SAP for Industrial Manufacturing Blog Posts

Super task list for production routing

Super Task Lists bring flexibility to production planning: one routing, multiple materials, less complexity. Check how to set it up and apply it in your own scenario.

Sell from Subcontractor - With Shipment Processing Part 2

The sell-from-subcontractor cycle is a strategic solution that can be employed by companies to address manufacturing capacity constraints while ensuring efficient fulfilment of customer demands. In this blog, exact configuration for the scenario will...

Sell from Subcontractor - With Shipment Processing Part 1

The sell-from-subcontractor cycle is a strategic solution that can be employed by companies to address manufacturing capacity constraints while ensuring efficient fulfilment of customer demands. In this blog, exact master data and business processes ...

Unlocking the Power of AI in Manufacturing with Cloud ERP

A recent Automation World article covers The AI Capabilities Midsized Manufacturers Need and that they can sit already right in front of them, in a Cloud ERP, like S/4HANAN Cloud Public Edition

GenAI as an accelerator for innovation and sustainable revenue growth in Manufacturing

AI is transforming the manufacturing industry by optimizing resource allocation, reducing inefficiencies, and uncovering hidden insights. From supply chain resilience to field service automation and predictive analytics, AI-powered tools like GenAI a...

KAESER talks about using various AI capabilities, including SAP Intelligent Product Recommendation

In today’s fast-evolving digital landscape, businesses are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence to enhance their operations and customer experiences. KAESER KOMPRESSOREN, a leader in compressed air solutions, is at the forefront of this tr...

ASUG Best Practices for Industries Event Oct 2024

At the Americas SAP User Group meeting in Houston, the big takeaways were all about speed—companies are racing to get their Cloud ERP up and running ASAP to stay in the game. Oh, and if you're not using AI to make work feel as smooth as binge-watchin...

Why Industry 4.0? A local perspective from Southeast Asia

Last week, I spoke at the Industry 4.0 webinar in Malaysia organized by the Federation of Malaysia Manufacturers (FMM). The theme of the webinar was "From Surviving to Thriving: The Road Ahead of Industry 4.0 for the Manufacturing Industry". I dec...

Your opportunity to Influence SAP – Customer Engagement Initiative Projects 2021-1 for SAP Industries Solutions

An exciting opportunity to influence SAP has begun with the first cycle of the 2021 SAP Customer Engagement Initiative (CEI). The SAP Customer Engagement Initiative enables you as an SAP customer or partner, to get early insights into SAP’s product ...

The Impact of Localised Manufacturing on Sustainability in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

In part two of this series on the impact of Covid19, Jonathan Burdette, Global Industry Principal at SAP Customer Experience looks at how the pandemic is creating better outcomes for sustainability through a shift to local supply chains and on-dem...

Covid19 is Accelerating Digital Transformation in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

A world that was already in a period of flux through the onward march of technology has seen rapid change in recent months by the emergence of Covid19. The pandemic has driven through an unprecedented time of change, disrupting whole industries, and ...

Transcript Blog- The Global Impact of COVID-19 on the Industrial Machinery and Components Industry

In this episode of Industry Insights by SAP, Josephine Monberg hosts Sayan Bose, Head of North America and LAC Regions, Global IM&C Industries at SAP. Sayan shares how IM&C companies have responded well to the crisis by reaching out to their custome...

New Learning Journey: SAP for Industrial Machinery & Components – Upskilling for SAP S/4HANA and Intelligent Enterprise

If you are looking for up to date knowledge on innovations, SAP S/4HANA and SAP Intelligent Enterprise in context of the industrial machinery & components industry, I would like to introduce this new Learning Journey to you: SAP for Industrial Machin...

SAP Digital Aftermarket Service at Hannover Messe 2019 – Empower new Service Business Models with SAP

Are you looking for new revenue streams in the aftermarket service area? Is your goal to provide new and enhanced service offerings to your customers? I believe that you – like many other industrial manufacturers – should go into that direction. W...

Servitization and New Business Models - A Digitalization Opportunity for Industrial Machinery Manufacturers

From selling products to selling services and innovating business models For producers of industrial machinery digitalization means: top line revenue growth by providing better products to their customers that are digitally enabled and different...

DON'T MISS! LIVE JUNE 8, 2017 / 10AM EASTERN: "Mass Digitalization in Industrial Manufacturing: What's Next?" on The Future of Manufacturing with Game Changers Radio, Presented by SAP

LISTEN LIVE – June 8 at 7 AM Pacific / 10 AM Eastern SAPRadio or Click Here LISTEN On-Demand starting a few hours later: Follow us on Twitter #SAPRadio The buzz: “Technology trends coupled with consumers’ increasing power to demand personalized pro...

Technology Changes Everything: Digital Trends Shaping The Industrial Sector

Written by Stephanie Reshel Originally published on May 23, 2017 at The D!gitalist Magazine by SAP Digital technology is infiltrating almost every industry, and it’s no exception for the industrial machinery and components (IM&C) sector. Digitaliz...

Hang Ten: 10 SAPPHIRE NOW Waves You Should Catch!

OK, so there is no surfing in Orlando, I get it, but a "hang ten" reference and a nice photo of a "tasty wave" always seem to peak people's interest, right? Start humming the Hawaii Five-O theme song now, even though we're talking about Florida... ...

SAP Weighs in on the 2016 International Manufacturing Technology Show

image credit: IMTS.com Two of our SAP Industry Value Engineers were interviewed by Robotics Tomorrow magazine on their impressions of the Industrial Manufacturing Technology Show 2016 (IMTS) in Chicago. Sachin Bapat, SAP Atlanta, and Gary Nelson, ...

Discrete Industries Partner Kick-off Workshop

The extraordinary success and value of previous Automotive Partner Days clearly encourages us to extend the community to include all Discrete Manufacturing Industries, taking full advantage of the synergies exiting between manufacturing industries an...

How is Your Digital DNA and Digital Muscle Shaping Up?

Photo credit: http://hdimagesnew.com/We are long past the question of “to digitally transform or not-to-transform.” The digital economy is taking shape with every passing business day and the speed of change is accelerating. The first digital busin...

Don't miss Eaton, Festo Getrag, Kennametal, Krones, and Tetra Pak Share their Success Stories, Best Practices, and Lessons Learned

SAP Industrial Machinery & Components Run Live DayJoin us in Chicago on September 29, 2016 from 10:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. for the very first SAP Industrial Machinery & Components Run Live Day at the Gwen Hotel.RSVP today!This value-packed day will kick of...

Don’t Miss SAP Industrial Machinery & Components Run Live Day

SAP Industrial Machinery & Components Run Live Day Attend this exciting event in Chicago on September 29, 2016, to hear multiple SAP industrial manufacturing customers share their technology success stories, best practices, and lessons learned This v...

Global Manufacturer Kennametal Engages in Digital Transformation with IBM and SAP

OverviewWith nearly 12,000 employees worldwide, Kennametal is a global industrial technology leader delivering productivity to customers through materials science, tooling and wear-resistant solutions to customers across aerospace, earthworks, energy...

Re-Defining Products In The Digital Economy

By Pradeep Amladi, Vice President, Global Marketing, SAPOriginally published at Re-Defining Products in the Digital EconomyA hundred and thirty years ago, on January 29, 1886, Karl Benz patented the gasoline-driven automobile. The car was born.From t...

SAP Product Lifecycle Costing auf dem VDI Seminar “Angebots- und Kostenkalkulation im Maschinen- und Anlagenbau”, Stuttgart, 16. Juni 2016

Gerne möchten wir Sie über das VDI Seminar Angebots und Kostenkalkulaiton im Maschinen- und Anlagenbau informieren, welches am 15. und 16. Juni 2016 in Stuttgart stattfindet.Das Seminar zeigt Methoden für Vorkalkulationen, Projekt- und mitlaufende Ka...

Creating More Value With Outcome-Based Billing And Aftermarket Service Strategies

Originally published on 9-May-2016 | Customer Experience at http://www.digitalistmag.com/customer-experience/2016/05/09/creating-more-value-with-outcome-based-billing-and-aftermark… by Ulf GuttmannThe digital transformation of the manufacturing indus...

Smart, Connected Products Require Changes To Business Processes

Originally posted on 3-May-2016 | Digital Economy | Business Networks at http://www.digitalistmag.com/digital-economy/2016/05/03/smart-connected-products-require-changes-to-business-processes-0…;Smart, connected products use technology to collect and...

Collaborative Networks At Forefront Of The Fourth Industrial Revolution

Originally posted at http://www.digitalistmag.com/digital-economy/2016/04/26/collaborative-networks-forefront-of-fourth-industrial-revolution…on 26-April-2016 | Digital Economy | Business Networksby Patrick LammThe Internet of Things is ringing in a ...

From Coal Miners to Data Miners: 5 Strategies for Engaging Your Workforce in the Digital Economy

Originally posted at http://www.supplychainbrain.com/content/single-article-page/article/from-coal-miners-to-data-miners-5-strategies-for-eng… By: Pradeep Amladi, Vice President, SAPMay 19, 2016In what it is calling the "Mine of the Future," leading ...

Check out the new e-book for SAP Enterprise Portfolio and Project Management

Learn more about SAP Enterprise Portfolio and Project Management with this compilation of value collaterals spanning customer success stories, business transformation studies, solution videos, and brochures. http://global.sap.com/community/ebook/201...

Siemens Is Creating Clean Power For A Brighter Future

Originally posted 20-April-2016 at http://www.digitalistmag.com/iot/2016/04/20/siemens-creating-clean-power-for-brighter-future-04149160Internet of Things | Internet Of ThingsWritten by Dietmar BohnSiemens is a German company based in Berlin with off...

Reimagine Products Connected To The Internet Of Things

Originally posted on 19-April-2016 at http://www.digitalistmag.com/iot/2016/04/19/reimagine-products-connected-to-the-internet-of-things-04149159| Internet of Things | Internet Of ThingsBy 2020, estimates show that between 30 billion and 50 billion p...

Innovative Digital Trends For Profitable New Business Models

Originally posted 11-May-16 at http://www.digitalistmag.com/digital-economy/2016/05/11/innovative-digital-trends-for-profitable-new-business-models-041… Digital Economy | Business NetworksWritten by Georg KubeThe world is in the grips of what some ca...

Industrial Machinery & Component SAPPHIRE NOW & ASUG Attendees: see you next week in Orlando!

If you are working at an industrial machinery and components company or for a partner who supports industrial markets, we have some sessions we would love to see you at in Orlando during SAPPHIRE NOW and the ASUG Annual Conference. Safe travels ever...

STILL Uses Innovative Cloud Platform To Power Its Self-Managing cubeXX Forklift

Originally posted 5-April-2016 on the D!gitalist Magazine by SAP Digital Supply Networks | Business NetworksA unique concept vehicle that is unlike any other in the current marketplace, the cubeXX mobile forklift truck robot follows the motto “first ...

Digitization in the Industrial Machinery & Components Industry – The Maturity Ladder

I recently listened to nice presentation from IDC about digitization in the manufacturing industries. One topic, which I found quite interesting, was the digital maturity ladder for manufacturing companies.The digital maturity ladder was described in...

Re-Defining Products in the Digital Economy

What product changes you can expect and how they’ll affect your business A hundred and thirty years ago, on January 29, 1986, Karl Benz patented the gasoline-driven automobile. The car was born.From the industrial economy to the Internet economy, eac...

2016 Value Map Now Available for Industrial Machinery and Components!

We are pleased to announce that the 2016 version of the Industrial Machinery and Components value map is now live on SAP Solution Explorer. We encourage you to navigate to the Industrial Machinery and Components value map to discover innovative end-...

S/4HANA Drives Value for Industrial Machinery & Component Companies

This will be the first of three blogs I will be writing on the value S/4HANA can bring to industrial machinery and component (IM&C) companies.We all know that the pace of change is as fast as it’s ever been, and it’s only continuing to accelerate. T...

Learn how to thrive in the new, digital ecosystem at GAME PLAN B2B CONFERENCE

Hear from acclaimed business visionaries, thought-leaders, and notable industry analysts about the transformation of B2B commerce, and how to thrive in this new, digital ecosystem. Register now for the premiere commerce, marketing, sales, and servic...

SAP Sales & Operations Planning Helps Industrial Machinery & Components Companies Increase Customer Service Levels while Reducing Inventory and Increasing Profitability

Industrial Machinery & Components (IM&C) companies face many challenges to stay on top of the ever increasing competition and changing business models in the context of the digitization of internal and external business processes. The new reality has...

Machinery, Equipment, And Component Companies Embrace The Industrial Internet Of Things

This blog was originally posted on February 6, 2015 on the SAP Business Innovation blog siteSome revolutions are said to be made of velvet; others happen behind closed doors. Today, the steadily advancing revolution that is sweeping through manufact...

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles… AND Trucks, Vans, Container Ships, and Drones

If you haven’t seen the movie “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles” starring Steve Martin and the late John Candy, please stop reading this blog, go find the movie, make some popcorn, and watch it. You can thank me later. Photo credit imbd.c...

2015 IM&C Value Map Now Live on Redesigned Solution Explorer

We are pleased to launch the updated and revised version of the SAP Solution Explorer where you can find the 2015 value maps for the Industrial Machinery and Components (IM&C) industry as well as a special value map specifically for Component Manufac...

Data value in a digital universe: 10 real-world applications for using data to improve manufacturing operations

This post originally appeared at http://www.plantengineering.com/single-article/data-value-in-a-digital-universe/a1a4883b67e077ba081e5863f85c567e.htmlWe are living and working in a new frontier known as “The Digital Universe.” From emails, texts, and...

Simple Finance from SAP delivers instant insight, is easy to use and easy to consume

SAP Simple Finance is a comprehensive portfolio of Finance solutions and revolutionizes how CFOs manage their businesses – by closing books radically fast, by performing consolidation in real-time, or by managing cash and receivables in ways never p...

Seizing Opportunity in the Industrial Internet of Things

Industrial machinery and component manufacturers can now draw huge volumes of data from billions of machines, equipment, and components. This makes the industry ripe to embrace technology and innovation -- increasingly referred to as the Industrial I...

Real-Time Service Excellence - Technology’s Role in Changing the Face of Customer Service

“The gains in productivity will be staggering for those countries, companies and individuals who can absorb the new technological tools.” Thomas Friedman, author of The World is FlatAdvancements in technology have profoundly changed business p...

Using the SAP Ariba Network and Experiencing Bottom Line Business Results

Whether it’s the pressure of global supply chain risk management, getting innovative products into market faster than the competition, closely managing costs, or all of these – these factors continually put your Procurement, A/P, and Finance departme...