SAP Italy
ROLE
Partner Gold
OBJECTIVE
SAP Italy is collaborating with MADE Competence Center for Industry 4.0 to help Italian companies become smart businesses, leverage the benefits of digitization and adopt increasingly sustainable and resilient business models. Specifically, for companies which will take advantage of the support and collaborative environments of the Competence Center for Industry 4.0, SAP enables them to: learn in-depth about business solutions for more digital and greener manufacturing and participate in training and networking activities to develop new skills.
SOLUTIONS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE COMPETENCE CENTER
Resilient, connected, sustainable and risk-proof Supply Chain Management processes from product design to plant and machinery operations
With the technology solutions made available at the competence center, SAP proposes for companies to improve the risk resilience and sustainability of their supply chain through a “design-to-operate” approach which seamlessly connects all business processes – design, planning, production, logistics and operations – taking advantage of smart technologies and creating a digital mirror of the entire value chain.
In particular, at MADE Competence Center for Industry 4.0 it is possible to see first-hand SAP’s proposal to optimize production with cloud-based digital manufacturing solutions, artificial intelligence and IoT, as well as solutions to improve the performance and reliability of machinery and production facilities, and rethink field services to generate additional sources of revenue by creating new service-based business models.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DEMONSTRATOR/USE-CASE WITHIN WHICH THE SOLUTIONS HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED
Towards 0 Emissions Goal
SAP Integrated Business Planning (SAP IBP) improves control of CO2 emissions, optimizing costs, and improving customer satisfaction, regulatory adherence, and environmental protection.
Intelligent and sustainable design
SAP Responsible Design & Production enables sustainability and circular economy strategies by optimizing packaging while meeting regulatory obligations, monitoring financial outlays, and reducing costs and waste.
Retrofitting and monitoring of production facilities
SAP Business Technology Platform enables the acquisition of data from a machine tool which does not, by its nature, have the ability to convey information about its status. By reprocessing and monitoring this data, it is possible to set alarm thresholds, thanks to which significant events occurring on the machine itself can be detected and recorded as well as open a service order for timely resolution of highlighted issues.
Maintenance planning
How to better manage the planning of interventions on industrial machines by breaking down the barriers of information silos between different departments and taking full advantage of the potential of Industry 4.0 through a single view of information enabled by the “digital twin.”
Remote plant diagnostics, prognostics and maintenance
How to manage maintenance processes within a framework which enables the full potential of Industry 4.0. thanks to technologies which comprehensively support the critical issues faced by the Operations departments at this time of high discontinuity.
Big data to support business performance
How to leverage all the information which next-generation plants are able to provide potentially in real time to bring collaboration not only within the organization but along the entire value chain by connecting all stakeholders – business networks – in a joint exchange platform to ensure extensive visibility at every level: from product and transportation service providers, to contractors up to additive manufacturing companies to collaborate with in the research and development phase.
Intelligent asset management in mobility
A concrete example of a mobile technology solution which supports maintenance operators in the field with efficiency, simplification and optimization of their tasks thanks to a mobile application which provides easy, anytime access to the most important information about the asset being maintained such as: task planning and work orders.
For a digital preview of the many SAP Use Cases available in MADE Competence Center Industra 4.0 click here.
