1. Overview of Asset Strategy and Maintenance Plan Development
Asset Identification and Descriptions
Plant Walkthrough Verification
Update Equipment / Asset Hierarchies
Determine Equipment / Asset Criticality
Create & Activate Maintenance
Plans
Coordinate and Execute Work as part of Planning & Scheduling
Deploy RCM & FMEA Evaluations
Finalized RCM / FMEA Action Lists
Establish Policies and Procedures
Create Workflow, SAP PM Procedures and KPI Measurements
Measure and Adjust
See Figure 2 for a detailed outline this area
Figure 1: This diagram shows a summary of the key elements involved in determining the RCM and FMEA actions needed for every asset / equipment. The resulting list of actions can be systematically processed and converted into fully functional SAP® PM Maintenance Plans. 1

2. Converting RCM/FMEA Actions into Executable SAP® PM Maintenance Plans
Secure Final RCM / FMEA Derived Actions
Update SAP Technical Structure
Create / Delete or Relable Functional Locations
Create / Delete Equipment Records
Request missing stores Material and Create / Update Bills of Material
Review and Understand the Actions
Storeroom inventory and MRP Settings optimized
Review Existing Maintenance Plans & Task Lists
Update Existing Plans, Task List and Standard Texts / Checklists
Restart or Reschedule Updated Plans
Review Existing Equipment Documentation
Deactivate / Delete Outdated or Unwanted Plans & Task Lists
Create additional Plans, Task List and Standard Texts / Checklists
Schedule / Activate Maintenance Plans
Review Existing SAP Records
Perform Field Planning
Work Orders and Notifications Created
Work is Scheduled within the Allowed Grace Period
Monthly Monitoring of PM / PdM Compliance & Effectiveness
Work Process Implementation Refinement and Plan Content Review
Figure 2: The diagram shows the detailed elements involved to successfully review, plan and implement the derived RCM / FMEA Actions as SAP® PM Maintenance Plans.