IT Standardization with a SAP ME Template Strategy at a ... · Old Equipment with restricted technical capabilities ... Middleware SAP MII/MEINT Layer Enterprise Application Layer
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Expected Benefits from Standardization Subject Matters to be considered Barriers and challenges for executing Standardization Improvement Potentials using Standard Software A customer project with focus on Standardization and Harmonization ▪ Production environment ▪ Project targets and expectations ▪ PoC set up ▪ Starting points for Standardization ▪ Project Execution and Methodology
Agility and Flexibility for reasonable cost with minimized risk ▪ Fast changes driven by customer demands and new BizModels ▪ Ability to implement innovations (Product, Technology, Automation, new
BizProcesses(B2B)) ▪ Smart adaptability to Market Up and Downs ▪ Increasing competition drives the need for at least fast adaption ▪ Ability to execute mergers/acquisitions, carve outs, new fabs, subcons
Harmonization and standardization of masterdata ▪ Central or well controlled decentral Masterdata Management ▪ Standard changemgmt ▪ Standard distribution capabilities (internally and with BizPartners) ▪ Standard maintenance, plausibility checks and editing capabilities
Harmonized and standardized reporting ▪ Constistent , complete and actual view on Enterprise KPI´s:
– Quality – Logistics – Production cost – Manufacturing KPI´s
▪ Standard capabilites to report, analyse, compare actuals to planned figures
IT specific expectations ▪ Reduce TCO of IT Systems ▪ Reduce implementation cost for changes and adaptions ▪ Reduce risk of migration to new or extended IT capabilities ▪ Minimize time, effort and cost of migration and change projects ▪ Improve „Performance of IT Projects“
Expected Benefits from Standardization Subject Matters to be considered Barriers and challenges for executing Standardization Improvement Potentials using Standard Software A customer project with focus on Standardization and Harmonization ▪ Production environment ▪ Project targets and expectations ▪ PoC set up ▪ Starting points for Standardization ▪ Project Execution and Methodology
Approach: ▪ Process design as reusable as possible (limited adaption via Config ok))
– At different Locations of the Enterprise – At different Shop Floors – For Subcons where applicable (contract issues, subcon capabilities,..) – For all Products and Technologies – For all Customers – For all Vendors
Standardization of Application SW Components ▪ ERP Systems ▪ Masterdata Management Systems ▪ QM Systems ▪ Planning and Logistic Systems ▪ BI , Reporting, Analytical Systems ▪ Manufacturing Execution Systems ▪ Equipment Integration Platform ▪ Enterprise and beyond (B2B) Application Integration ▪ Technology Stacks Target: Minimize number of SW vendors and Software Components Reduced complexity reduces cost and increases flexibility
Expected Benefits from Standardization Subject Matters to be considered Barriers and challenges for executing Standardization Improvement Potentials using Standard Software A customer project with focus on Standardization and Harmonization ▪ Production environment ▪ Project targets and expectations ▪ PoC set up ▪ Starting points for Standardization ▪ Project Execution and Methodology
Barriers and challenges for executing Standardization
Different Cultures at different locations Not invented here Syndrom….. Historical reasons ▪ Enterprise wide Standard Processes are not defined ▪ “Organic growth” of local Processes and Landscapes. ▪ Enterprise wide Standard Processes are defined but not executed ▪ Existing IT Landscape is not homogeneous
Barriers and challenges for executing Standardization
Equipment landscape not homogeneous ▪ Old Equipment with restricted technical capabilities ▪ Different Equipment vendors with different design philosophies ▪ Variety of Interface Protocols (Standard and Custom specific)
Migration to a higher degree of standardization could be a risk ▪ Unreliable estimations of cost, effort, timeline,….. ▪ Risk of interrupting running processes ▪ BizCase is needed; Sometimes hard to show ▪ Long lasting, complex multiphase project with a lot of different
Expected Benefits from Standardization Subject Matters to be considered Barriers and challenges for executing Standardization Improvement Potentials using Standard Software A customer project with focus on Standardization and Harmonization ▪ Production environment ▪ Project targets and expectations ▪ PoC set up ▪ Starting points for Standardization ▪ Project Execution and Methodology
– Dedicated for flexible and highly configurable modelling of Manufacturing Processes – Same Technology Stack as other SAP Applications – Standard integration scenarios with SAP-ERP Systems
▪ Core SAP-ME extended by managed SDK´s – Leverage the standard technology stack – Can be certified – Support quality of the extensions comparable with the standard product support – Adminstration skills and processes like the core product – Effort to design, implement and deploy extensions is compared to individual
software solutions rather low, more robust and better plannable.
Standard BI and Reporting plattform ▪ SAP Business Objects
– Harmonized comprehensive views on SAP and non SAP Applications – „Single point of truth“ approach – Same platform for commercial BI as well as manufacturing Reporting and Analytics
Equipment Integration Layer ▪ Abstraction of Eq. Interfaces and Protocols using Standard Integration
Framework ▪ Implementation of configurable standardized Equipment Controller,
based on SAP Standard Technology Stack
Enterprise Application Integration ▪ Enforce the usage of Communication Standards like WebServices ▪ Reduce the number of Integration Platforms ▪ Leverage standard SAP IT Landscape for implementation and runtime
environment of EAI components
UI-Layer ▪ Standard offers adequate technologies for nearly all relevant scenarios ▪ New released mobile platform enables tight integration of mobile devices
Expected Benefits from Standardization Subject Matters to be considered Barriers and challenges for executing Standardization Improvement Potentials using Standard Software A customer project with focus on Standardization and Harmonization ▪ Production environment ▪ Project targets and expectations ▪ PoC set up ▪ Starting points for Standardization ▪ Project Execution and Methodology
Harmonization of Business Processes (as is -> to be) ▪ Identification of reuasable process Modules ▪ Identification of processes fitting for standard or extended modelling
Expected Benefits from Standardization Subject Matters to be considered Barriers and challenges for executing Standardization Improvement Potentials using Standard Software A customer project with focus on Standardization and Harmonization ▪ Production environment ▪ Project targets and expectations ▪ PoC set up ▪ Starting points for Standardization ▪ Project Execution and Methodology
4 workstations, Internally automated Manual transport Automated final test Rework station Workers travels with products 900 pieces per day 12 different product types 30 trackable input components 95 % First Pass Yield
Drive Assembly 15.000 units per day 30 Workstations Completely automated, Automated transport 40 different products 15 trackable components 98% First Pass Yield 200 Data collections per product
Expected Benefits from Standardization Subject Matters to be considered Barriers and challenges for executing Standardization Improvement Potentials using Standard Software A customer project with focus on Standardization and Harmonization ▪ Production environment ▪ Project targets and expectations ▪ PoC set up ▪ Starting points for Standardization ▪ Project Execution and Methodology
Expected Benefits from Standardization Subject Matters to be considered Barriers and challenges for executing Standardization Improvement Potentials using Standard Software A customer project with focus on Standardization and Harmonization ▪ Production environment ▪ Project targets and expectations ▪ PoC set up ▪ Starting points for Standardization ▪ Project Execution and Methodology
Expected Benefits from Standardization Subject Matters to be considered Barriers and challenges for executing Standardization Improvement Potentials using Standard Software A customer project with focus on Standardization and Harmonization ▪ Production environment ▪ Project targets and expectations ▪ PoC set up ▪ Starting points for Standardization ▪ Project Execution and Methodology
Expected Benefits from Standardization Subject Matters to be considered Barriers and challenges for executing Standardization Improvement Potentials using Standard Software A customer project with focus on Standardization and Harmonization ▪ Production environment ▪ Project targets and expectations ▪ PoC set up ▪ Starting points for Standardization ▪ Project Execution and Methodology
Business Blueprint (6 weeks, done) ▪ Detailed description of „as is“ and „to be“ processes ▪ Brake down into use cases as basis for rapid prototyping and acceptance
test ▪ Solution design from hardware landscape, Equipment Integration, SAP-
ME basic modelling up to ERP Integration Szenarios ▪ Training of customer´s employees (different roles) ▪ Comprehensive documentation
Implementation phase (10 weeks, ongoing) ▪ Rapid prototyping for critical components ▪ Standard development activities ▪ Use case acceptance tests as preparation for final integration tests
Deployment and hand over to production (4 weeks, not started yet) ▪ Additional trainings ▪ Stress Tests and final proof of functionality, stability and performance ▪ Hand over to customer´s IT departement and production