Machine Data Acquisition with SAP MII in Practice
TH MDE Best Practice in Automotive Industry (Foil production)
Objective
- utomated exchange of order and quality data between machines, PDA and SAP ERP via SAP MII
Initial Situation
- Numerous sub-systems and manual solutionsen
Connected Systemse
- Siemens WinCC
- SAP 4.7
- 6 plant systems
MES MES Functionalities
- Download of work orders and their respective parameters/recipes in Win CC
- Machine and production data acquisition
- Logging and monitoring of quality data
Main Customer Benefit
- Process optimization by automated order transfer
- Improved reactivity of production staff by real-time monitoring of the production process
- Reduced manual effort with integrated production data acquisition
- Synchronization of planning and manufacturing level
Outlook
- Connection of additional machines on the site
- Roll-out to other plants within the corporation
TH MDE Best Practice in Plastics industry / SME (Foil production)
Objective
- Production control with SAP
- Replacement of the existing PDA
- PDA data collection in SAP directly on site (machine connection through SAP MII)
- Visualization of plant status
Initial Situation
- Production data acquisition through sub-system with SAP connection
Connected Systems
- OPC server
- SAP ERP
- Connection of 28 plastic foil machines
MES Functionalities
- Machine and production data acquisition
- Automated exchange of order and quality data between plants and SAP ERP
- Visualization of plant status through signal lamps
- Direct triggering of events in quality control or in maintenance departments
Main Customer Benefit
- Improved reactivity of production staff by real-time monitoring of the production process
- Reduced manual effort with integrated production data acquisition
- Automated confirmation to SAP ERP