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Modern production faces numerous challenges: Many companies want to continue to produce economically, sustainably and effectively in high-wage countries, while at the same time facing an ever-increasing shortage of skilled labour and the associated risk of ensuring the continuous availability of production facilities.
The demands placed on companies are increasing, while resources and corresponding capacities are dwindling. As a result, many are increasingly focusing on digitalisation. This is because the networking of machines and processes offers many advantages: Intact networking allows data to be collected and analysed, enabling a direct response to changes. Damage to people, the environment and machines can thus be prevented and the associated productivity can be guaranteed or even increased. Effective planning also allows resources to be utilised efficiently, making a significant contribution to sustainability.
To cut a long story short: Integrative digitalisation meets the challenges of modern production and focuses in particular on intelligent maintenance - and that is precisely why we have developed CALATENA, an integrative platform for an intelligent connector connection.
In order for CALATENA to realise its full potential, maintenance needs to be fully integrated with all the links to the SAP standard.
The aim of the "CALATENA goes SAP" project is to optimise plant documentation by implementing an advanced documentation tool with a focus on sustainability, transparency and efficiency. This involves optimising maintenance processes and developing a documentation combination of SAP data and operational shop floor systems, taking into account the integration of contractors.
As part of the SAP First strategy, SAP standards are used extensively and implemented and further developed using integrative SAP modules on a Business Technology Platform (BTP) to realise the requirements. CALATENA is regarded as a uniform and standardised end application that can be used individually by all participants, with particular attention being paid to the seamless connection to SAP.
CALATENA thus offers efficient and integrated services for digital workflow and maintenance, including shop floor functionalities, contractor and other contractor functions. The application has already been externally validated and confirmed by interaction groups of the 4th OPMC and SAP CEI. The aim is to strengthen sustainability and create added value by integrating DIN-SPECs.
It is implemented as an SAP module utilising the SAP structure and data management in SAP S/4 HANA, integrated via a BTP application with seamless data exchange with the SAP system. It also offers opportunities to save resources through a sustainable master data structure, system landscape optimisation and the digitalisation of downstream processes.
Bernhard Kurpicz
e-mail: bernhard.kurpicz@adesso.de
