SAP Certified Associate - SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition, Asset Management C_S43_2023 Exam Questions

Answer : A, C, D

Answer : C, D, E

Serializing a piece of equipment means assigning a unique serial number to identify and track the equipment throughout its lifecycle. The prerequisites for serializing a piece of equipment are:

Assign a serial number profile to the equipment category. This defines the rules for creating and managing serial numbers for the equipment, such as the number range, the check digit, and the serial number usage. The serial number profile is assigned in the Customizing activity Define Equipment Categories under Plant Maintenance and Customer Service -> Master Data in Plant Maintenance and Customer Service -> Technical Objects -> Equipment -> Equipment Categories.

Assign a serial number profile to the related material master. This ensures that the material and the equipment have the same serial number profile and that the serial number is automatically copied from the material to the equipment. The serial number profile is assigned in the material master data in the Plant Data/Stor. 1 view under Serial Number Profile.

Maintain a serial number for an existing equipment master. This can be done either manually or automatically. Manually, you can enter the serial number in the equipment master data in the Serial Data view under Serial Number. Automatically, you can link the equipment with a serialized material and the serial number will be copied from the material to the equipment. This linking can be done either with a goods movement or manually.

The options that are not prerequisites for serializing a piece of equipment are:

Add a serialized material to the equipment serial data view. This is not a prerequisite, but rather a possible way to link the equipment with a serialized material and copy the serial number from the material to the equipment. However, this can only be done if the serial number profile is already assigned to both the equipment category and the material master.

Assign a serial number profile to an additional business view for equipment category. This is not a valid option, as the serial number profile is assigned to the equipment category itself, not to any additional business view.

Serial Number Management

Explaining Refurbishment of Spare Parts

Answer : D

External refurbishment is the process of sending defective or worn-out spare parts to an external vendor for repair or replacement. To carry out this process, you need to create a maintenance order with an external operation that has the subcontracting indicator activated. This indicator allows you to create a purchase requisition and a purchase order for the external service. The external operation also requires an external work center, a control key, and a material component with the valuation type of the defective part. The order type for external refurbishment is not a prerequisite, but a configuration option that can be used to differentiate the process from internal refurbishment. The material group for externally refurbished materials is not relevant for the process, as the material master data is not changed by the refurbishment. The assignment of an external work center to a maintenance order operation is necessary, but not sufficient, for external refurbishment. You also need to activate the subcontracting indicator in the external activity.Reference:

Explaining Refurbishment of Spare Parts, section ''Refurbishing Spare Parts Externally''

Refurbishment of Repairable Spares: Integration between SAP-PM and SAP-MM, section ''4.2 External Refurbishment: Major Steps''

Answer : A, C

Maintenance activity type is a key for the type of maintenance activity provided, such as repairs, shutdowns, regular activities, inspections, and so on.It is used to classify data according to the type of maintenance activity in cost evaluations, for example, total costs or number of orders for each technical object1.

Maintenance activity type can be used in the maintenance order header and the maintenance order operation. In the maintenance order header, it is used to specify the overall type of maintenance activity for the order. In the maintenance order operation, it is used to specify the type of maintenance activity for each operation within the order.The maintenance activity type in the operation can be different from the one in the header2.

Maintenance activity type cannot be used in the notification activity or the work center. Notification activity is a key for the type of activity performed in response to a notification, such as inspection, repair, or preventive maintenance. It is not related to the maintenance activity type. Work center is a key for the location where an operation is performed, such as a workshop, a laboratory, or a machine. It is also not related to the maintenance activity type.

Answer : A, B, C

Non-stock materials are materials that are not kept in stock, but are procured externally as required1. They can be maintained in the material master as service products (product type SERV). You can add non-stock materials to an operation or suboperation as a component.The system creates a purchase requisition and a purchase order in the same way as for non-stock materials that you procure externally1.

Among the given options, the following are possible for non-stock materials in a released maintenance order:

A purchase requisition can be created automatically as soon as the order is saved.This is the default behavior for non-stock materials, unless you change the configuration settings2.

The maintenance order can be set to TECO (technically completed) before the invoice is created.This is possible if you use the compatibility mode for external procurement, which allows you to technically complete the order even if there are open purchase requisitions or purchase orders2.

A goods receipt can be posted after the maintenance order is technically completed.This is possible if you use the enhanced mode for external procurement, which allows you to post goods receipts for non-stock materials after the order is technically completed2.

The following options are not possible for non-stock materials in a released maintenance order:

A purchase order is created automatically as soon as the order is saved.This is not possible, as the purchase order requires manual processing and approval after the purchase requisition is created2.

A purchase requisition will ALWAYS be created as soon as the order is saved.This is not always true, as you can change the configuration settings to create the purchase requisition manually or at a later point in time2.

Therefore, the correct answers are A, B, and C.Reference:1: What's New in SAP S/4HANA 2021 - SAP Online Help2: How to Configure SAP S/4HANA Asset Maintenance Subcontracting - SAP PRESS

Answer : A, B, C

Orders with Operation Account Assignment (OAA) are a special type of PM/CS orders that allow the detailed planning, capture and reporting of costs at the order operation level. The operations have their own settlement rules enabling more accurate cost updating of multiple assets maintained using a single PM/CS order. The mandatory characteristics of OAA orders are:

A technical object must be assigned to an order operation. This ensures that the operation is linked to a specific asset and can be settled accordingly. The technical object can be an equipment, a functional location, or a material.

Costs are stored only for the operation object. This means that the order header does not have any costs associated with it. The costs are allocated to the operations based on the actual postings of goods movements, confirmations, and invoices.

Purchase requisitions have the operation as account assignment. This means that the purchase requisitions created from the order components are assigned to the operation instead of the order header. This allows the tracking of costs at the operation level.

The characteristics that are not mandatory for OAA orders are:

Overall costs are dynamically summed up on the header level. This is an optional feature that can be activated by using the business function LOG_EAM_SIMPLICITY_2. This allows the display of the total costs of the order operations on the order header level.

The settlement rule is maintained on the header level. This is not a characteristic of OAA orders, but rather a limitation. The settlement rule for OAA orders can only be maintained on the operation level, not on the header level. This means that each operation has its own settlement rule and can be settled to different receivers.

Operation Account Assignment

Operation Account Assignment 2

Answer : A, D

SAP S/4HANA Asset Management, Public Cloud Edition is a cloud-based solution that offers a simplified and standardized configuration of the system via the self-service configuration UI. You can use this UI to adjust the system settings according to your business needs. You do not have access to the SAP S/4HANA back-end system, as it is managed by SAP. SAP Asset Intelligence Network is a separate cloud-based solution that connects manufacturers, operators, and service providers of physical assets. You can use SAP Asset Intelligence Network to share and exchange asset information, but you cannot use it to configure SAP S/4HANA Cloud. Reference:

SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Public Edition - SAP Learning

SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Asset Management, Public Edition