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SAP introduces SAP Digital
Manufacturing Cloud
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AP SE has introduced the release of
SAP Digital Manufacturing Cloud,
a new solution to help companies
optimise performance, elevate production
quality and efficiency, and ensure worker
safety. Drawing on SAP’s expertise in
the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT),
predictive analytics and supply networks, the
solution enables manufacturers to deploy
Industry 4.0 technologies in the cloud.
The new cloud solution extends and
complements the digital manufacturing
portfolio of on-premise solutions from SAP
and is available in different bundles to
serve manufacturers of varying sizes in both
discrete and process industries and roles
within their respective organisations.
SAP customers can choose from the SAP
Digital Manufacturing Cloud solution for
execution, which provides all solutions in
the manufacturing cloud portfolio, or the
SAP Digital Manufacturing Cloud solution
for insights, which focuses on performance
management and predictive quality.
“Manufacturers in the era of Industry
4.0 require solutions that are intelligent,
networked and predictive,” said Bernd Leukert,
Member of the Executive Board of SAP SE,
Products & Innovation. “Our manufacturing
cloud solutions help customers take
advantage of the Industrial Internet of Things
(IIoT) by connecting equipment, people and
operations across the extended digital supply
chain and tightly integrating manufacturing
with business operations.”
SAP Digital Manufacturing Cloud includes
the following:
• SAP Digital Manufacturing Cloud for
execution: Industry 4.0-enabled shop
floor solution features ‘lot size of one’
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and paperless production capabilities. It
integrates business systems with the shop
floor, allowing for complete component
and material-level visibility for single and
global installations
• SAP Digital Manufacturing
Cloud for insights: Centralised, data-
driven performance management
enables key stakeholders to achieve
best-in-class manufacturing performance
and operations
• Predictive quality: This helps
manufacturers gain valuable
insights to conform to specifications
across processes and streamline
quality management. It also allows
manufacturers to apply predictive
algorithms that can reduce losses from
defects, deficiencies or variations and
recommend corrective actions
• Manufacturing network: The network
provides a cloud-based collaborative
platform integrated with SAP Ariba
solutions connecting customers with
manufacturing service providers, such
as suppliers of 3D and computer
numerical control (CNC) printing services,
material providers, original equipment
manufacturers (OEM) and technical
certification companies
Also at Hannover Messe 2018, SAP
announced SAP Connected Worker Safety, a
solution designed to reduce risks, costs and
protect employees.
Information from wearables and other
sensor-enabled equipment can help
companies react immediately to a
hazardous situation or incident while
proactively managing worker fatigue and
other hazard inducers. Real-time information
allows monitoring of compliance at all times
against regulatory and other parameters. n
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