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Early completion factor

Percentage which determines how much the next maintenance plan due date is shifted if the previous maintenance plan is completed early.

Early Warning System

A system for notifying the user or designated individual when a defined exception occurs.

EarlyCompConf

Percentage time by which a maintenance task is to be shifted because of early confirmation of the task.

Electronic Data Interchange

A paperless way to send documents between companies or locations.

Elimination

The process of neutralizing the effects of financial transactions made between affiliated companies.

Emergency maintenance

Work which must be completed outside of the normal PM process. This work is required to keep the plant operating, restore the plant to operation, or protect personnel safety.

Emergency Work Order (PM15)

A type of work order used for emergency repair work. Bypasses authorization requirements of PM10 (Maintenance Work Order).

Employee group

A broad category of employees by status, such as active, retired, or terminated, which determines benefit eligibility and time-card rules.

Employee subgroup

A subcategory of employee group, which sorts them into smaller groups, such as part time, full time, exempt, nonexempt, executives, etc.

End

Key that identifies any constraints placed on the end date for an operation.

End date

Key that identifies any constraints placed on the end date for an operation.

End date of the RS header

Date on which the run schedule can validly end.

Engineer-to-order production

A method of production based on creating an unique design then producing to the design, tearing down, creating a new unique design, producing to that design, and so forth.

Entered by

Person entering the information.

Entered on

Date when the information was entered.

Entry date

Date when the information was entered.

EqInstDate

Equipment installation date.

EquipCategory

Key that distiguishes individual technical objects according to their use.

Equipment

Individual object that is maintained independently.

Equipment bill of materials

A complete, formally structured list of the components making up an equipment. It is a component list for new or existing equipment that is attached to the equipment ID. The components can be stock or nonstock.

Equipment category

Key that distiguishes individual technical objects according to their use.

Equipment description

Text that describes the equipment in question.

Equipment descriptn

Text that describes the equipment in question.

Equipment Master

Contains a complete set of data for a piece of equipment.

Equipment Master Number

Number used in SAP to uniquely identify the equipment master data record.

Equipment Record

Contains a complete set of data for a piece of equipment.

Equipment Structure

Hierarchy of equipment within the plant.

Equipment Task List

Used to define maintenance job plans for specific pieces of equipment. Details from equipment task lists can only be used in work orders that are created for the same equipment. Specific to the equipment.

Escape sequence

A sequence of special characters that sends a command to a device or program.

Estimated Cost

The expected cost for both the labor and parts needed to complete the work.

Evaluation

An evaluation is the result of executing a report. It is a table or list of data for a particular company or plant, referring to an evaluation structure.

Evaluation end

The end date of an evaluation period.

Evaluation start

The start date of an evaluation period.

Evaluation Structure

Structure on which data analysis is based in the Logistics Information System (LIS). Evaluation structures provide the data for flexible analyses in the information systems of Logistics. Additionally, it is a sub-division within an application such as, customer, material, sales employee, sales office, and sales organization within Sales and Distribution.

Exception

A combination of characteristics, key figures, and follow-up processing within an SAP information structure. It can be a threshold, a trend, or a comparison. The system notifies the user or anyone designated when the exception occurs.

Exception list

In batch processing, a list of items which contain errors or could not be processed.

Exch. rate

Rate of exchange between currencies.

Exch. rate type

Exchange rate type. Key representing a type of exchange rate in the system. For example, you can define a buying rate, bank selling rate, or average rate as a particular exchange rate type. This is then used when translating or converting currency amounts in the system.

Exchange rate

Rate of exchange between currencies.

Exchange rate type

Exchange rate type. Key representing a type of exchange rate in the system. For example, you can define a buying rate, bank selling rate, or average rate as a particular exchange rate type. This is then used when translating or converting currency amounts in the system.

Execute from (date)

Start date in which an operation is executed in a program.

Execute to (date)

End date in which an operation is executed in a program.

Exp. date

The date on a payment card after which the card is invalid.

Expected duration

The estimated time required to complete the maintenance work.

Expected limit

Anticipated cost limit for procurement of services.

Expired by

Date by which the item expires.

Export type

A classification of exports.

Ext. wage costs

Total plant maintenance costs for external workers.

External data parameters

Parameters of data which lies outside of the R/3 system.

External Data tab

A control to data that lies outside the SAP System.

External settlement (cost object controlling)

Process of transferring accumulated costs from a cost object to an asset or balance sheet account.

ExternalMatCost

Total plant maintenance costs for external materials.