Permit to Work in SAP Cloud ERP Private: Best Practices and More feat. Vattenfall | Expert Talk

In this episode of the Expert Talk series, we explore Permit to Work in SAP Cloud ERP Private: from setup to approvals, safety validations, and closure, plus real‑world insights. Host Maria Silipo is joined by SAP experts Jörg Medack and Yakub Shah and special guest Marc Janssen, representing the company Vattenfall, to show how integrated templates, four eye approvals, guardrails, and dashboards make maintenance work safer and more efficient. You’ll see the end-to-end process: planning & preparation, approvals, safety implementation, hand out, suspension/re issue, and closure, all integrated with maintenance orders. You’ll also hear about benefits at Vattenfall (including fewer safety incidents) and a look ahead to SAP Cloud ERP 2025 innovations such as isolation management and extended extensibility. Chapters: 00:00 Intro & overview 00:47 Why Permit to Work matters (risk + safety) 01:55 PTW lifecycle + demo setup (plan → close, dashboards) 02:20 Vattenfall context & scale 03:31 PTW in SAP Cloud ERP Private (order-integrated) 05:02 Create & approve permits (hazards, controls, certificates, audit) 11:02 Safety validations + managing the permit (suspend, handover, close, KPIs) 18:03 What’s new (2025) & roadmap: isolation management, order integration, extensibility 20:04 Wrap up: Like, share, subscribe; SAP Community & email 📧 Questions or ideas for a future episode: insides4@sap.com 💬 Continue the conversation with professionals in the SAP Community: https://pages.community.sap.com/topics/s4hana #SAP #PermitToWork #SAPCloudERP