All Articles on Manufacturing
Cyber Security for Plant Networks
This document provides an understanding of the security challenges faced by manufacturers in the plant networks and at a high level discusses various ways of protecting them.11 Nov 2009
Advanced Flat File to MII XML Document Custom Action Blocks
The following document will review how to install and use the Advanced Flat File to XML Document Conversion Custom Action Blocks in order to parse a flat file into an XML document. The action supports any flat file with any value delimiter and end of line delimiter and will build an MII formatted XML document as its output.29 Oct 2009
Enriching SAP MII (SAP Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence) UIs Using Dojo
In this article I have tried to show how we can use Dojo toolkit to minimize our effort in writing Javascript and HTMLs to deliver powerful, good-looking, professional-quality MII Application UIs.12 Oct 2009
SAP Discovery System V4: xMII Scenario Demo Script
SAP MII Scenario demo script for the SAP Discovery system V4.01 Oct 2009
Chemical products are used widely and they greatly improve our quality of life. However, the industry is still perceived as dirty, mainly due to concerns for the environment and human health. Green Chemistry, on the other hand, refers to the design of Chemical products and processes which reduce or eliminate the use and generation of hazardous substances.18 Sep 2009
Champion Technologies Business Transformation Study
See how specialty chemicals firm Champion Technologies used SAP Environment, Health, and Safety Management to enhance corporate sustainability. Integrated with the SAP ERP application, the software is helping Champion improve its environmental, health, and safety compliance.01 Sep 2009
Methods of Selecting BOM Variant Parts in Variant Configuration
This document explains in detail about the three methods of selecting BOM Variant Parts (BOM Items) in Variant configuration.26 Aug 2009
This article is related to Order Change Management(OCM) which applies to Shop Floor Control (production orders). In this article,confuguration settings and process flow is explained with an example.25 Aug 2009
Shift Related Confirmation: a Breakthrough in Manufacturing
This article explains the functionality of shift related confirmation in production execution process which is a part of the SAP's enhancement package number 329 Jul 2009
SAP Manufacturing Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) Current and Future Strategy
This paper discusses SAP's current and future Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) strategy related to the SAP Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence (MII) and Plant Connectivity (PCo) products. This paper addresses how a service focused software environment can provide benefit for your business at both the Enterprise and Manufacturing level. It will also dive into the current and future manufacturing offerings to enhance the service integration capabilities of your existing manufacturing environment.28 Jul 2009
SAP MII Best Practice Guide for 12.x
This guide identifies approaches for the most flexible and best performing MII applications.15 Jul 2009
Future Factory Initiative Executive Summary
Managed by the SAP Research center in Dresen, the Future Factory Initiative is a joint effort between SAP Research and industrial and academic partner organizations to foster research and development for the manufacturing industry. With this living lab, SAP Research is exploring next-generation manufacturing solutions covering the whole product value chain in a real-life setting.06 Jul 2009
Manufacturing in the New Reality
This article describes how SAP Business Suite 7 provides additional support for manufacturing, especially with solutions for multiple lines of business and cross the boundaries of traditional application sets.01 Jul 2009
Pursuing the Perfect Plant A Step-by-Step Approach to Manufacturing Transformation
This series of articles covers issues of SAP implementations and best practices for manufacturing and plant operations.01 Jul 2009
Automating Supplemental Price Quotes in F&A Pricing
This document speaks about making F&A pricing flexible to accomodate & to Automate SAP system for supplemental Price quotes which are published seasonally by oil exchanges.30 Jun 2009
Integrating SAP MII v12.1 with SAP ERP QM
This article provides some insight on how to integrate your MII v12.1 software with the SAP ERP QM module via JCo. This will allow in-depth SPC material based inspection lot analysis for single and multiple inspections lots. This document provides both an overview of the process steps and screens along with detailed steps on how to build your content within MII and a pre-built example project of all of the content.15 Jun 2009
Installing the SAP MII v12.1 JTA JDBC Custom Action Blocks
The custom action blocks referenced in this document are for providing JTA access to any JDBC NetWeaver Datasource that supports commit and rollback functionality. These are useful for maintaining data integrity when performing a large number of commands when all of none should be entered into a database.11 Jun 2009
ARC Brief Implementable Best Practices Speed Chemical Industry SAP ERP Deployments
In this report, Greg Gorbach, VP for Collaborative Manufacturing and Architecture at ARC Advisory Group, describes SAP Best Practices for Chemicals as "an excellent starting point for SAP ERP implementations". The report emphasizes "'Live in Five' (months) is not just a slogan, and 'Best Practices' are real, proven, industry-specific business processes, supported by trained implementation partners".10 Jun 2009
Determine Setup ID in APO by Characteristic Values
Learn how to change the setup id of APO activities with object dependencies based on characteristic values. The setup id is used to control PP/DS sequence optimization of activities in APO planned or production orders.29 May 2009
Energy Intensity in Maintenance
How energy intensity can be used in maintenance activities using the SAP solutions.22 May 2009
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