Edge Platform: This is the system on the shop floor that captures and harmonizes data collected from IoT sensors.
SAP Plant Connectivity: SAP Plant Connectivity enables the exchange of data between SAP systems and industry-specific standard data sources.
SAP Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence (SAP MII): SAP MII is a comprehensive platform for Manufacturing Execution (MES) and integration solutions. It allows for real-time production monitoring and provides extensive data analysis tools. However, MII is not a full-fledged MES system.
SAP ME: SAP ME is SAP's MES offering that allows organizations to digitize their manufacturing processes and integrate business systems using Industry 4.0 technology in a cost-effective, high-quality, and resource-efficient way. Organizations can improve their manufacturing operations visibility with real-time information that increases manufacturing reliability and performance using solutions based on the Internet of Things (IoT). It is available as cloud and on-premise deployment and integrates seamlessly with SAP ERP.
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Key Takeaways
⇨ Manufacturing plays a crucial role in supply chain networks, and recent events have emphasized its importance in building supply chain resiliency and agility.
⇨ Digital twins capability has been consistently highlighted by SAPinsiders as key to building resilient, agile, and optimized manufacturing capability.
⇨ SAP technology ecosystem provides a robust set of technologies to build digital twin stack.
As supply chain challenges increase due to increasing supply chain complexities, organizations are increasingly looking at leveraging data and analytics tools and technologies to help them address their supply chain challenges. Manufacturing plays a crucial role in supply chain networks, and recent events have emphasized its importance in building supply chain resiliency and agility. This has been emphasized in our recent supply chain research reports, Supply Chain Planning in The Cloud and Process Automation in Supply Chain. SAPinsiders are increasingly evaluating their portfolio of manufacturing systems and technologies and looking to upgrade to align with the requirements of modern manufacturing. SAPinsder’s April 2022 report, Manufacturing Management and Planning Benchmark Report, will explore the pain points SAPinsiders are experiencing with their current systems, the key drivers they are experiencing that are bringing those pain points to the forefront, and their technology roadmap to address those pain points. Digital twins capability has been consistently highlighted by SAPinsiders as key to building resilient, agile, and optimized manufacturing capability. In this article, we will share a high-level overview of how a digital twin stack can be built in SAP technology ecosystems.
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