Electronic Parts Catalog and Service Parts Databases

Electronic Parts Catalog and Service Parts Databases

sapplanningadmin | EPC, Enigma, PLM
What Is the Difference? It's only though a discussion with a vendor of "electronic parts catalogs" that we understood that this is the most common nomenclature used to describe what we describe as a service parts database. We cover service parts databases in this post
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Is SAP PLM for Real?

Is SAP PLM for Real?

spplanadmin | PLM, SAP, SPP, Uncategorized
Pushing SAP PLM For some time SAP has been promoting its product lifecycle management (PLM) solution. We should say at the outset that we don't find the term PLM very useful. Yes there are lifecycle implications to the software, however this category of software could
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ServicePartsPortal

ServicePartsPortal

sapplanningadmin | Arena Solutions, PLM, Portals, SAP, SPP
We were so impressed with Arena Solutions for BOM management and PLM that we decided to create a service around it.Arena manages bill or materials to in a very sophisticated way. We perceive a real need for capabilities in an area of software for service parts maintenan
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Arena Solutions and Where Used View

Arena Solutions and Where Used View

spplanadmin | Arena Solutions, Master Data, PLM, SAP, SPP, Service Parts Database
Arena Demo We have been using the demo system that was nicely provided by Arena Solutions, and we found a very interesting feature called the where used view. What this allows you to do is find where a component is used and then select that parent component. Something
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BOM and MTBF and Product Structure

BOM and MTBF and Product Structure

sapplanningadmin | Arena Solutions, MTBF, Master Data, PLM, SAP, SPP, Service Parts Database
MTBF and the Product Structure In our previous post we discussed the different vendors and services offered for reliability testing and prediction. One of the important issues with relation to MTBF management is the product structure. The product structure is the hiera
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Determining MTBF and ReliaTech

Determining MTBF and ReliaTech

spplanadmin | MTBF, PLM, SAP, SPP
Service Parts Forecasting The main way service parts are currently forecasted is through the development of a MTBF. The MTBF is often developed from using similar parts and can be derived mathematically. However, there are also companies that perform physical testing
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Service Part Maintenance Databases

Service Part Maintenance Databases

spplanadmin | Enigma, PLM, Plant Maintenance, SAP, SPP, Service Parts Database
Service Part and Service Maintenance Database Background Service parts require extensive documentation because of the need to capture information from service calls. Successive service calls (in addition to other research performed by the service technicians). This is
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Supersession and Interchangability in SAP

Supersession and Interchangability in SAP

spplanadmin | Inventory Optimization, PLM, SAP
What is Part Supersession? Supersession is one of the most important functions in any service parts planning system. Supersession is used to both: Substitute one part for another part Obsolesce parts due to engineering changes driven by PLM (Product Lifecycle Man
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