- Supply Chain Management
- SAP-based software
- New Release 24.0
- Shop Floor Integration
Highlight features in Shop Floor Integration (SFI)
Consistent expansion of supported supply chain processes and platforms
After the first steps were already taken in SFI Release 23.0 with the digitalisation of material supply processes and the integration of manual workstations, SFI Release 24.0 also shows that this path is being consistently pursued. Track & Trace was tackled as a major new solution. This involves digitally recording changes of location in the real world and the appropriate documents (goods movements, goods receipt/issue, etc.) are automatically generated for the corresponding SAP business objects (materials, handling units, serial numbers, etc.).
Furthermore, a platform integration for the well-established AVEVA™ PI System™ has been developed as an immediately usable standard product. This means that all AVEVA PI customers who use SAP as their ERP system now have access to all the familiar SFI functions from the areas of Real Time Maintenance (RTM) and Supply Chain Management (SCM).
Features
CONNECT
Connecting track & trace systems and devices
ONBOARDING
Assignment of physical locations to logical SAP locations (e.g. stock locations)
INITIALISATION
Mapping between tags and master data or documents (e.g. material, quantity, unit);
Apps (SAP GUI & Fiori) for the (re-)initialisation of tags
PROCESSING
Processing tracking data to trigger business processes > 1st process: material movement from stock location to stock location
Architecture
Display in the system
The screenshot at the top right shows an SFI event that was generated from a physical change in the location of a tagged material.
One can recognise the entry into a stock location (LGI) and the name of the warehouse (raw material warehouse resp. "Rohmateriallager").
It is also possible to see which SFI rule was used during processing (92) and which type of document (material document) with which document number (4900156639) was generated.
The document can be called up directly via the link on the document number and is displayed in the WebGUI (see screenshot below right).
Benefits
Reliable
Certainty that every booking really takes place.
Real-time
Bookings happen directly when items are read.
Automated
No effort for SAP bookings
Transparent
Always know where the items are.
AVEVA PI integration
In our opinion, the vision of Industry 4.0 can only become real if the manufacturers and customers involved are open to integrating their solutions and sharing challenges.
We consistently implement this conviction in our products and have integrated AVEVA, another important manufacturer, into the SAP processes via SFI in Release 24.0.
The integration between SFI and AVEVA PI came about as part of a co-innovation project with one of our customers.
Features
Based on condition-based monitoring of systems in AVEVA PI
Onboarding of PI data sources in SFI and mapping to SAP master data (equipment etc.).
Creation of SAP PM orders and notifications via proactive alerting of PI
Automatic collection of PI counters (operating hours etc.) for PM maintenance plans by SFI
