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career move to SAP PLM

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Hi,

I am presently in the Teamcenter PLM ( a UGS product) and would like to get into SAP PLM since i feel it is going to be the future PLM software application worldwide.

I need somebody to guide me about how to go about it.Need following info.

1) Place to start gathering information about the product.

2) Get online tranining material

3) About certification

4) Existing customer data, if any.

Thanks.

Anil Acharya

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Hi Anil,

There are different tracktion for PLM in SAP

<u><b>1. Product Data Management</b></u>

which covers Material Management, Bill of Material, Document Managment System, Classification System, Variant Configurations, CAD Interfaces. etc.

Most of the Industries will be using these cross application components for their Engineering Departments.

<u><b>2. Program Management</b></u>

Where Entire Program is capture i.e. From Customer Enquirry to the Order execution and till Dispatch.

Here again Project System, CFolder, CProjects, DMS, MM, BOM, Workflow etc can be a part of the PLM

3. <u><b>Asset LifeCylce Management</b></u>

This is used in different Scenarios where companies wants to trace there assets

or lifecycle of their assets.

Project Systems and DMS will be mostly involved.

4. <u><b>Quality Managment</b></u>

Strictly Speaking PLM Products are used in R& D Department, Engineering Department, Design & Drafting Departments of the Companies/organizations,

Where they try to modify their existing Products, try to Design as per the customer requirements, Try to launch new Product by doing R & D works.

PLM is Mostly used in these Departments of the Organizations

<u>SAP Material Material Details:-</u>

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_ppm400/helpdata/en/index.htm

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_cpro31/helpdata/en/home.htm

<u>For Certification on SAP PLM follow the below link:</u>

https://websmp203.sap-ag.de/certification

(<b>Note</b> you need Service ID to access this link)

Certification - Solution Consultant

Certificate Name Exam Topics Duration (h)/

No. of questions Software

Components Curriculum Booking Code

(SAP internal)

mySAP PLM – Quality Management (2005) German/English 3 / 80 mySAP ERP2005 (ECC 6.0) C_TPLM40_05

PLM - Maintenance & Repair with mySAP ERP 2005 German/English 3 / 80 SAP ECC 6.0 C_TPLM30_05

PLM - Project Management with mySAP ERP 2005 German/English 3 / 80 SAP ERP Central Component 6.0 English/German C_TPLM22_05

mySAP PLM – Quality Management (2003) German/English 3 / 80 SAP R/3 Enterprise English/German C_TPLM40_03

mySAP PLM - Project Management (2003) German/English 3 / 80 SAP R/3 Enterprise German/English C_TPLM22_03

mySAP PLM - Asset Life Cycle Management - Plant Maintenance (2003) German/English 3 / 80 SAP R/3 Enterprise German/English C_TPLM30_03

mySAP PLM - Asset Life Cycle Management - Customer Service (2003) German/English 3 / 80 SAP R/3 Enterprise German/English C_CS47_03

____________________________________________________________________

SAP Consultant Certification

<u><b>Solution Consultant PLM - Project Management with mySAP ERP 2005

Software components: SAP ERP Central Component 6.0</b></u>

Certification exam is included in course TPLM22 and is also offered in separate certification events at many SAP locations.

Certification ID (Booking code): C_TPLM22_05

Certification duration: 3 hours

Number of certification questions: 30

Required certificates for participation in this certification test: None

Consultant Academy courses for certification preparation: TPLM20 (Project Management I), TPLM22 (Project Management II (Case Study))

Alternative Project Team Training courses for certification preparation: PLM200 (Project Management), PLM210 (Project Management - Structuring), PLM 220 (Project Management – Logistic), PLM230 (Project Management – Controlling), PLM240 (Project Management – Reporting)

Please note that you are not allowed to use any reference materials during the certification test (no access to online documentation or to any SAP system).

The certification test Solution Consultant PLM – Project Management with mySAP ERP 2005 verifies the knowledge in the area of the mySAP Product Lifecycle Management for the consultant profile Project Management. This certificate proves that the candidate has a basic understanding within this consultant profile, and can implement this knowledge practically in projects.

The certification test consists of questions from the areas specified below:

Topic Areas

1. Project Structuring (+++)

Basic data in PS: work breakdown structure, network and activities, milestones, PS texts, documents

Project Builder and project planning board

Project simulation

Standard work breakdown structure, standard network

Assembly processing

2. Dates

Time scheduling and scheduling (network scheduling, project scheduling, overall network scheduling)

Actual dates

3. Resources

Work center

Capacity planning and capacity evaluation

Workforce planning to HR resource

Confirmation and working time sheet

Internet scenarios

Workflows in PS

4. Material

Work breakdown structure BOM

BOM PS interface

Component assignment in the network

Material procurement through in-house production or external procurement

Collective stock and project stock

Requirements grouping

Progress tracking

ProMan

Delivery from the project

5. Costs and Budget (++)

Cost planning in the work breakdown structure

Network costing

Assigning orders to the project

Budgeting and availability control

Commitment and actual costs through account assignment and order assignment

6. Revenue and Payments

Revenue and payment planning in the project

Sales pricing and quotation creation

Resource-related billing

Milestone billing and down payment processing

7. Period-End Closing

Template allocation

Application of overhead

Interest calculation

Progress analysis and Progress Analysis Workbench.

Results analysis

Incoming orders

Settlement

8 Miscellaneous

Exernal service and service activities

Organizational units in SAP ERP

Info systems in project management

Field selection

OpenPS

Amount of questions by topic (as percentage of test):

+ = 1 - 10%

++ = 11 - 20%

+++ = over 20%

____________________________________________________________________

SAP Consultant Certification

<u><b>Solution Consultant mySAP PLM – Quality Management (2003)

Software components: R/3 Enterprise (SAR R/3 Enterprise Core 4.70/SAP R/3 Enterprise Extension Set 1.10)</b></u>

Certification duration: 3 hours

Number of certification questions: 80 multiple choice questions

Required certificates for participation in this certification test: None

Courses for certification preparation:

PLM400 (Quality Management) or LO170 (Quality Management)

PLM405 (Quality Inspections) or LO705 (Quality Inspections)

PLM410 (Quality Notifications) or LO710 (Quality Notifications)

PLM415 (QM in Procurement) or LO715 (QM in Procurement)

PLM420 (QM in Discrete Manufacturing) or LO720 (QM in Discrete and Repetitive Manufacturing)

PLM421 (QM in the Process Industry) or LO721 (QM in the Process Industry)

PLM425 (QM in Sales and Distribution/Quality Certificates) or LO725 (QM in Sales and Distribution/Quality Certificates)

Participants who have attended the prerequisite courses in SAP R/3 4.6C, can learn about the new developments for SAP R/3 Enterprise by attending the delta course D47QM.

TPLM40 Quality Management (Case Study)

Please note that you are not allowed to use any reference materials during the certification test (no access to online documentation or to any SAP system).

The certification test Solution Consultant mySAP PLM – Quality Management (2003) verifies the knowledge in the area of the mySAP Product Lifecycle Management for the consultant profile Quality Management. This certificate proves that the candidate has a basic understanding within this consultant profile, and can implement this knowledge practically in projects.

The certification test consists of questions from the areas specified below:

Topic Areas

1. Integration of QM and MM (++)

Material master

Quality info record: Procurement

Source inspection, GR inspection

Vendor evaluation, vendor release, vendor selection

Manufacturer part number

Handling Unit Management

Warehouse Management

2. QM in Discrete Manufacturing (++)

Integrated inspection planning

Routing, reference operation set, rate routing

Inspection during production

Inspection at end of production

Inspection for external processing

Inspection during repetitive manufacturing

Statistical Process Control (SPC)

3. QM in the Process Industry

Integrated inspection planning

Master recipe

Integrated inspection processing

Inspection during production

Inspection at end of production

Batch valuation

Recurring inspections

Statistical process control (SPC)

Engineering change management

Digital signature

Batch record

4. Integration of QM in the areas Service and Sales and Distribution

Inspections for delivery

Quality info. record: Sales and Distribution

Make-to-order production

Make-to-stock production

Repairs and returns processing

5. Quality Planning (++)

Basic data

Inspection planning

Logistics master data

6. Quality Inspections (++)

Inspection lot

Defects recording

Results recording

Usage decision

7. Quality Certificates

Certificate planning

Certificate creation

Quality certificates on the Web

Quality data interchange

8. Quality Notifications

Notification systems

Customer complaint

Complaints against vendors

Internal problem notification

Simplified notification

ISR

SAP Support Desk

Solution database

9. Quality Control (++)

Dynamic modification

Statistical Process Control (SPC)

Quality key figures, results history

Quality-related costs

Standard analyses, flexible analyses, early warning system

Business Information Warehouse

Interfaces to subsystems (QM-STI)

10. Test Equipment Management

Test equipment

Calibration planning

Calibration inspection

Test equipment tracking

11. Sample Management

Physical samples

Physical-sample categories

Confirmation requirement

Sample-drawing procedure

12. Stability Studies

Creating a stability study

Initial test

Stability planning

Stability tests

Completing a stability study

13. Configuration and Organization

Customizing

Enhancements

BAPIs

BAdIs

Field selection

Lists

Status management

User roles

Analysis tools

Interfaces

Follow-up actions

SAPScript Forms

Authorization concept

Amount of questions by topic (as percentage of test):

+ = 1 - 10%

++ = 11 - 20%

+++ = over 20%

_________________________________________________________________

<u><b>SAP Consultant Certification

Solution Consultant PLM - Maintenance & Repair with mySAP ERP 2005

Software components: SAP ECC 6.0 ( SAP ERP Central Component 6.0)</b></u>

Certification exam is included in course TPLM30 and is also offered in separate certification events at many SAP locations.

Certification ID (Booking code): C_TPLM30_05

Certification duration: 3 hours

Number of certification questions: 80 multiple choice questions

Required certificates for participation in this certification test: none

Courses for certification preparation: PLM300 (Business Processes in Plant Maintenance), PLM305 (Structuring and Managing Technical Objects), PLM310 (Preventive Maintenance and Service), PLM315 (Maintenance Processing: Operational Functions), PLM318 (Analytics in Enterprise Asset Management), TPLM30 (Asset Life-Cycle Management - Plant Maintenance (Case Study))

Please note that you are not allowed to use any reference materials during the certification test (no access to online documentation or to any SAP system).

The certification test Solution Consultant PLM - Maintenance & Repair with mySAP ERP 2005 verifies the knowledge in the area of solution mySAP Product Lifecycle Management for the consultant profile Maintenance & Repair. This certificate proves that the candidate has a basic understanding within this consultant profile, and can implement this knowledge practically in projects.

The certification test consists of questions from the areas specified below:

Topic Areas

1. Organizational Units and Master Data in Plant Maintenance (++)

Organizational Units

Maintenance Plant and Planning Plant

Work Centers

Functional Locations

Structure Indicator

Reference Location and Functional Location

Creation Options

Data Transfer

Equipment

Installation/Dismantling at Functional Locations

Equipment Hierarchy

Change Documentation

Equipment Category

Synchronization of material/construction type

Synchronization of equipment/serial number

Material and Serial Numbers

Serial Number Profile

Goods Movement and Warehouse Stock

Valuation Batches

Bills of Material (BOM)

Assemblies

BOM Categories

Item Categories

Change Documentation

Additional Functions

Classification

Measuring Points and Counters

Partners and Addresses

Document Link

Status Management

2. Maintenance Processing (+++)

Corrective Maintenance

Notification Types

Objects and Object Information

Catalogs and Catalog Profiles

Integration Notification/Order

List Viewer for Notifications and Orders

Order Type

Object List

Operation List

Relationships

Material List

Availability Check

Order Release and Printing

Material Withdrawal

Completion Confirmation in Time

Technical Completion Confirmation

Technical Completion

Action Log and Document Flow

Processing External Services

External Services as Individual Purchase Order

External Services with External Work Centers

External Services with Service Entry Sheets

Processing Refurbishment Tasks

Valuation Type and Valuation Category in the Material Master

Refurbishment Without Serial Numbers

Refurbishment with Serial Numbers

Inventory Management and Controlling

Processing Maintenance Projects

Planning and Executing Maintenance Projects

Completion, Settlement, and Monitoring of Maintenance Projects

Capacity Planning

Scheduling

Work Center and Available Capacity

3. Controlling Functions in Plant Maintenance (++)

Plant Maintenance in the Organizational Structures of Accounting

Cost Estimation

Planned/Actual Cost Determination

Order Settlement

Logistics Information System (LIS)

Plant Maintenance Information System (PMIS)

4. Preventive Maintenance (+++)

Task List Management

Task List Types

Profile and User Fields

Component Assignment

Task List and Order

Single Cycle Plan

Structure

Scheduling Indicator

Deadline Monitoring

Change Documentation

Strategy Plan

Maintenance Strategy

Task List and Maintenance Strategy

Change Documentation

Performance-Based Maintenance Planning

Counters and Measurement Documents

Maintenance Plan Scheduling

Deadline Monitoring

Maintenance Planning with Multi-Counter Plans

Cycle Sets

Link Type

Weighting Key in the Test:

+ = 1 - 10%

++ = 11 - 20%

+++ = over 20%

Best Regards

Rehman Khan

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I tried getting training material related to SAP-PLM online but could not. Where i can get it from?

Is there some place in Bangalore or Pune where they teach this course?