INFORMATION SYSTEM-CORPORATE

USER GUIDE FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE MODULE IN SAP

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OVERVIEW OF CUSTOMER SERVICES PROCESS IN SAP

OBJECTIVE : 1.1
This Document is prepared as a ready reckoner for End Users, to enable them to quickly adapt to Customer Service Process in SAP.

IMPORTANCE OF CUSTOMER SERVICES IN SAP:

Customer Services is an important process in SAP. It supports you when representing, managing and processing all services that you provide to your customers. The following activities are managed using Customer Services Module of SAP : It structures and manages technical objects for which services should be performed (for example : Equipment, Technical systems, Machines). Manage data for warranties and business partners. Record the Customer Notifications / Complaints immediately. Process the Notifications by creating service requests. Plan and execute requested services thru in-house processing or by external i e by supplier. Bill the costs that arise as a result of the services being executed. Monitor Customer Notifications in order to keep to deadlines and agreed response times.

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IMPORTANCE OF MASTER DATA IN SAP :

All Master Data viz., Material Master, Customer Master, Equipment Master, Excise Master, Tax Master, Condition Master, Customer Material Info Record play key role in Customer Services (Notification, Service Order, Repair Order, Inspection, Quotation, Contract, Delivery, Resource related Billing ). If Master data is not maintained correctly, the information flow in Customer Services / Sales documents could get blocked at any stage of Document processing. The tax structure, excise structure required in Sales document are available in Master Data. The Taxes for Material / Customer and also Excise Duty for a Material / Customer is derived from Master Data.

1.3 MRPII vis--vis SAP: The detailed changes , MRP II vis--vis SAP are listed below : Sl. No 1 Activities Organizational structure. Process in MRP II Transactions flow between unit, SBU, division, department, marketing and sales depts., regional offices etc., Work order is issued based on sale order/ Customer Indent/ Repair Order. Process in SAP Transactions will flow between company code, sales area( sales organisation, division, distribution channel) sales office Sale order is the main document, in lieu of Work Order, which drives the MRP run and other subsequent documents like PR/PO generation, billing etc.

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Work order system for Customer Order / Repair Order.

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Customer master data details, customer information

Customer Master is available in General data, sales area data, company code data are maintained at central MRP-II and IFAS. place. Customer code is alphanumeric Customer code is a numeric code. Existing customer code can be code. maintained as search code, the same alpha- numeric customer code could be maintained in master. Customer code is common across all Customer code varies across divisions and units of BEL. divisions and units of BEL.

Customer cant be extended Customer can be extended from an from an existing sales area to existing sales area to required sales area, it should be same type (defence required sales area. /non defence) Master data is available centrally. Master data is maintained by respective computer centre. Customer code is different for Customer code is the same for sold to sold to party, bill to party, ship party, bill to party, ship to party, and payer, deriving on the basis of address to party, and payer. One address had several One address has one customer code only ,across BEL. Customer Codes across BEL. 4. Pricing details IED determines the mfg. cost/ Product cost estimation can be estimate. Finance determines the extracted from the system. Using a suggested selling price. simple transaction code ZFI001, the IED executives can run product cost estimation. 5.a Other master data BEL part number/ customer part Customer material info. record with management number/category part number, all relevant information is available as customer part description in maintained by user. MRP-II i) Sales view for each saleable 5.b Material Master , Tax i) Sales view not maintained material to be maintained. master,Excise Master separately ii) Tax combination for State / Region ii) No Tax master combination wise, order type wise, country wise to be maintained. iii) Excise master to be maintained for iii) No excise master for material and Customer. Customer iv) The Material Master consists of iv)Material Master is a simpler several Business views viz., Basic , Concept Sales ,Quality, MRP, Purchase, Accounting, Costing, Storage, Warehouse. v) Since the Sale Order is an v) Master Data does not impact Intelligent Document, Accuracy of the operation of Sale Order Master Data plays a vital role in the execution of Sale Order Prepared by: Date Vishnu Swarup.O.V 23-08-2007 Sanjeev.V.Dyamannavar Aparna.M.E Issue Level 1.0 Page No 3/17

Dispatch order can be made only OBD(Out Bound Delivery) can be after store crediting. made only after item is store credited to CRSL. Source code wise stock is Valuation type(which is same as maintained. Source Code)wise stock is maintained. 7. Despatch Despatch Order Despatches are made against Outbound Delivery(OBD). The OBD controls only the Quantity to be dispatched(without value). The OBD value is available in Proforma Invoice(a reference document) 8. Billing To Customer MRP-II & IFAS Supported by CS(Customer Service) / FI-CO (Finance & Controlling) modules. 9. Customer Complaints Manual System Supports Through CS (Customer Service ) Modules. 10 Reports & Forms MRP II System, Manual . System Supports Forms & Reports. Development will be required for additional reports and forms 11 Stock Updation Stock is updated with the Stock is updated after PGI is made. controlling of SIV. 12 Label For Manual Preparation Automatic Printing Of Labels using Deliverables Transaction code ZSD003. 13 Comparative A separate program to be run by Transaction code ZSD002 gives price Statement Of Prices computer centre comparison of earlier supply orders, For Quotation including purchase prices. 14 Quotation processing Quotation processing available Copying & processing of quotation is in MRP. available. 15 Warranty tracking Serial numbers of equipment / Serial numbers for equipments are spares not captured for warranty captured in OBD(Outbound Delivery) tracking /PGI(Post Goods Issue) and are automatically available for tracking in customer service module as equipment 16 Document Flow There is no provision to view Document Flow is an important and Document Flow . useful tool to track the status of any Contract/ Sale Order / Service Order. 17 Tax & Excise Duty The Segregation of Tax, Excise The Segregation of Tax, Excise duty is Determination duty is determined at the time of determined at the time of making making DO. Contract/Sales Order level only. 18 Cost Capture Cost is captured in a Work Order Cost is captured in Service Maintenance Order. 19 Reference Document DO and SIV are references to Proforma Invoice is the reference for Excise Invoice make an Excise Invoice document to create Excise Invoice. Proforma Invoice gives value of the quantity despatched to Customer .It is a replica of Commercial Invoice without accounting document. Prepared by: Vishnu Swarup.O.V Sanjeev.V.Dyamannavar Aparna.M.E Date 23-08-2007 Issue Level 1.0 Page No 4/17

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Finished goods activities

1.4 Customer Service Process Terminology in MRP II and SAP :

Sl.No 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 MRP II Terminology Delivery Customer Indent Customer Indent Number Indenter Consignee Paying Authority Source Code SIV Inspection Equipment Work Center Physical Location Warranty Work Order SAP terminology OBD(Out bound Delivery) Contract Customer Purchase Order Number Sold to party Ship to party Payer Valuation type PGI(Post Goods Issue) and Proforma invoice Usage Decision ( UD ) Equipment Work Center Functional Location Warranty Service Maintenance Order Inspection Lot

CUSTOMER SERVICE PROCESSING :

2. MAINTAINING MASTER DATA :
2.1 MATERIAL MASTER : Responsibility MRP controller & Customer Support person to verify the relevant data. T-Code : MM01/ MM02 / MM03 In the Material Master , the following Tabs are to be maintained by Sales Department, Quality Department : Material to be extended for CRSL & FGSL storage location
PERTINANT TAB Sales: Sales Org. 1 Sales: Sales Org.2 Sales :general/plant Sales Text (if any) Quality Management Accounting 1 Costing 1 CRITICAL FIELDS TO BE MONITORED Tax Classification Material statistics group, Material pricing group, Acct assignment Group, Item category group Trans. Group, Loading Group, Profit Center, Sr No. Profile As applicable Inspection Set Up ( Type :05 with active) Valuation class, Moving price / Standard Price With Qty Structure & Material Origin to be ticked

2.2 SERVICE MATERIAL MASTER :

T-Code : VA01 / VA02/ VA03 SERVICABLE ITEM AS A MATERIAL : SERVICE COST To process and keep track of costs involved in each Customer Service, service item is maintained through out BEL as one material and same is extended to all sales areas.

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Responsibility MRP controller & Customer Support person to verify the relevant data. In the Material Master , the following Tabs are to be maintained by Customer Support Department, Quality Department :
PERTINANT TAB Sales: Sales Org. 1 Sales: Sales Org.2 Sales :general/plant Sales Text (if any) Accounting 1 Costing 1 CRITICAL FIELDS TO BE MONITORED Tax Classification : Services Material statistics group, Material pricing group, Acct assignment Group, Item category group : LEIS Trans. Group, Loading Group, Profit Center As applicable Valuation class, Moving price/Standard Price, No Valuation Category With Qty Structure & Material Origin

2.3 CUSTOMER MASTER:

T-Code : VD01 / VD02 / VD03 In the Customer Master , the following Tabs are to be maintained by Sales Department :
PERTINENT TAB General Data Company Code, Sales Area(Sales Organization, Distn. Channel & Division) CRITICAL FIELDS TO BE MONITORED Address(including Communication Details),Contact Persons, Control Data(Vendor details , if a Vendor happens to be a customer also) Reconciliation Account in Account Management Sales (Pricing Group ,Customer Pricing Procedure, Customer Stats. Group),Shipping (Shipping conditions, Delivery Plant),Billing Document (Account Assignment Group, Tax Classification),and Partner Functions.

2.4 CUSTOMER MATERIAL INFO RECORD :

T-Code : VD51

In the Customer Material Info Record , the following fields are to be maintained by Sales Department : Customer Code, Sales Area (Sales Organization, Distribution Channel & Division ) ,Customer Material Number 2.5 EQUIPMENT MASTER :
T-Code : IE08 / IE02 / IE03

In the Equipment Master , the following Tabs are to be maintained by Customer Support Department, Quality Department :
PERTINANT TAB General Location Organization Sales & Distribution Set Data Additional Data 2 CRITICAL FIELDS TO BE MONITORED Manufacturer Part No. Maintenance Plant, Work Center Company Code, Planning Plant, Maintenance work ctr. Sales Area Material Part Number Sold to Party, Ship to Party, Customer Warranty, Manufacturer / Vendor Warranty

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2.6 EXCISE MASTER DATA :

The Purchase Coordination Cell of BG Complex maintains the relevant chapter id for the pertinent material, plant and Material type.

2.7 PRICING CONDITION MASTER DATA :

Respective Customer Support departments are responsible to maintain Pricing Condition Master consisting of following fields : Customer, Material, Amount, Valid from and Valid To, Scales( if any).

2.8 MAINTAINING TRANSACTION DATA :

Customer Support / Sales Executive has to ensure that the Master Data is accurately maintained , before proceeding with the Customer Service / Sales Transactions. This will ensure that the information flows seamlessly through all the subsequent transactions which includes Notification Processing , Service Order, Repair Order, Quotation Processing, PR creation, PO conversion, Goods Receipt of Customer Equipment, Goods Issue for repair, Warehouse Management, Quality Management, Shipping and Outbound Logistics, Billing, Finance Management , Cost Control.

TRANSACTION DATA
3.1. CUSTOMER NOTIFICATION PROCESSING :
Here Customer complaint or malfunction of customer equipment or to report the technical problem are captured the moment call or intimation is received from customer. Transaction code : IW51 / IW52 / IW53 Notification Type : S1 Customer Complaint Type General, S2 Activity report, S3 Customer Complaint Specific Search Customer Notification : IW58 ( by Part Number, Equipment No ) In Notification field : Description of the Problem to be entered as text. The following fields are to be entered in the transaction IW51, for seamless flow of information into subsequent documents : PERTINENT TAB NOTIFICATION LOCATON DATA CRITICAL FIELDS TO BE MONITORED Equipment Serial number, Sold To Party, Sales Area ,Description of the Complaint. Location, Work Center,

In Customer notification, necessary service tasks can be entered and rough plan can be done for further processing. Also progress of the tasks can be monitored. From the service notification, you can initiate all the processes involved in problem solving ( within warranty & beyond warranty ) : 1. Creation of a service order for sending service technicians to a customer site for a service within the service center. 2. Delivery of spares 3. Receiving of equipments to BEL premises for repair. 4. Billing for Repairs carried / spares supplied.

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Features
When a notification is created with all necessary and relevant data regarding the problem and processing, it can be released for further processing. The service notification can have the following status :

In process
When you call up the function Create order for the service notification, the system sets automatically the status in process. You can create directly a service order or Repair order from the service notification.

Confirmed
You can set this status once technical findings have been entered (technical completion confirmation).

Completed
When you have finished processing a service notification and all technical completion confirmation data has been correctly entered, you can close the notification. The system then assigns the status "completed" to the notification. The notification is then transferred to the maintenance history, where it is available for planning future tasks and for performing evaluations. Changes are then no longer possible.

PROCESSING OF SERVICES

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RETURNS AND REPAIRS PROCESSING (CS) 4.1 Repair Service thru Service Sales Order
Followings are steps to be followed. A. Receiving the Customer Equipment to BEL premises for repair : If the Customer equipment is already brought to BEL premises a repair service order to be created from notification in change service notification ( right side icon ) T-Code : IW52

Phases of Repairs Processing

The phase is started by: Create customer repairs order Enter results of technical check Technically complete service order

Repair acceptance

Repair start

Repair completion confirmation

Possible operations: Returns Dispatch of loan equipment Repairs Exchange part Outbound delivery Scrap Credit memo
SAP AG 1999

Outbound delivery Exchange part Pickup of loan equipment Invoice Credit memo

Order Type : ZRAS and Service Item : Service cost to be entered with Equipment quantity to be received. Save the service notification. In the background, Repair order will be created for serviceable material ie Service Cost ( see the document flow to note down the Repair Order number ). B. Repair Order : In change repair Order, enter the required fields ie : Payment terms, PR00 in conditions and check for completeness and save the document. Item 2nd is for return delivery ( Item Category : ZSRE ) and 1st line will be Service Cost ( item Category : ZSRS ) T-Code : VA02

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C. Return Delivery : Create Return Delivery ( Delivery Type : ZDLR ) from Repair Service Order. T-Code : VA02 / VL01N Enter the storage location : CRSL and Valuation type If the serial number profile is activated, enter the serial number of the equipment thru menu path : Extra Serial Number Complete the Post Goods Receipt ( PGR ) to receive the Customer Equipment. When you post goods receipt for serviceable materials : The items are automatically assigned to inspection stock. An inspection lot is created automatically and initiates the technical check. D. Inspection Lot : In Repair Order, click on repairs and note down the Inspection lot which is created while doing PGR for the Customer Equipment. Now check the stock , stock will be posted to Quality T-Code : VA03, T-Code : MMBE E. Usage Decision : Perform the technical check on the Equipment. Once you have posted goods receipt, you perform a technical check on the serviceable materials and decide what actions need to be taken to fulfill the customer's repair request. T-Code : QA02 Enter the Inspection lot number and click on usage decision tab. Under Defects tab, Code Valuation select the option 5 ( UD for other goods receipt ) and in tab Inspection lot stock, put the stock To Blocked / Repair and save the document. F. Service Maintenance ( SM ) Order : The actions, which need to be taken as a result of the Usage Decision ( technical check ), are recorded as sub-items of the repair request item in Repair order i e 3rd line item is for repair process ( Item Category : ZRRP ). Now Equipment need to repaired. Service Maintenance Order need to be created. T-Code : VA02, In change repair order, click on repairs and click on SM Order, come back and save the repair order. In the background, Repair Service thru Service Sales Order will be created. See the document flow of the repair order and note down the number. G. Service Maintenance ( SM ) Order Processing : T-Code : IW32 Detailed planning means, for example, that the individual work steps are described in detail, the required materials and production resources/tools are specified, the budget and account assignment details have been defined for subsequent cost allocation, and permits are assigned. Once all the work steps have been executed, and the order thereby completed, the costs incurred are billed to the party responsible (for example, the cost center that owns the piece of equipment) and the order is completed.

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The following fields are to be entered in the transaction IW32, for seamless flow of information into subsequent documents
PERTINANT TAB HEADEAR DATA OPERATIONS COMPONENTS COSTS CRITICAL FIELDS TO BE MONITORED Manufacturer Part No. Work Center, Activity Type , Control key operation type, Operations short text, Planned activity duration with qty. Parts required. for repair with qty, Item Category, Batch, Plant, Storage location, Planned cost with material & Labor breakup details.

Operations : Enter Operation details for repair of equipment under Operations Tab Control Key : SM01 for Internal repair process ( within BEL Factory ) SM02 for External repair process ( by BEL suppliers ) For SM01 activity, enter the duration and number of resources required and enter the Account assignment. For SM02 activity is selected, click on external under Operations tab & enter the qty and purchase group to create the required purchase requisition. Components : Enter the parts required for repair of equipment. Following fields need to be entered : valuation, storage location & items category - stock or non stock item. For non-stock item purchase tab to be clicked to generate the PR. Activities Involved in Service Maintenance Order Before a service order can be executed, the following functions are to be performed : 1. Costing the order 2. Determining the settlement rule 3. Set User Status 4. Releasing the order 1. Costing the Service Order Several different types of costs can be incurred when customer service actives are carried ( executing a service order). To obtain an overview of the costs incurred before performing the work i.e., Planned cost and Actual cost, Costing function ( calculator icon ) to be clicked and view the cost elements.
Once Planned costs are captured, Quotation for repair can be generated. T-Code : DP80, with reference to Service Maintenance Order, Quotation will be created. To view the quotation, T-Code : VA22 / VA23

2. Determining the Settlement Rule You need to define a settlement rule in the system, so that any costs incurred when performing customer service tasks can be settled correctly. Here you select the relevant Cost Center as Account Assignment to capture the cost incurred. 3. Set the User Status Select the Under warranty / Beyond Warranty / Warranty Check

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4. Releasing the Service Order Click on the flag ( Green color and will change to black after release ) Before executing a service order, it has to be released for processing. You can only perform the following functions once you have released the order : 1. Print shop orders 2 Issue materials 3 Enter completion confirmations 4 Complete operations Save the Service Order. In change Service order, note down the material reservation slip for issuing the material against Service order and Purchase requisition number for External Service and Purchase parts. Take the print out of material issue slip for the stock items to draw the items from store for repair process. 5. Issue of Stock Items : Store person will issue the items against the reservation thru the MIGO transaction. 6. Confirming Labor hours : T-Code : IW41 After the repair of Equipment, Confirm the actual labor hours booked against the service order so that actual costs gets transferred to Service Maintenance Order. 7. Moving the Repaired Equipment to Unrestricted stock against Repair Order T-Code : MIGO and Material movement type : 343E Enter the Repair Order, Service item line number, Material number, Serial number if it is assigned, qty to be moved, valuation type, storage location. Click on CHECK for any errors and post the document. 8. TECO ( Technical Completion Confirmation of Service Maintenance Order ) T-Code : IW32 Click on the Complete ( Technical ) ( grayed flag ) and enter the date of completion and tick on complete notification. Once all Technical repair of the equipment is completed, Service Order to be marked as complete for Customer Services. Once the technically repair of the planned activities are completed, all the existing purchase requisitions for the order are flagged for deletion, all the existing reservations for the order are cleared, all outstanding capacities which have been scheduled for the order are cleared, all the notifications for the order are also completed. H. Repair Order Delivery Line Item : T-Code : VA02, now 4th line item will be displayed and is ready for delivery and maintain the PR00 for the 4th line item in Conditions tab. I. Confirmation of Stock :

Check the Stock in CRSL Unrestricted against Sale Order using T-Code :MMBE.
J. Out bound delivery : From Repair Order, for the 4th line create the delivery Delivery Type : ZDLF T-Code : VA02 / VL01N

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Once the stock is confirmed for the quantity to be delivered, the Customer Support executive proceeds to set up the sale by creating the OUTBOUND DELIVERY(OBD). The OBD is created with reference to the Repair Order using the Transaction code VL01N, which in turn is triggered from within the transaction code VA02. The following fields are to be entered in the transaction VL01N, for seamless flow of information into subsequent documents : PERTINENT TAB CRITICAL FIELDS TO BE MONITORED PICKING Storage Type, Valuation Type HEADER Respective Dates for Picking , Trans. Planning, Loading, Planned GI and PROCESSING Delivery Date It is a good practice to check the Incompletion Log before proceeding to save the Document. K. Printing of OBD : The printing of OBD can be done using Transaction code VL02N.To print the OBD Go to Header Output and define Communication Method as well as Printer type , Come back and save the settings. In the opening screen of VL02N, click on Outbound Delivery Menu, and select the Print preview, check for the correctness of data that has flown, as also the price, tax ,education cess , higher education cess and excise duty etc. If satisfied , proceed to take a print out of the OBD. The OBD is verified , ink signed and sent to Shipping for further processing. L . Proforma Invoice: Proforma Invoice is a reference document created by shipping department to enable creation of Excise Invoice. It does not pass any entry into Accounting documents. Proforma Invoice is created using Transaction Code VF01 , for billing document type ZJEX. The following details are required to be entered : Billing Type(ZJEX), Billing Date and OBD Number. Check the flow of prices, taxes, cess and excise duties , before proceeding to save the Proforma Invoice. M. Excise Invoice Creation: The Proforma Invoice created above serves as the reference document to create Excise Invoice. To create Excise Invoice Transaction code J1IIN is used together with the filling up of the following fields : Billing Document, Posting Date, Proforma Invoice Number, Excise Group, and Series Group. N. Commercial Billing : Commercial Invoice is generated using Transaction code VF01 with document type ZVAT / ZBOS. The billing date and OBD numbers are the input to generate the Commercial Bill. O. Order Settlement Individual Processing : T-Code : KO88 Enter the Service Order Number and Settlement period and Test run to find any errors and see the cost settlement . Remove the tick on Test run and execute and save the document.

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SERVICE ORDER DIRECT :

In this case customer equipment is at customer site, hence labor resources / material will be used to complete the task assigned to complete the repair / notification. Service order is used to document service and customer service work. In particular, you can use the service order to:

Plan services specifically with regard to usage of material, utilities and personnel Monitor the execution of services Enter and settle the costs which arise from the services

A service order contains operations that describe the individual work steps. An operation can be divided into sub-operations for greater detail. Spare materials and utilities, which are required for service work, can be planned in the operation.

5.1 Following are the steps to be followed :

A. To Create the Service Order from Customer Notification : T-Code : IW52 In change Notification screen, click on the service order ( left side icon ) Select the Order Type : SM02 and Maintenance work Center Save the document, Service Order will be created. B. Service Order Processing : T-Code : IW32 The following fields are to be entered in the transaction VA01, for seamless flow of information into subsequent documents
PERTINANT TAB HEADEAR DATA OPERATIONS COMPONENTS COSTS CRITICAL FIELDS TO BE MONITORED Manufacturer Part No. Work Center, Activity Type , Control key operation type,Operations short text, Planned activity duration with qty. Parts reqd. for repair with qty, Item Category, Batch, Plant, Storage location, Planned cost, Actual Cost with material & labor breakup details.

Detailed planning means, for example, that the individual work steps are described in detail, the required materials and production resources/tools are specified, the budget and account assignment details have been defined for subsequent cost allocation, and permits are assigned. Once all the work steps have been executed, and the order thereby completed, the costs incurred are billed to the party responsible (for example, the cost center that owns the piece of equipment) and the order is completed. 5.2 Operations : Enter Operation details for repair of the equipment under Operations Tab Control Key : SM01 from Internal repair process SM02 for external repair process ( by BEL suppliers ) For SM01 activity, enter the duration and number of resources required and enter the Account assignment.

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For SM02 activity is selected, click on external under Operations tab & enter the qty and purchase group to create the required purchase requisition. 5.3 Components : Enter the parts required for repair of equipment. Following fields need to be entered : valuation, storage location & items category - stock or non stock item. For non-stock item purchase tab to be clicked to generate the PR. 5.4 Activities Involved in Service Order Direct Before a service order can be executed, following functions are to be performed : 1. Costing the order 2. Determining the settlement rule 3. Set User Status 4. Releasing the order A. Costing the Service Order Several different types of costs can be incurred when executing a service order. To obtain an overview of the costs incurred before performing the work i.e, Planned cost and Actual cost, Costing function ( calculator icon ) to be clicked and view the cost elements. B. Determining the Settlement Rule You need to define a settlement rule in the system, so that any costs incurred when performing maintenance tasks can be settled correctly. Here you select the relevant Cost Center as Account Assignment to capture the cost incurred. C. Set the User Status Select the Under warranty / Beyond Warranty / Warranty Check D. Releasing the Service Order Before you can execute a service order, you need to release it for processing. You can only perform the following functions once you have released the order : 1. Print shop papers 2 Issue materials 3 Enter completion confirmations 4 Complete operations

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CONTROLLING OF SERVICE ORDER

Save the Service Order. In change Service order, note down the material reservation slip for issuing the material against Service order and Purchase requisition number for External Service and Purchase parts. Take the print out of material issue slip for the sock items to draw the items from store for repair process. E. Issue of Stock Items : Store person will issue the items against the Material issue slip thru the MIGO transaction. F. Confirming Labor hours : T-Code : IW41 After the repair of Equipment at the site Confirm the actual labor hours booked against the service order so that actual costs gets transferred to Service Order G. TECO ( Technical Completion Confirmation of Service Maintenance Order ) T-Code : IW32 Click on the Complete ( Technical ) ( grayed flag ) and enter the date of completion and tick on complete notification. Once all Technical repair of the equipment is completed, Service Order to be marked as complete for Customer Services. Once the technically repair of the planned activities are completed, all the existing purchase requisitions for the order are flagged for deletion, all the existing reservations for the order are cleared, all outstanding capacities which have been scheduled for the order are cleared, all the notifications for the order are also completed. H. Create Billing Request
T-Code : DP90 Enter the Service Order Number and click on Billing Request, Billing request will be created. In change Sales Order ( T-Code : VA02 ) enter the Billing request and enter the

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amount to be billed and Select Order for Reason : Goods Services. Finance will generate bill on the basis of this request.

I. Order Settlement Individual Processing : T-Code : KO88 Enter the Service Order Number and Settlement period and Test run to find any errors and see the cost settlement. Remove the tick on Test run and execute and save the document..

******************* The Customer Service Team can be contacted through following means : NAME VISHNUSWARUP.O.V SANJEEV.V.DYAMANNAVAR APARNA.M.E DESIG. DGM/ IS-CO DM/ IS-CO DM/ IS-CO PAX PABX 4591 08022195899 4510 08022195899 4592 08022195899 BELNET 781-173 781-173 781-173 Email address vishnuswarupov@bel.co.in sanjeevvdyamannavar@bel.co.in aparname@belco.in

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