Chapter 01: SAPMII Overview
Chapter length: 27 pages
Topics covered:
1. Concept of Manufacturing
2. Revolution in Manufacturing
3. Manufacturing Processes Ø Types of manufacturing
- Discrete manufacturing
- Process manufacturing
4. Filling the gap in manufacturing
5. History of SAP MII (Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence)
6. Glimpse of SAP MII
Ø SAP MII Architecture
7. SAP MII System Overview
Ø SAP MII Installation
8. Architecture of the UME
9. Data Access
10. Encryption Configuration
11. Credential Store
12. Illuminator Services
13. SAP MII Admin Configuration
Ø System Management - System Properties
- System Jobs
- Transaction Manager
- Log Viewer
- Scheduler
- Active Sessions
- Custom Attributes
- Custom Attributes Mapping
- Configurations
- Projects
- Localization
Summary
Chapter 2: Why to use MII-in Manufacturing Industries
Chapter length: 29 pages
Topics covered:
1. Why to use SAPMII?
2. Key Challenges & Solutions in Manufacturing Industries
Ø Competitive market and lower manufacturing costs
Ø Preference of Lean Supply Chain Strategy
Ø Disparate Manufacturing Plant Systems Ø Business and Financial Impact of Production Issues
Ø Lack of Control and Monitoring Mechanism for Production
Ø Lack in decision making process to meet production level targets
Ø Copies of Master Data leading to Quality and Compliance Issues
3. Functional Aspects of SAP MII
Ø Availability of SAP MII Product
Ø Integration Benefit Ø Infrastructure Benefit
Ø Intelligence Benefit
Ø Innovation Benefit
Ø Flexibility Across Plant Level Machineries
Ø Easy to Use with Other SAP Manufacturing Products
Ø Integration as per industry standards
Ø Statistical and Other Mathematical Analyses
Ø Capability of Predictive Analyses
4. Technical Advantages of SAP MII Ø Easy Coding Standard
Ø Flexibility with XML language
Ø High End Advanced Business Logic Services
Ø Compliant with International Standard for Integration
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Ø Easy to Configure and Flexible Solution
Ø Flexibility to communicate to any legacy system
Ø Flexibility to communicate with any Plant Level Device
Ø Compatibility of Connection to Files in Shared Network Ø Service Exposure to NetWeaver
About the Author:
Suman Mukherjee has around 7 years of IT experience with specialization in SAP manufacturing domain. He is currently working under Cognizant Technology Solutions as Technical Lead in SAP Manufacturing Business Unit. He worked on many high quality global manufacturing solutions by defining the architecture design and managing the deliverables by leading the team for custom SAP MII, MEINT and OEE applications. He worked as a technical reviewer for a SAP OEE book. He is actively involved in SCN SAP MII/OEE articles, discussions and has authored several technical blogs. He has been recognized as SCN Topic Leader for SAP MII. Previously he worked with IBM India Pvt. Ltd and Infosys India Limited. He has a Bachelor of Technology in Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering.
Saptaparna Mukherjee (Das) is associated with Cognizant Technology Solutions as a SAP MII Subject Matter Expert and Business Analyst in the Engineering Manufacturing Business Unit. She has around 7 years of IT experience with specializations in several SAP domains. She worked on several manufacturing implementaion projects and proposals involving SAP MII, SAP OEE, SAP MEINT and SAP ECC and managing the deliverables by leading the team in onsite-offshore role. She contributed in SCN for several technical discussions, forums and blogs. Previously, she worked with L&T Infotech Solutions. She has a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Technology from Nagpur University.
