SAP Manufacturing
Integration and Intelligence
Building a connected manufacturing system begins with digitally controlling the production process. The full benefits come when integrating production data with information from ERP and business systems, which SAP Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence (SAP MII) does.
SAP MII: Functions and tasks
SAP Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence is an absolutely essential and indispensable component of the highly advanced and efficient SAP Digital Manufacturing Suite, serving a multitude of critical tasks as an incredibly powerful and reliable central information hub.
Data integration with SAP
ERP and third-party systems
Companies that collect production data and business data separately are missing out on potential optimization, innovation, and synergy. The value of combining this information from various sources, such as SAP ME or other systems, becomes apparent once done.
Visualisation and
monitoring
SAP MII is an incredibly powerful tool that enables users to not only monitor manufacturing data in real-time, but also display key metrics and alerts to stay on top of everything at all times. With the ability to create custom UIs using a design thinking approach, this platform truly unlocks the potential of your manufacturing operation.
Real-time views and
analysis
Connected machines in the IIoT generate endless amounts of data. SAP MII’s development tools allow for real-time visualization of complete IIoT scenarios, highlighting the links between machines, workers, mobile devices, supply chains, and production processes. Alongside SAP Plant Connectivity (Pco), which connects the technical infrastructure of production plants, it provides full transparency of all production processes.
Shop floor
IT toolbox
SAP MII offers easy and quick app development services in manufacturing, covering OEE management, process control, data and message services, MDO, and KPI framework for performance evaluation.
SAP MII components
As the interface between the MES, ERP and third-party applications, SAP MII has two core eponymous components:
Integration
SAP is the primary integration platform that enables the amalgamation and aggregation of data from various IT and production systems. From the Manufacturing Execution System (MES) to Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and third-party systems, SAP MII serves as the foundation of a connected production system that connects all pertinent applications and modules.
Intelligence
SAP MII offers a comprehensive solution to consolidate and analyze important business data, providing essential functions for monitoring, controlling, and data analysis. With its powerful features, informed business decisions become effortless.
What are the benefits of SAP ME?
As the interface between the MES, ERP and third-party applications, SAP MII has two core eponymous components:
Standard integration
Connecting to other systems and SAP ERP is easy, so important information flows quickly. This helps businesses better coordinate all affected areas of their operations.
Real-time transparency
Real-time data analysis enables us to quickly identify inefficiencies, drive success, and transform business. Take advantage of its power today!
OEE integration in real time
Unlock the full potential of your plant's productivity and streamline production processes with our groundbreaking workflow tools. Discover unmatched efficiency and experience long-term benefits today.
Vertical integration
SAP MII delivers vital data from sensor to boardroom, empowering decision makers and enabling strategic development.
Zircoo– Your Specialist for SAP MII
Zircoo is an experienced SAP specialist that helps companies unlock the full potential of their production systems using SAP MII. With over 30 years of experience as a reliable partner to medium-sized manufacturing companies, we offer expertise that businesses need. We can create the best IT landscape from the very beginning and have developed our own Zircoo MES Templates based on SAP MII to support key processes and functions. Our templates are easy to adapt, implement, and integrate, tailored to individual project requirements and MES strategy.
- Operating Data Acquisition (ODA):
– Capture and feedback of good/bad quantities.
– Evaluation of employee and machine times. - Machine Data Acquisition (MDA):
– Data capture from machines, including downtime monitoring. - Capture of Product Faults (Fault Records) and Work Process Interruptions:
– Feedback to SAP QM.
– Recording of inspection characteristics.
– Generation of quality reports.
- Visualisation of SOPs and documents
- Triggers of actions and events (e.g., SAP PM maintenance reports and notification via email)
- Production dashboards:
– OEE
– Plan/actual comparisons
– Machine status analyses - Digital shift log book
FAQ: SAP MII
- Security services: Administers access rights to system services and data servers.
- Data services: Configures database connections.
- Content development: Provides access to the SAP MII Workbench, downloading user-defined report tags and user-defined Action SDKs, and configuration of connection credentials for the SAP NetWeaver Development Infrastructure (NWDI).
- Messaging services: Ensures copies of data sent to and from plant systems, ensuring plant process data independence from ERP system availability.
- Catalog services: Creates, extracts, consolidates, and restructures tags from various plant historian systems to produce a uniform tag catalog.
- Alerts and KPIs: Displays alert status and actions, defines alerts, and resolves them based on severity and status.
- Energy monitoring and analysis: Gathers and evaluates energy data across various plants.
SAP MII is a comprehensive, cutting-edge platform for seamlessly integrating production and business processes. Developed based on SAP Netweaver, this innovative solution empowers companies to effortlessly standardize and visualize crucial data. By serving as a central hub for creating a connected production system, SAP MII is changing the game for businesses worldwide.
Integrating production and business data is a crucial aspect of operating a successful enterprise. With the help of SAP MII functions, companies can achieve zero-error production and ensure extensive transparency in production processes. In addition, SAP MII allows businesses to identify the most suitable workflows for production, in terms of quality, quantity, and resource consumption, which is essential for optimizing operations and enhancing profitability.
In addition to the core elements of Integration and Intelligence, SAP MII possesses the capability to integrate a multitude of other components, such as:
- System management: Allows configuration of system-wide settings and monitoring.
- Security services: Administers access rights to system services and data servers.
- Data services: Configures database connections.
- Content development: Provides access to the SAP MII Workbench, downloading user-defined report tags and user-defined Action SDKs, and configuration of connection credentials for the SAP NetWeaver Development Infrastructure (NWDI).
- Messaging services: Ensures copies of data sent to and from plant systems, ensuring plant process data independence from ERP system availability.
- Catalog services: Creates, extracts, consolidates, and restructures tags from various plant historian systems to produce a uniform tag catalog.
- Alerts and KPIs: Displays alert status and actions, defines alerts, and resolves them based on severity and status.
- Energy monitoring and analysis: Gathers and evaluates energy data across various plants.