SAP Module Interview Questions and Answers
Question - 61 : - What is the integration between PM and QM in SAP?
Answer - 61 : -
There are many interwoven activities.
Let us consider one practical issue of Spare Parts purchase.
We prefer to inspect incoming material for compliance of our requirements.
While creating of material master, tick the ‘Post to Insp. stock’ box in the Purchasing Tab.
If we do not want a task list / Result recording oriented inspection, in the Quality tab, choose appropriate selections,
When that Spare is received, it will go to Quality Stock.
Maint. a person can check it and transfer the stock to “Unrestricted Stock” through MB1B via 261 movements, giving a reason as Accepted after Inspection or Rejected.
The above procedure is a practical example of PM QM integration.
Question - 62 : - Explain the integration points between PM and MM/FICO during the PM configuration.
Answer - 62 : -
Below are some integration aspects:
Integration with MM:
1. Material master record for Batch Managed material as Equipment
2. Reservations and Goods Issue for Maintenance Order
3. Material valuation class/types for refurbishment materials as equipment
4. Triggering PR from Maintenance Order
Integration with FICO:
1. Asset/Sub-Asset numbering in Equipment Master Data
2. Activity-based costing for Operations performed through Maintenance Order
3. Settlement of accrued costs in Maintenance Order to G/L Account, Cost Center, Asset, etc.,
Question - 63 : - What is the use of the field “Standing order”? What kind of order is it?
Answer - 63 : -
Standing orders are used to carry out ongoing maintenance jobs and settle them at month-end rather than creating a fresh PM order every time. Using order hierarchies, you could attach sub-orders to the standing order and settle them to the standing order to provide you with a more precise recording of maint costs at the sub-order level as well as a budget monitoring at the standing order level.
Question - 64 : - Where is a Service Contract assigned to a piece of equipment?
Answer - 64 : -
The service contract is assigned to a material. Material is assigned to the equipment in the equipment master. This functionality is not intended for managing equipment bought from vendors (where we are getting service rather than providing service).
Question - 65 : - How do you define equipment/material loaned/leased to a customer?
Answer - 65 : -
Read the documentation on ‘Structuring Technical Systems’ in ‘Plant Maintenance / Service management modules. You need to define sales area (sales org/dist channel/division) for an equipment with equipment category being one for which the equipment reference category is ‘Customer Equipment.
Question - 66 : - How do you distinguish, in a simple manner, between Equipment that is being charged and not charged for service?
Answer - 66 : -
Define different equipment categories. Standard equipment reference categories for ‘Internal Machines’ and ‘Customer Equipment’ exist.
Question - 67 : - How overheads are calculated and from where the formula is picked?
Answer - 67 : -
My client has a default setting of 10% overhead and now they want to change.
Plant Maintenance and Customer Service–> Maintenance and Service Processing–> Maintenance and Service Orders–> Functions and Settings for Order Types–>Costing Data for Maintenance–> and Service Orders–> Maintain Costing Sheet
Select the costing sheet that you are using and push costing sheet rows, next see the column overhead rate, select the row, and push overhead rate.
consumer number, check your maintenance item or plan details.
Question - 68 : - Why change data do not display in order?
Answer - 68 : -
PATH:- Plant Maintenance & customer service –> Maintenance & service processing –> Maintenance & service Orders –>Functions & settings for order types –> Define Change Docs,Collective Pur.Req.Indicator,Operation No.Interval
Question - 69 : - For an equipment master record what fields need to be filled in?
Answer - 69 : -
Depends upon the Equipment. Normally, the fields used to maintain in an Equipment master are:
Equipment Category, Constr. type (serialized), Planning Plant, Work center, Plant, Maintenance plant, Location. You can attach equipment to another using a superior Equipment field.
Question - 70 : - What are the activities of an SAP PM?
Answer - 70 : -
The ‘SAP Plant Maintenance’ comprises of the following activities such as inspection, to measures and establish the actual condition of a technical system, preventive maintenance to measures and maintain the ideal condition of a technical system, repair to measures and restore the ideal condition of a technical system and other measures that need to be taken using the maintenance organization. SAP PM is closely integrated with other modules (for example, Materials Management, Production, Sales and Distribution, Personnel Management, and Controlling) the data is always kept current, and processes that are necessary for Plant Maintenance and Customer Service are automatically triggered in other areas (for example, a purchase requisition for non-stock material in the Materials Management/Purchasing area).