Production Data Acquisition with SAP MII in Practice

TH BDE Best Practice in Aerospace and Defense/High-Tech (Cell production)

Objective

  • Automatic KPI calculation
  • Automated process confirmation from Shop Floorto SAP ERP via SAP MII

Initial Situation

  • Complex registration system with limited application in production
  • Calculations and effectiveness as "Black Box" results
  • limited information about cell effectiveness LEAN parameters

Requirements

  • Availability of all information in SAP
  • Easy handling - "Keep it simple"
  • Process visualization
  • "Calculated" production costs

Connected Systems

  • SAP 4.7
  • SQL Server 2005
  • DMS

MES Functionalities

  • Download and processing of work orders in SAP MII
  • Machine and production data acquisition
  • Quality management
  • KPI calculation

Main Customer Benefit

  • Higher transparency and financial reliability with automatic KPI calculation
  • Process optimization through dashboard visualization in real time
  • Easy handling for operators

Outlook

  • Support of additional LEAN management initiatives through SAP MII
  • Connection of further processes

TH BDE Best Practice in Metal Industry (Casting, milling, cutting)

Objective

  • Production integration with SAP 
  • Real-time confirmation and adaptation to the planning process
  • Batch tracing
  • Flexible release of work orders by MRP controllers
  • Specification of work plans
  • Reports on machine efficiency recording

Initial Situation

  • Paper-based production with proprietary database solutions
  • Elimination of the "black hole" in the production process (order status, material stock, stock location  or consumption, yield, scrap)
  • Excessive inventory (semi-finished and finished products)

Connected Systems

  • SAP (PP, QM, HR, SD)

MES Functionalities

  • Confirmation to SAP
  • Upload and download of work orders
  • Order queue
  • Volume acknowledgements
  • Batch management and label print-out

Main Customer Benefit

  • Optimal mapping of material flow (incl. workplace, machine)
  • Permanent recording of physical stock location of the batch (label print-out)
  • Print-out of customer labels and connection to SAP SD

Outlook

  • Roll-out to other production areas
  • TH MDA Best Practice