvar == "" || jvar == void 0);
}

String.prototype.trim = function() { return this.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, "");} //Creates a string prototype function

title('Consoles: Powered by GuiXT WS Platform');

if(<'P[Create role]'>.isValid) del('P[Create role]');
if(<'P[Assign users]'>.isValid) del('P[Assign users]');
if(<'P[Documentation]'>.isValid) del('P[Documentation]');
if(<'P[Move Favorites down]'>.isValid) del('P[Move Favorites down]');
if(<'P[Move Favorites up]'>.isValid) del('P[Move Favorites up]');
if(<'P[Add to Favorites]'>.isValid) del('P[Add to Favorites]');
if(<'P[Delete Favorites]'>.isValid) del('P[Delete Favorites]');
if(<'P[Change Favorites]'>.isValid) del('P[Change Favorites]');
if(<'P[Other menu]'>.isValid) del('P[Other menu]');
if(<'P[User menu]'>.isValid) del('P[User menu]');
if(<'P[SAP menu]'>.isValid) del('P[SAP menu]');
if(<'P[SAP Business Workplace]'>.isValid) del('P[SAP Business Workplace]');

pos('X[IMAGE_CONTAINER]',[8,0]);
pushbutton([TOOLBAR], '@2M@Main',"/nsession_manager/"+MainDir);

box([0,0],[7,40],'PM Consoles');
pushbutton([1,1], '@5W@Planner', '/niw47',{"size":[2,39]});
pushbutton([3,1], '@KJ@Scheduler', '/nmb52', {"size":[2,39]});
pushbutton([5,1], '@CK@Supervisor', '/niw28', {"size":[2,39]});
Planner Console: iW47
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Upcoming Events

Webinars: Continue the Function Module Series:

Material Management, Oct
Sales and Distribution, Nov
Warehouse Management, Dec

Conferences:
SAP for Utilities, Sept 15-18 in Huntington Beach, CA (Marin
Municipal Water District speaking session)
ASUG Fall Focus, Sept 25-27 in Philadelphia
(Pacific Drilling, Marathon Oil speaking sessions)
Oil and Gas, Oct 6-9 in Dallas
SAP TechEd, Oct 22-24 in Las Vegas
Enterprise Mobility, Projects, Reporting, Nov 20-22 in
Orlando

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