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if you want to create a piece of equipment using MM, you can create a material
with serial number.

When equipment is serialized, the tab page for serialization data is activated and
a serial number links the
equipment to a material.

If a material piece of equipment is to be uniquely identifiable in terms of

inventory management, a serial number profile must be entered in the material
master.

The categories of maintenance BOMs are as follows:

? Material BOM
? Equipment BOM
? BOM for functional location

A material BOM is a BOM that is first created for a material independent of a

technical object.

You can create all the maintenance notification types for the following reference
objects:
? A functional location (with or without an assembly)
? A piece of equipment (with or without an assembly)
? A material with a serial number

Examples of maintenance notification without an object number are as follows:

1. When a malfunction report refers to an object that is not managed under a number
in the system
2. When a maintenance request refers to a new object to be provided for an
investment program

A maintenance order can be created for the following cases:

? The maintenance order is created directly (a breakdown order).
? The maintenance notification is not entered centrally. The maintenance order is
created for the maintenance notification by the person responsible.
? In a maintenance order, several maintenance notifications are combined into one
or more objects.
? An activity report for an existing maintenance order is entered subsequently as a
technical confirmation.