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Fleet Maintenance-Tyre

Management

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Summary
In Fleet Maintenance, tyres play a major role and the maintenance planner is required to have an accurate
picture of the overall status of tyres used across the fleet. This document guides the consultant through the
steps required to manage the process of Tyre Management from procurement to maintenance. The process
also explains the tyre history creation.

Author: James Prabaharan


Company: TVS Infotech Ltd., Chennai
Created on: 19 May 2011

Author Bio
James Prabaharan has an experience of 31 years in maintenance and 6 years of SAP implementation in the
Plant Maintenance module. Presently he is working as Senior Application Consultant at TVS Infotech Ltd.,
Chennai.

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Table of Contents
Tyre Procurement with Serial Number ............................................................................................................... 3
Configuration Settings: ....................................................................................................................................... 3
Tyre Management ............................................................................................................................................... 8
1. Create Measuring Point for the Tyre. .......................................................................................................... 8
2. New Installation: .......................................................................................................................................... 9
3. Removing the tyre from vehicle: ............................................................................................................... 11
4. Re-installation in another vehicle: ............................................................................................................. 13
5.Tyre history ................................................................................................................................................ 15
6. Total distance: ........................................................................................................................................... 15
7.Warranty: .................................................................................................................................................... 15
8.Scrapping: .................................................................................................................................................. 15
Related Content ................................................................................................................................................ 16
Disclaimer and Liability Notice .......................................................................................................................... 17

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Tyre Procurement with Serial Number

Configuration Settings:

a. Create a unique serial number profile

b. Define serialisation attributes as to when the serial number should be generated

c. Define default equipment categories

1. Procurement:

Create material master with serial number activation in Plant data/Storage 2

Follow the standard procedure for procurement.

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2. Receipt:

While MIGO, additional tab Serial number appears in item level

Check the box Create serial nos Automatically. System populates serial numbers.
Check the document and post MIGO.

3. Stock overview.

To view stock, use T.Code:MMBE

To view the equipment created against these material, use IQ03/IQ09- enter material code.

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Note: The equipments are created with the status ESTO (in warehouse).

4. Request:

Create maintenance order type PM02 (B/D Maint. Order) for the vehicle, for which tyre is
required, with the tyre material code as stock material and release the order.

Reservation is created in the back ground.

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5. Issue from Stores:

Issue is done through T.Code: MB1A or MIGO. During the issue process, system asks for serial
number as shown below.

Click button to choose serial numbers, through execution of selection screen.

Note: Choose the lowest serial numbers for FIFO (First-In-First-Out) sequence. (double-clicking the material adopts the
same. Multiple selection is also possible)

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Press continue and save the document.


The status of the issued tyre/ equipment changes from ESTO to AVLB.

Now the tyre can be assigned to the respective vehicle.


Tyre as equipment, with code 10000019 is available for use, and should be assigned.

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Tyre Management
Pre-requisites:
Tyre is created as an equipment as explained in the previous chapter, with link to material master.
Internal numbering is used for the tyre coding.
Measuring point with category Distance is created for that equipment with measurement reading
transfer enabled.

1. Create Measuring Point for the Tyre.


T.Code:IK01 or through IE02.
Here IE02 route is shown:

Click .
Enter data as shown below and press Enter

Tick the check box near the counter number to select and click the button.
Following screen appears and enter data as mentioned.

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Tick the MeasReadTransf. Supported box.


Go back (F3) to equipment main screen and save the equipment.

2. New Installation:
Installation is done by assigning this equipment (tyre) to the superior order equipment (vehicle).T.CODE:IE02

Select the equipment and choose Structure tab, and click button.

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In the new screen enter the vehicle code, in the Superord.Equip. field as shown above.
Enter the tyre position in the Position field and Save.
During installation, system prompts the measuring point, from which the reading transfer should take place.

Click to accept the proposal.

Main screen appears with the superior order equipment assigned and the tyre status changes to ASEQ
(Allocated to superior equipt).

Save the equipment.

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3. Removing the tyre from vehicle:


T.Code: IE02
Select the tyre needed to be re-located.
Select structure tab.

Click button.

Click to dismantle the tyre from vehicle.


New screen appears where data transfer criteria is selected.

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Select button and return(F3).

System gives information about the stopping of measurement reading transfer.

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Press continue and the screen clears for the new vehicle input.
Save the equipment.

4. Re-installation in another vehicle:


When this tyre has to be fitted to another vehicle, open the master through code IE02 and select Structure
tab.

Enter the new vehicle and the position as shown below.

Click button.
New screen appears where data transfer criteria is selected.

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Click button to enable data transfer and return (F3).


System proposes the measuring counter, from where readings (KM) are to be transferred to this tyre.

Click to accept the proposal.


System gives the following message.

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Click to confirm the operation, and save.

5.Tyre history
We can see the usage of the tyre by opening the tyre master in IE02 code.
Goto Extras > Usage list .
System gives the list with the details of the vehicles, period, position and the tyre warranty end date.

6. Total distance:
The distance operated can be checked by following path.
IK17>enter the tyre code>Execute.
List display gives the required data.

7.Warranty:
The equipment master warranty screen can be used for entering the data and if the Installation and
Dismantling are done through Notification, warranty detail will pop-up, till the period is completed.

8.Scrapping:
When the tyre has reached the end of its useful life, dismantle the tyre as explained earlier and through IE02
set the status Deactivate. This operation disables further installation in any other vehicle and through 262
movement, return to stores, using the material code and corresponding serial number.

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