What’s the difference between EAM and ERP?

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is a software system that helps you to manage and integrate the core parts of your business, supporting automation and processes in finance, human resources, manufacturing, supply chain, services, procurement, and more. Enterprise asset management (EAM) is an important business area within supply chain management and incorporates the management and intelligent maintenance of physical assets owned by a company throughout the entire asset lifecycle. Learn more: What is ERP?What is EAM?

What's the difference between EAM and CMMS?

A computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) is a tool to automate maintenance and operations management. It allows asset-intensive industries to focus on driving asset uptime. An EAM system enables asset-intensive industries to manage the lifecycle of physical assets including capital planning, procurement, installation, performance, maintenance, compliance, risk management, and asset disposal. Learn more: What is EAM?

What is EAM software?

EAM software helps organisations manage the whole lifecycle of physical assets including capital planning, procurement, installation, performance, maintenance, compliance, risk management, and asset disposal. Learn more: What is EAM?

What is asset collaboration?

Asset collaboration is the aspect of asset management that brings together various stakeholders in the physical asset lifecycle to collaborate, cooperate, and meet asset management objectives. Where asset management incorporates the management and maintenance of physical assets owned by a company throughout the lifecycle of an asset, asset collaboration involves the sharing of asset data and workflow processes across asset owners, operators, manufacturers, and service providers. Asset collaboration activities span asset definition, commissioning, and maintenance, and help organisations achieve optimal asset management. To learn more, read about asset collaboration on SAP Business Network.

Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) Software Solutions

Optimise asset management and performance

Orchestrate end-to-end asset management

Streamline asset management with a closed-loop process. Gain complete lifecycle visibility through a unified digital thread and apply AI to generate insights and automate tasks.

Revolutionise asset performance

Improve overall asset performance by shifting from static, reactive methods to a more dynamic and prescriptive approach.

Deliver operational excellence

Reduce costs through increased efficiency by integrating business processes across your assets, enterprise, and networks.

Achieve sustainable operations

Realise sustainability goals by extending equipment life, engaging in the circular economy, and leveraging risk management.

Asset & Service Assistant

Act faster on alerts, improve efficiency, and increase uptime using AI.

Run more reliable, efficient operations with autonomous asset management

Coordinated workflows
Synchronise people and systems from issue detection through repair, cost tracking, and business impact.

AI-enabled insights and diagnostics
Use insights such as anomalies, alerts, and requests to prioritise work and reserve parts, optimise schedules, and guide technicians.

SAP Cloud ERP connection
Keep finance and supply chain in the loop—and enable outcomes to inform continuous improvements to maintenance strategies, health scores, and risk-based prioritisation.

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Plan, schedule, and execute maintenance and service operations better by integrating intelligent technologies that deliver new value and optimise your processes.

Asset operations and planning
Monitor important, time-sensitive work proactively across maintenance activities and spare parts inventory.

Maintenance scheduling
Track work status and build schedules by simulating scope and workload.

Maintenance execution
Complete planned and unplanned maintenance tasks in a more efficient manner.

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See how customers are succeeding with SAP

Making Switzerland proud with railway reliability

See how SBB AG’s transformed approach to maintenance and improved collaboration with partners delivers better railway services.

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Maximising uptime by bringing structure to operations

Learn how Torex Gold Resources boosted maintenance efficiency by 30% and strengthened operational reliability.

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Making work safer for solar and wind energy technicians

Learn how EDF Power Solutions empowers technicians to manage service orders, safety steps, parts usage, and time logs on one device.

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Achieving world-class maintenance

Discover how Hungrana delivers Maintenance 4.0 with SAP solutions, ensuring efficient, safe operations.

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See what analysts are saying about SAP

AI-driven leadership in field service management

Learn how innovation, scalable design, and customer impact positioned SAP as a Leader in IDC’s 2025 MarketScape for AI-enabled field service management applications.

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Resources

SAP Intelligent Asset Management

Discover how SAP optimises asset performance, extends lifecycles, and reduces costs with AI-driven automation and continuous improvement across asset management.

Driving railway asset, reliability, and safety with AI

See how railway and asset-intensive organisations use AI-driven visual inspection at scale with SAP Asset Performance Management to improve reliability, optimise operations, and reduce costs.

AI and Railways: Taking asset performance to new heights

Read insightful perspectives and findings about the impact of AI on rail asset management gained from in-depth interviews with key industry stakeholders.

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Frequently asked questions

: Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is a software system that helps you to manage and integrate the core parts of your business, supporting automation and processes in finance, human resources, manufacturing, supply chain, services, procurement, and more. Enterprise asset management (EAM) is an important business area within supply chain management and incorporates the management and intelligent maintenance of physical assets owned by a company throughout the entire asset lifecycle.

Learn more:

What is ERP?
What is EAM?
: A computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) is a tool to automate maintenance and operations management. It allows asset-intensive industries to focus on driving asset uptime. An EAM system enables asset-intensive industries to manage the lifecycle of physical assets including capital planning, procurement, installation, performance, maintenance, compliance, risk management, and asset disposal.

Learn more:

What is EAM?
: EAM software helps organisations manage the whole lifecycle of physical assets including capital planning, procurement, installation, performance, maintenance, compliance, risk management, and asset disposal.

Learn more:

What is EAM?
: Asset collaboration is the aspect of asset management that brings together various stakeholders in the physical asset lifecycle to collaborate, cooperate, and meet asset management objectives. Where asset management incorporates the management and maintenance of physical assets owned by a company throughout the lifecycle of an asset, asset collaboration involves the sharing of asset data and workflow processes across asset owners, operators, manufacturers, and service providers. Asset collaboration activities span asset definition, commissioning, and maintenance, and help organisations achieve optimal asset management. To learn more, read about asset collaboration on SAP Business Network.

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