Aptean Activplant MES vs. SAP Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence

SAP Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence as a stand-alone platform seems to be quite powerful with a wide range of capabilities and integration options. The integration itself proved to be challenging which was mentioned before. We also had some issues with delays in data queries which resulted in delays of the visual representation on the SSCE dashboards.

Incentivized

• MII is particularly good at providing and customizing dashboards for quick analysis of industrial IoT data.
• MII also has built-in analysis functionality to make more sense of all the IoT data being streamed.
• MII (and ME) are particularly effective at identifying outliers and problems with equipment/processes before they cause delays or other cascading issues. This allows for effective preventative maintenance.

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• Using the plant connector and setting up a proper stable connection proved challenging.
• Defining the tags and subscription aliases in the workbench took a lot of time.
• Documentation is somewhat outdated and difficult to come by.

Incentivized

We required a bit of support setting this product up and as always the representative was both knowledgeable and helpful. The landscape we had (ME, PCo, ERP, MII, SolMan) made it a little more complicated and they were very good at finding the answers we needed. They also replied in a timely fashion. We have not needed any further support.

Incentivized

SAP MII is a robust platform for data visualization and data integration. It isn't very intuitive and has the shortcomings explained throughout the review. It still uses old Java versions which is incompatible with updated versions. The SAP ME and SAP CP provide cloud-based solutions that seem to provide a more innovative approach.

Incentivized

• SAP MII is a more robust, feature-rich solution than any in-house application would be.
• Our experiments have granted us the skills necessary to help our clients with their own industrial IoT journey.

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