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.

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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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Embracing AI in service maintenance

See how AI and generative AI help the aftermarket service and asset management industry accelerate innovation and action in this IDC Q&A.

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Optimising maintenance and much more

Learn how intelligent asset management helps optimise not only maintenance but also cybersecurity, sustainability, and more.

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Intelligent asset management overview and demo

Discover how SAP helps organisations optimise asset performance, extend lifecycles, and enhance service delivery.

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Driving asset reliability and safety with AI

Find out how railways can use AI-assisted visual inspection to improve reliability, optimise operations, and lower costs.

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Using AI to improve railway asset performance

Learn from industry stakeholders how AI presents unprecedented opportunities for railways to dramatically streamline operations.

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What’s new in intelligent asset management?

Stay up to date on innovations in SAP Intelligent Asset Management by reading the latest news and announcements in the SAP News Center.

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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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