SAP Digital Manufacturing

Score9 out of 10

19 Reviews and Ratings

What is SAP Digital Manufacturing?

SAP 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.

Categories & Use Cases

Manufacturing Execution

Lukas Jung

IT Solution Line Owner in Information Technology at Loh Services (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

As a standard MES system. This means that the core functionalities it offers include a work order queue, confirmation of work completion, and intraday control.Currently, SAP DM is still integrated with an R/3 system and is being rolled out to other plants (currently implemented in only one plant)

Pros

Standard Interface
POD 2.0 will be a great benefit

Cons

Not the whole ERP Data Model is supportes (Configruation, OrderNet, Text postition in BOM etc.)

Return on Investment

Positive one cause we had no MES System before so we get ROI trough transperency

Usability

Celso Kassab View profile

Supply Chain Partner in Information Technology at Deloitte (5001-10,000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Orchestrating Production Excellence: Empowering Smart Manufacturing and real time analytics with SAP Digital Solutions

Pros

OEE control
Shop Floor Control
Production Insights Generation
Production Orchestration

Cons

OEE measure
Connect to all industrial equipments
Production appointment automation

Return on Investment

The License cost model is very hard to understanding

Usability

Harsh Harsh View profile

Software Engineer in Information Technology at MHP (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I leverage SAP Digital Manufacturing (DM) to develop PODs and Logics(Using PPD) for manufacturing sector. This product (SAP DM) has addressed the following use cases
1. Machine connectivity, ie shop floor connections to MES
2. Logic building for automation
3. Integration for SAP ERP and 3rd party DBs
4. POD development for a user interface for shop floor operators using low code- No code
5. Realtime monitoring for shopfloor and OEE using LM and integrated SAC
6. 3rd Party push notification integrations
7. Consuming custom APIs and applications
8. Creating Jobs and Triggers which helps in automations

Pros

Automation using triggers and PPDs
Shopfloor tracking using asset managements
Low Code No Code dev style for POD interface development
Intuitive dashboards using SAC

Cons

SAP Digital Manufacturing on edge - not implemented yet
Visual inspection - product functionality keeps on changing with no clear road map
POD Designer - Can be restrictive at times
SAC Dashboard - No option to export/import the developed dashboards(as per my understanding)

Return on Investment

Positive: Improved automation and reduced operator interactions
Negative: All data on cloud with no option to have any data on-prem(as of now) affecting GxP industries' compliance
Neutral: Training required for shopfloor operators to the SAP DM POD interfaces

Usability

Other Software Used

SAP HANA Cloud, SAP S/4HANA Cloud, SAP Build, Workzone

Heiko Kehm View profile

Head of Digital Supply Chain in Information Technology at SMA Solar Technology AG (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

With SAP Digital Manufacturing (SAP DM), we are replacing our old, custom-built MES solution. We are standardizing both our system landscape and our processes. Since we have already implemented SAP S/4HANA, we are optimizing the integration between SAP S/4HANA and SAP Digital Manufacturing as the MES solution within our company. This approach paves the way for the digitalization of our production through a Cloud-First and SAP Suite-First strategy.

Pros

SAP S/4HANA integration
digitalization of production
rapid deployment, and cost-efficient operation

Cons

performance
functional coverage
broader support for communication protocols for machine connectivity

Return on Investment

reduction of production downtime
reduction of scrap through improved data quality and insights
reduction of ready-for-production time through standardization

Usability

Other Software Used

SAP S/4HANA Cloud, SAP Datasphere, SAP Business Technology Platform, SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP Integrated Business Planning, SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite, SAP LeanIX Enterprise Architecture, SAP SuccessFactors HCM, SAP Global Trade Services

Mazharuddin Syed

Senior Technology Functions Analyst in Information Technology at Kings Hawaiian (5001-10,000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

SAP Digital Manufacturing help us overcome the issues with integration to shop floor systems seamlessly. the trigger and asset management are the top things I like in it.
It help us capture are the data collections from the shop floor and the resource downtimes and productivity in real time. It support all that were missing with SAP MII. over all the business are satisfied with the outcome and productivity.

Pros

Data collection
Triggers
asset connectivity

Cons

out of the box dashboards
something on edge

Return on Investment

Positive- great live tracking
Negative - downtimes for upgrades

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