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EAM 101 · PROCESS OVERVIEW

What is Enterprise Asset Management?

Keep physical assets safe, available, compliant, and cost-effective through structured maintenance and technical history.

EAM manages the operating life of technical assets. It can integrate with B2A for handover and capital upgrades, and with PS for shutdowns or major projects, but everyday maintenance does not require a project.

Enterprise Asset Management lifecycle

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EstablishDetectPlanExecuteLearn

How the lifecycle works

  1. 01

    Establish — Trusted technical record

    Identify equipment, functional locations, assemblies, documents, responsibilities, and maintenance context.

    Outcome Trusted technical record

  2. 02

    Detect — Qualified demand

    Capture failures, observations, requests, inspections, or due preventive work.

    Outcome Qualified demand

  3. 03

    Plan — Executable order

    Define work, resources, dates, permits, materials, services, safety, and priority.

    Outcome Executable order

  4. 04

    Execute — Completed work and actual cost

    Perform and confirm work, consume parts, accept services, and record measurements and findings.

    Outcome Completed work and actual cost

  5. 05

    Learn — Better asset decisions

    Complete, settle, preserve history, analyze reliability, and improve the maintenance strategy.

    Outcome Better asset decisions

BOUNDARY

What this stream owns

EAM manages the operating life of technical assets. It can integrate with B2A for handover and capital upgrades, and with PS for shutdowns or major projects, but everyday maintenance does not require a project.

Business outcome

Keep physical assets safe, available, compliant, and cost-effective through structured maintenance and technical history.

SAP contribution

Structures, documents, statuses, planning, postings, workflows, and integration make the lifecycle controlled and traceable.

Not one rigid design

Later levels compare alternatives before configuration choices become standards.

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Move into reusable structures, controls, documents, and financial mechanics.

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