Get SAP Manufacturing Execution up and running! Use detailed instructions to configure routing design, data collection, shop order management, and more. Apply real-world scenarios to understand and implement the extensive customization options for SAP ME. Explore public Web Service APIs, advanced reporting, and shop floor systems integration. Find the answers to all your SAP ME questions, and ensure a smooth SAP ME implementation!Administration and ConfigurationLearn how to bi-directionally integrate SAP ME and SAP ERP through SAP MII and set up the resulting SAPMEINT component. Configure SAP ME, and create and enhance master data, using step-by-step instructions.Features and FunctionalityLearn what SAP ME can do, from routing design, shop order management, and shop floor control, to data collection, product genealogy, quality reporting. Use detailed instructions to set up and execute these features in your system.Advanced EnhancementDiscover the custom enhancements available in SAP ME, including Web Service APIs, advanced reporting, and shop floor systems integration. Find out how to enhance standard SAP ME implementations using these functions and software development kits.Highlights:SAP ME configurationSAP MIISAPMEINTMaster data managementRouting designShop order managementQuality controlProduct genealogyLabor trackingAdvanced reportingShop floor integrationPublic APIs Web Service

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Autorentext
Dipankar Saha is the IT architect and service delivery lead for SAP MII and SAP ME at IBM India. He previously worked for SAP Labs India and was involved in the design and development of SAP MII; he co-wrote the SAP PRESS book on SAP MII, Implementing and Configuring SAP MII in 2009.

Inhalt
... Foreword ... 15

... Preface ... 17

... Introduction to SAP ME ... 21

PART I ... Administration and Configuration ... 29

1 ... Configuring and Monitoring SAPMEINT ... 31

1.1 ... Configuring SAP MII for SAP ME ... 31

1.2 ... Monitoring ... 61

1.3 ... Summary ... 65

2 ... Configuring SAP ME ... 67

2.1 ... Site and User Configurations ... 67

2.2 ... System Configuration Management ... 79

2.3 ... Process Configuration Management ... 93

2.4 ... Summary ... 98

3 ... Master Data Management ... 99

3.1 ... Managing Master Data ... 99

3.2 ... Data Enhancement in SAP ME ... 126

3.3 ... Summary ... 133

PART II ... Features and Functionality ... 135

4 ... Routing Design ... 137

4.1 ... Operation Maintenance ... 137

4.2 ... Designing Routings ... 143

4.3 ... Enhancing Routings ... 158

4.4 ... Maintaining the Control Key ... 164

4.5 ... Synchronizing Routings from SAP ME to SAP ERP ... 165

4.6 ... Routing Flow Control with Custom Scripting ... 168

4.7 ... Summary ... 169

5 ... Shop Order Management ... 171

5.1 ... Shop Order in SAP ME ... 171

5.2 ... Creating Shop Orders from SAP ERP Orders ... 179

5.3 ... Releasing Shop Orders ... 181

5.4 ... Reports for Shop Order ... 183

5.5 ... Summary ... 186

6 ... Shop Floor Control Management ... 187

6.1 ... Overview of SFCs and Generating SFCs on Order Release ... 187

6.2 ... Performing SFC Activities ... 195

6.3 ... Reporting on SFC Activities ... 204

6.4 ... Summary ... 210

7 ... Data Collection ... 211

7.1 ... Maintaining Data Collection ... 211

7.2 ... Assigning Data Collection Groups to Process Objects ... 220

7.3 ... Data Collection Activities ... 222

7.4 ... Data Collection Scenario in Assembly Manufacturing ... 227

7.5 ... Summary ... 232

8 ... Nonconformance and Quality Control ... 233

8.1 ... Maintaining NC Codes ... 234

8.2 ... Maintaining NC Groups ... 240

8.3 ... Maintaining Disposition Groups ... 243

8.4 ... Maintaining NC Clients ... 244

8.5 ... Maintaining a Sample Plan ... 248

8.6 ... Quality Inspection Process ... 253

8.7 ... Quality Reports ... 260

8.8 ... SPC Analysis and Reporting ... 264

8.9 ... Summary ... 273

9 ... Product Genealogy and Tracking ... 275

9.1 ... Setting Up Discrete and Time-Based Genealogy Processes ... 276

9.2 ... Managing Floor Stock ... 280

9.3 ... Storage Location Maintenance ... 287

9.4 ... Slot Configuration Maintenance ... 288

9.5 ... Resource Slot Configuration Setup ... 290

9.6 ... Resource Setup ... 293

9.7 ... As-Built Configuration ... 294

9.8 ... Genealogy Reports ... 300

9.9 ... Summary ... 305

10 ... Production Operator Dashboards ... 307

10.1 ... Types of Available POD ... 308

10.2 ... List Maintenance ... 317

10.3 ... Designing PODs ... 318

10.4 ... Assigning PODs to User Groups ... 330

10.5 ... Executing SFCs in the POD ... 333

10.6 ... Production Reports ... 340

10.7 ... WIP Reports ... 343

10.8 ... Summary ... 346

11 ... Message Board Service ... 347

11.1 ... Message Board Features ... 348

11.2 ... Message Type Maintenance ... 351

11.3 ... Maintaining Process Workflow ... 353

11.4 ... Use of Different Message Types ... 357

11.5 ... Creating Message ... 359

11.6 ... Real-Time Message Display ... 362

11.7 ... Summary ... 364

12 ... Labor Tracking ... 365

12.1 ... Maintaining Production Shifts and Calendar ... 366

12.2 ... Maintaining Cost Centers ... 368

12.3 ... Maintaining Labor Charge Codes ... 369

12.4 ... Maintaining Labor Rules ... 370

12.5 ... Maintaining User Shifts ... 374

12.6 ... Labor Clock In/Clock Out ... 376

12.7 ... Supervisor Clock In/Out ... 380

12.8 ... Supervisor Time Edit and Approval ... 380

12.9 ... Summary ... 382

13 ... Packing Service ... 383

13.1 ... Container Maintenance ... 383

13.2 ... Pack and Unpack Activity ... 387

13.3 ... Packing Report ... 392

13.4 ... Maintaining Activity Rules for Container Maintenance ... 392

13.5 ... Summary ... 394

PART III ... Advanced Enhancement ... 395

14 ... Custom Enhancements Using Public API Web Services ... 397

14.1 ... Finding Required Public API Services ... 397

14.2 ... Configuring and Accessing Public API Web Services ... 398

14.3 ... Executing PAPI Services from SAP MII Action Blocks ... 403

14.4 ... Examples of Enhancements Using PAPI Services ... 404

14.5 ... OData Services for SAP ME ... 408

14.6 ... Summary ... 409

15 ... Shop Floor Systems Integration Using SAP MII and Plant Connectivity ... 411

15.1 ... End-to-End Integration Scenarios Using SAP PCo, SAP MII, and SAP ME ... 413

15.2 ... Maintaining Equipment Status through SAP PCo Notification Agent ... 413

15.3 ... Automating Data Collection in SAP ME ... 419

15.4 ... Summary ... 421

16 ... Advanced Reporting in SAP ME ... 423

16.1 ... Reporting Databases and Options in SAP ME ... 423

16.2 ... Executive Dashboards in SAP ME ... 424

16.3 ... SAP ME Standard Reports in SAP MII ... 427

16.4 ... Developing Custom Reports in MII ... 427

16.5 ... Summary ... 429

**17 ... Enhancing SAP ME with SD…