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Dec 20, 2022 at 04:19 AM

When would you create a Work Order without a Notification?

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I'm new to SAP and I'm trying to understand the fundamentals.

In principle, in Plant Maintenance (let's say for maintaining a fleet of trucks or boats), what would be an example of a case when a user in an organization should create Work Order without a Notification?

I appreciate the usual answer to such questions is usually something along the lines of "there is no right or wrong" or "depends on the organization" etc. but I would appreciate a sensible example from a standard fictional company with standard procedures.

It is my understanding that all Work Orders should have Notifications. Otherwise, where would you record the details? I could create a Work Order without a Notification temporarily if I'm going to connect Notifications to it later but still - the Work Order is eventually accompanied by a Notification.

Making a Notification without a Work Order is appropriate for cases when the Notification is only recording a Maintenance Activity and no work is required...I think.

However, I am struggling to come up with an example of a case where the "correct" approach would be to ONLY create a Work Order, create a Purchase with it (or not), close it out and never create a Notification related to the Work Order.