#1 most frequent
United States of America
42.9%42 installations of 98
What is ABB Ability Solution Suite?
The ABB Ability Solution Suite is an enterprise ERP product suite designed for asset-intensive industries like power generation and water management.
Categories & Use Cases
Top Performing Features
API for custom integration
An API (application programming interface) provides a standard programming interface for connecting third-party systems to the software for data creation, access, updating and/or deletion.
Category average: 7.7
Single sign-on capability
The software system supports a centralized authentication mechanism allowing the user to access multiple systems with a single, centrally managed password.
Category average: 8.5
Role-based user permissions
Permissions to perform actions or access or modify data are assigned to roles, which are then assigned to users, reducing complexity of administration.
Category average: 8
Areas for Improvement
Performance Monitoring
Analyze business metrics and compare actual performance to plans, identify issues, prioritize demands and respond to changes
Category average: 7.5
Proposal Management
Capture budget, resource, and benefit expectations for proposals
Category average: 7
Product Master Data Management
Create, classify, and manage product items, BOMs and product changes
Category average: 7.4
Who Buys & Uses ABB Ability Solution Suite
#2 most frequent
Germany
7.1%7 installations of 98
#3 most frequent
India
5.1%5 installations of 98
ABB Ability for plants looking to provide better management of computation and data available from multiple systems
Pros
- Computation of data.
- Presentation to right person.
- Ability to perform critical task and sending to users.
- Multiple control system connectivity.
Cons
- May be for smaller PLCs this can't be implemented.
- Cost may an area ABB can look in to.
- Improvement in GUI
Return on Investment
- Positive is definitely ROI since manual intervention is minimized and the process is automated.
- Cost wise, ABB has been looked upon considering the small industry.
- Overall, a good solution for a large companies.
Alternatives Considered
Microsoft Dynamics 365 (formerly Microsoft Dynamics CRM)
Other Software Used
Cloud Backup for Office 365, OneDrive, Dropbox