Friday, November 23, 2007

Mobile Plant Maintanance












Description :

• A mobile solution for a more efficient plant maintenance management for SAP PM module .
• Solution involves accessing SAP PM module data on a PDA device thereby executing maintenance work order operations when maintenance officers are on the move .

Business Value:

• Work order notification for foremen, on the move .
• Work order allocation happens instantaneously, hence highly
improved maintenance efficiency .
• Accelerated reporting of maintenance work performed, hence
enhanced throughput in maintenance operations .
• Effective capacity & lifecycle utilization of machines in plant .
• Higher staff motivation due to individual responsibility for data
recording .

Process Flow

· In a plant whenever there is a machine brake down or needs some
repair the Operator will create a Notification in SAP R/3.
· R/3 will send this notification details to Netweaver- XI.
· Netweaver – XI will update this notification details in winfoware’s
Mobile Infrastructure.
· From Winfoware’s MI using WLAN the message will go to respective
Supervisor’s PDA.
· Supervisor examines the problem, and allocates to Foremen.
· Foreman visit’s the Machine and checks, he will request for spares
if any required.
· Supervisor will allocate spares; this is integrated with SAP-MM module.
· Foremen fix the problem and report completion of work to Supervisor.
· Once Supervisor receives the Completion status from Foremen he
will updates the Status in SAP R/3.
· This notification history is maintained by supervisor for future Analytics.

Required Infrastructure:

1. SAP R/3
2. Netweaver – XI 3.0
3. .NET Compact Framework.
4. Windows OS-5 for PDA
5. SQL lite