| # Configuration Control The scope of Configuration Control is to serve the customer, production, or planning department with accurate information on the configuration of assets, called the installed base. These assets can be serialized items owned by customers, or own equipment. The Configuration Control offers a multi-level configuration structure definition and handling. The functionality allows you to do the following: Describe how the configuration or asset is built up, such as assets, components, or levels, as a physical breakdown structure that includes the structure relationship. Define warranty for an asset or component. Also define if repair warranty is applicable. Define an item breakdown template. Generate service configurations, from Sales deliveries or Project, or from production bill of material directly or directly add the configuration structure as a physical breakdown of serialized items. Customized items can also be copied using these processes. Copy selected production bill of material as item breakdown structure.  Present a graphical overview of the configuration Create physical breakdown Configuration Control features provide the ability to monitor the physical breakdown structure of various customer-owned or company-owned assets. To achieve a logical grouping of serialized item structures, you can group the structures under installation groups, such as a site. You can manually create a serialized item, or modify existing items. Serialized items are the building blocks of physical breakdown structures. The following are the ways to create physical breakdown structure: To create a physical breakdown from an as-built structure To create a physical breakdown from an item breakdown To create a physical breakdown from a sales order (line) To create a physical breakdown from an ASCII file To create a physical breakdown from a project-breakdown structure To create a physical breakdown from a Bill of Materials To maintain physical breakdowns You can set up a physical breakdown to manage product configurations (breakdown structures) during service and maintenance activities. The physical breakdown is used to display the relation between serialized items. To delete physical breakdowns You can delete the physical breakdown, the related top-serialized items and all related child serialized items simultaneously. item breakdown A standard item's list of constituent components. The item breakdown can be displayed as a multilevel structure or as a single-level structure, and can be used as input for a physical breakdown. To define serialized items Serialized items are customer-specific or owner-specific configurations that consist of items such as photocopiers, computers, air conditioners, forklifts, lathe machines, or aircraft. You can manually create a serialized item, or modify existing items. Serialized items are the building blocks of physical breakdown structures. These serialized items are uniquely numbered and can be status controlled. Each serialized item is life cycle controlled from various parts within ERP Enterprise Service. Based on this, a serialized item can exist in various locations, such as in configuration, in depot repair, in transit, or in a warehouse. To use serialized item groups A serialized item group is a group of serialized items with similar features. Use the Serialized Item Groups (tscfg0110m000) session to define serialized item group. Service inspections and preventive maintenance scenarios Use Service Inspection to create/register inspections, create maintenance notifications and transfer maintenance notifications. Inspection- A specific activity that is carried out to determine the condition and the status of a (part of a) configuration or process. Inspection activities can be based on inspection norms that are specified in documents. The inspection activities and inspection intervals are specified in the maintenance program. Maintenance Notification- Maintenance notifications are generated based on maintenance triggers that are applicable when registering measurements for serialized items during inspection. Based on the measurement type and position of the measurement, the applicable maintenance trigger set is determined. Transfer Maintenance Notification - Maintenance Notifications can have a follow-up activity defined indicating the next maintenance task that must be performed on the specific serialized item. These maintenance notifications can be transferred to various objects, such as, service orders, internal work orders, service order quotations and maintenance sales quotations. |