Permits & Work Clearance Mgmt

Kindly provide distinct differences / advantages / disadvantages between Permits & Work Clearance Management functionalities of PM Module

Prime difference lies in the complexity of requirements to perform a particular work. Permits are much simpler.
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005vp/helpdata/en/b0/df293581dc1f79e10000009b38f889/frameset.htm
WCM goes into elaborate details like locking/tagging and and their removal from an equipment during various stages of the order. WCM and maintenance order processing go parallely.
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005vp/helpdata/en/b0/df293581dc1f79e10000009b38f889/frameset.htm
If for instance your plant requires a permission from the fire services manager prior to doing a hotwork and that is all then u may as well use a permit.
However if your company is into power distribution and there could be more than one maintenance jobs being performed along a power line then you may want a more complex mechanism to tell you before you turn off or turn on the breaker.
thanks
Bala

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    Hi All,
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    Greetings Peter,
    I believe your requirement is that:
    no Approvals can be given on the WCA, until the WCD is in Tagged status ETG at least
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    More useful info for you:
    Work Clearance Management (PM-WCM) - SAP Library
    Approvals - Work Clearance Management (PM-WCM) - SAP Library
    Configurations necessary for WCM
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  • Work Clearance Management

    Hi,
         I want to know what are the configurations required for Work Clearance Management & also let me know how maintenance order can be linked with WCM. I have gone throu SAP help link. I want with the t-codes.
    Thanks in advance.
    Regards,
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    I require the setting that u have done.
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    Hi Kolla.......
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    Moreover...these links will be helpful for you.........
    http://help.sap.com/erp2005_ehp_02/helpdata/en/8c/fc71858a4811d4a7d20060087a7a74/frameset.htm
    http://help.sap.com/erp2005_ehp_02/helpdata/en/52/dd9e3876d64b76e10000009b38f842/frameset.htm
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  • Work Clearance Management ERROR

    Hi,
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    Hello,
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    Hi All,
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    I need to get this functionality available on our system.
    Is it a part of SAP software component SAP_APPL ?
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    Can anyone pls help me on this ?
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    I think that WCM it's present as an extension set (i'm not quite sure if is EA-PLM or EA-SCM). When you configure it, the activities related in custominizg, will appear as well.
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    Where can i find functionality info on Plant Maintenance and Work Clearance Management. How can these functionalities be activated  - is there a switch?

    Please go thr below SAP Help links for Plant Maintenance and Work Clearance Management.
    http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/2b/1b713896fab752e10000009b38f889/frameset.htm
    http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/2b/1b713896fab752e10000009b38f889/content.htm

  • Work clearance management  tab not displaying

    Hi all,
    As per my knowledge under SAP menu under plant maintenance there comes a link for work clearance management after Information system.
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    I am attaching the screen shot of my system and other system taken by from my friend
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    Vivek Varun

    Hi Vivek,
    This is add on component in SAP , need to activate the WCM component.It will not appear in the sap easy access screen until it is activated.
    Ask your basis team to activate the WCM component, then only you can see the WCM nodes.
    Transaction Code for activation of add on components in SAP is SFW5
    Best Regards
    Kalyan

  • Work Clearance Management SIM files

    hi,
    can you help to find sim files for Work Clearance Management .
    Regards

    Try this
    http://help.sap.com/bp_utilitiesv1500/UTL_India/html/U75_EN_IN.htm
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    Dear PM Experts,
    How can I do next:
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    If I can't do it, please, make your comments about my problem.
    Kind regards,
    Molchun

    Hello Sebastian,
    Thanks for those inputs and my apologies for not puttin up clear screen shots.I have tried to get clearer ones this time round.
    In the configuration the approvals are mandatory; also the tables WCALA and WCALQ have the entries for the respective documents.
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  • Error in Work Clearance Management

    Hello Team,
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    Beryl

    Hello Sebastian,
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    In the configuration the approvals are mandatory; also the tables WCALA and WCALQ have the entries for the respective documents.
    I tried to replicate one scenario wherein the work approval is red and the rest of the documents (work applicationa nd WCD) are green. I could achieve by revoking the permit using the traffic light. I am not able to replicate the other scenarios, though.
    Please let me know your observations; my hunch is that after completing the tagging process the user is trying to fiddle with the permit.
    thanks,
    Beryl

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  • BAPI for Work Clearance Management

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    Didn't get a solution and this requirement is now withdrawn. So closing this thread.
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