Author Archives: Arne Manthey

When I saw Apple’s presentation on the iPad I was very excited. I also own an iPhone privately and I find it very useful. So I am definitely interested in having one for me. 🙂 But then I also started thinking about other more business-like usages for that device. One obvious use case is for […]

The only way to archive PI Sheets and delete the corresponding database tables is to use the EBR functionality. For all other cases (Test PI Sheets or PP-based Electronic Work Instructions) archiving is not possible. However, deletion of old entries from the database becomes essential for maintainng the performance of the ERP system. In this article I describe a pilot note which solves this dilemma.

On this years anual ASUG fall event my colleague Uwe Dittes from SAP development I have presented on new and old (but not well known) functions for XSteps and ERP Manufacturing.

XStep presentation on the ASUG fall event

Once you create an order the explosion date for all master data is set to the start date of that order. Since this might happen well before the actual execution date you might want to change something on short notice in the XSteps section before you actually create a control recipe.If you have release the […]

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It is very easy to create and manage standard XSteps (SXS) in the repository. However if you want to use the same function in different plants you have to maintain the SXS in every plant separately since the repository is plant dependent. You can export and import for an initial creation but then you have […]

How to display the material description with 40 characters in the PI Sheet.

Presentation on the new archiving enhancement for PI Sheets and Electronic Work Instructions in EhP5.

Presentation on the enhancement for a cross-plant repository and language dependent XSteps in EhP5.

Question: Is it possible to convert existing process instructions for PI Sheets to XSteps? Answer: No XSteps are master data and process instructions are maintained in customizing. There is no process or report which automatically creates XSteps in the repository. You could try to manually copy the process instructions in customizing and paste them in […]

Dear Followers, it has been over 10 years that I shared my knowledge on XSteps and SAP Manufacturing with you. Since I moved on to a completely different topic (SAP Hybris Marketing) I relied a lot on Uwe’s participation and input in the online sessions. Now also Uwe decided to leave the area of manufacturing […]

Please check out this presentation on weighing and dispensing with PI Sheets and Process Operator Cockpits at Forest Laboratories from the 2012 ASUG annual conference.

Simple example of a function module with tabular parameters to fill or analyze a PI Sheet table.

Last time on September 12th there was no one coming online and therefore there is no recording available. Uwe had prepared something interesting on custom development enhancements which would enable XSteps also for Reference Operation Sets and Maintenance orders. I will put this topic now explicitly on the agenda for the next session and hope […]

Recently I read a question on LinkedIn and SCN on how to avoid scrollbars for tables (aka repeated data requests).

In this article I show how to integrate material-dependent safety symbols into the PI Sheet.

There is a report available (RCMXDATEST02) to test all MDA stuff. You can read or write OPC tags or send MDA broadcast events.

Since January 27th 2010 there is a new template on the SDN called Batch Manufacturing with SAP MII: The batch manucfacturing templates extend the SAP MII architecture by providing prebuilt, plant and role-specific composites to support manufacturing preparation, execution, documentation and reporting. Batch manufacturing with SAP MII delivers preconfigured templates for 9 application areas – […]

Announcement of the new forum in the XStep Café