Manufacturing
Unlock the hidden potential of your manufacturing operations
Be autonomous
Continuously innovate with the latest tools and methodologies that guide and empower people.
Ensure agility
Allow operations to pivot in real -time based on changing needs and conditions in operations and across the supply chain.
Coordinate alignment
Provide coordination and collaboration across operations to ensure everybody is working towards common goals and react in real-time to the changing needs of production.
Maintain adherence
Operate in a safe and compliant manner that ensures transparency and auditability in an, environmentally aware way.
Manufacturing Assistant
Use AI guidance across manufacturing processes to boost automation, agility, alignment, and adherence to manage costs and operational risk.
Run autonomous, agile, aligned, and adherent manufacturing
Let AI do the busywork so you can do your best work.
Identify opportunities, propose scenarios, understand responses, and coordinate actions.
Make coordinated decisions at digital speed.
Integrate systems, data, and operations to foster real-time collaboration.
Explore manufacturing capabilities
Manage your workforce and operational needs safely and sustainably while driving productivity.
Insights
Use both standardized and low-code views of operations designed to guide people and AI.
Orchestration
Coordinate people, processes, and products based on real-time production status.
Execution
Guide workers and coordinate automation tasks with a simple interface for a no- or low-touch experience.
Production process designer
Coordinate automation, tools, and systems with worker needs.
Issue resolution
Drive continuous improvement to collect operational data and communal knowledge to ensure results.
Engineering collaboration
Manage the manufacturing bill of materials handoff to operations as well as information that supports production against specifications.
Worker experience
Engage the operations user with detailed instructions to follow and collaborate around design.
Change management and impact analysis
Manage product design details and understand the impact of change on product structure and production timelines.
Improve workplace safety
Engage the workforce with clear communications and identify and act on hazards before they impact safety.
Manage environment, health, and safety concerns more efficiently
Incorporate risk management into integrated environment, health, and safety processes, shared data, and proven workflows.
Safeguard operational continuity
Protect operational integrity and optimize production by reducing unplanned downtime and outages.
Track environmental impact
Minimize the risk of noncompliance with a flexible, auditable process for calculating emissions and monitoring waste.
Follow through on sustainability initiatives
Centralize environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data, forecast emissions, and generate reports that measure performance.
Identify waste minimization and cost reduction opportunities
Track waste generation across the enterprise with cradle-to-gate control and measurement.
See how customers are succeeding with SAP
Transitioning from make-to-stock to make-to-order
Howdens uses SAP Digital Manufacturing to enhance operational efficiency, provide advanced technologies, and support all production models.
Connecting the shop floor and the top floor
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Shaping the energy supply of the future
SMA Solar Technology is accelerating the transition to clean energy with SAP Digital Manufacturing.
Resources
Modernizing manufacturing through cloud transformation: Drive innovation with SAP Digital Manufacturing
Learn how cloud-based solutions help manufacturers face increasing complexity, expectations, and disruptions. Gain the agility, intelligence, and real-time visibility needed to boost efficiency, ensure quality, and empower more resilient operations.