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SAP Digital Manufacturing vs. SAP Manufacturing Execution

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    SAP Digital Manufacturing

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/ASAP Digital Manufacturing solution is a cloud-deployed manufacturing execution system (MES) that supports sustainable, risk-resilient manufacturing operations through an Industry 4.0 approach. The software creates visibility across the top floor and shop floor, precision execution of production processes, and aims to improve operator productivity with machine learning for visual inspection.N/A

    SAP Manufacturing Execution

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ASAP Manufacturing Execution is the company's MES designed to digitally control, monitor, and automate manufacturing operations.N/A
    Pricing
    SAP Digital ManufacturingSAP Manufacturing Execution
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SAP Digital ManufacturingSAP Manufacturing Execution
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    SAP Digital ManufacturingSAP Manufacturing Execution
    Considered Both Products
    SAP
    Chose SAP Digital Manufacturing
    These products are obselete
    Incentivized
    SAP
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    16 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    11 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    15 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    67%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    12 Answers
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    Features
    SAP Digital ManufacturingSAP Manufacturing Execution
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of SAP Digital Manufacturing and SAP Manufacturing Execution
    Feature
    SAP Digital Manufacturing
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Manufacturing Execution
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    28% above category average
    API for custom integration00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Plug-ins00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of SAP Digital Manufacturing and SAP Manufacturing Execution
    Feature
    SAP Digital Manufacturing
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Manufacturing Execution
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Single sign-on capability00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of SAP Digital Manufacturing and SAP Manufacturing Execution
    Feature
    SAP Digital Manufacturing
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Manufacturing Execution
    8.7
    1 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Inventory Management
    Comparison of Inventory Management features of SAP Digital Manufacturing and SAP Manufacturing Execution
    Feature
    SAP Digital Manufacturing
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Manufacturing Execution
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    22% above category average
    Inventory tracking00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Automatic reordering00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Location management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Manufacturing
    Comparison of Manufacturing features of SAP Digital Manufacturing and SAP Manufacturing Execution
    Feature
    SAP Digital Manufacturing
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Manufacturing Execution
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    29% above category average
    Production Process Design00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Production Management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Configuration Management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Work Execution00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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    Score9.2 out of 10
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    Score4.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    SAP Digital ManufacturingSAP Manufacturing Execution
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (16 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.6
    (15 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SAP Digital ManufacturingSAP Manufacturing Execution
    Likelihood to Recommend
    SAP
    SAP Digital Manufacturing is well suited to integrate SAP S/4 with the shop floor systems for shop floor control. It shines on automatic data collection, automated down time collection, embedded SAP Analytics Cloud, Inventory integration, Interactive Production Operator Dashboards, Process Monitoring, Production Process Designs etc.
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    SAP
    SAP Manufacturing Execution is suitable for desecrate manufacturing. For the complex routing of the product, this software ensures users do not by mistake start executing the wrong steps. This is the best tool to track and work on nonconformance and rework scenarios. This is most suitable when the landscape has SAP ERP in place.
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    Pros
    SAP
    • Automation using triggers and PPDs
    • Shopfloor tracking using asset managements
    • Low Code No Code dev style for POD interface development
    • Intuitive dashboards using SAC
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    SAP
    • Visual routing ensures the production line layout is as appropriate as shown on the application.
    • Production house needs a lot of data to do an in-process inspection of the product. ERP might not need that. SAP ME provides that place to do every data collection.
    • Nonconformance functionality ensures when needed the product goes to the appropriate station to get repaired. Also, data collection can raise NC and can move the product to a particular station to get an issue corrected.
    • All the information is well integrated with SAP ERP and makes SAP ME more valuable for the organization.
    • SAP MII also comes along with SAP ME helps to get the application well integrated with the shop floor equipment.
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    Cons
    SAP
    • Edge component - this needs to be improved to provide a seamless connection.
    • The inbuilt functionalities like in ME instead of building separate production process.
    • The EDHR reports needs to be similar in SAP ME.
    • Configurable OEE reports and history reports delivered out of the box.
    • Integrated with non - SAP ERP.
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    SAP
    • ODS or the BI part of the ME needed more improvement.
    • The archiving job needs to be more robust.
    • Database indexes need to me more analyzed and setup as per the organization requirement.
    • SAP MII UI integration plugin to be developed for increased usability of this application.
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    Usability
    SAP
    SAP Digital Manufacturing is a very well thought and engineered solution that does really well in trying to map most manufacturing use cases and makes it possible to manufacturers to avoid expensive and complex custom solutions and instead implementing fit to standard solutions that needs less maintenance and are less subjected to issues
    Incentivized
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    SAP
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    Alternatives Considered
    SAP
    The SAP Digital Manufacturing cost of operation is much lower, compare to other competitors like that of salesforce and to top it off since has been in the business of digital manufacturing for quite some time, it is more trustworthy.
    Incentivized
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    SAP
    There was no product evaluated before using SAP ME. This replaced the custom homegrown MES system. The custom MES system had a lot of issues with the integration with SAP ERP. While evaluating the situation, SAP MII was the initial tool used to create the integration of the custom MES. We later found the fully functional tool SAP ME off the shelf had several functionalities out of the box.
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    Return on Investment
    SAP
    • As it is cloud based product, quarterly upgrades impacts the production and needs effort and resources for testing
    • Product is not fully matured. It still has bugs
    Incentivized
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    SAP
    • Production house is more efficient now.
    • Less paperwork improved means less unproductive work on the shop floor.
    • Regulatory audits are more efficient.
    Incentivized
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