Implementing SAP MII, 2nd, Updated and Revised Edition 2023

Tap into bi-directional integration and analytics with SAP Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence. With this bestselling guide, get step-by-step instructions for configuring SAP MII, managing external data connections, developing composite applications, and more. Dive into business logic service transactions and use visualization services such as i5 display templates and web reports. Run SAP Overall Equipment Effectiveness Management by mastering activities, dashboards, downtime maintenance, audit log checks, and shop-floor user interfaces. Your nitty-gritty guide to SAP MII is here!

• Configure SAP Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence with step-by-step instructions
• Perform business logic service transactions, use visualization services, and set up the plant information catalog
• Master overall equipment effectiveness and improve manufacturing KPIs

In this book, you'll learn about:

Setup

Follow click-by-click instructions for installing and configuring SAP MII. Connect your system to external data sources through SAP Plant Connectivity and data servers. Use the SAP MII workbench development environment to organize your projects.

Business Logic Service Transactions

Learn how to use custom programs called business logic service (BLS) transactions to execute a specific task. Explore each action block, and then use logic and tracing functions, XML, charts, statistical quality control analysis, and more.

Overall Equipment Effectiveness

Dig into OEE! Configure activities, dashboards, order status description, the audit log, and the application launchpad. Discover analytics functionality for real-time, plant-level, and global reporting.

Highlights include:

• Data connections and management
• Message servers
• Composite applications
• Manufacturing data objects
• Business logic service transactions
• Visualization services
• Plant information catalog (PIC)
• SAP Plant Connectivity
• SAP Overall Equipment Effectiveness Management

About the Author

Dipankar Saha is an architect for SAP manufacturing and Industry 4.0 solutions and has worked in several SAP MII implementation projects and also in the product design and development of SAP MII. Dipankar is an SAP-certified associate enterprise architect. He has more than 20 years of experience in the IT industry and has a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering. Dipankar has coauthored several books on SAP MII and SAP ME published by SAP PRESS, and has written a few other books and several popular technical blogs and articles on manufacturing and related topics. He regularly participates in different public forums, presenting papers and showcasing applications and solutions on topics related to SAP manufacturing and Industry 4.0.

Chandan Jash is a technical architect and SME for SAP ME and SAP MII implementation projects at IBM India. He has worked on many SAP manufacturing implementations, supported SAP MII and SAP ME projects globally in different roles, and has implemented Industry 4.0 standards. Chandan coauthored the book on SAP ME published by SAP PRESS. He has worked with SAP solutions for more than 17 years and has a bachelor’s degree in computer science and engineering. Chandan has also participated in the IBM internal forum and SAP community by publishing articles, providing solutions, and presenting at global SAP events.

Sudipta Mukherjee is an application architect at IBM India with more than 17 years of IT experience. His main areas of expertise are SAP MII, SAP OEE Management, SAP ME, SAP Digital Manufacturing Cloud, SAP BTP, and SAP Internet of Things. He works with global clients to define SAP manufacturing implementation architectures and manage end-to-end delivery. He has a bachelor’s degree in computer science and engineering.

Supriya Malakar is a senior consultant at IBM India. He works with global clients for large-scale SAP MII and SAP ME solution implementation. He also has deep expertise in SAP Business Technology Platform and SAP Digital Manufacturing Cloud. He has more than six years of experience in the IT industry and has a bachelor’s degree in computer science and engineering.

Abesh Bhattacharjee has been working as an IT consultant, a go-to market leader, and an architect for more than 20 years. He is currently the senior solution architect at Neptune Software responsible for North America.