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56 Wire & Cable ASIA – September/October 2014
Technologynews
ADVARIS Informationssysteme has
recently received from SAP the
certification “SAP Certified –
Integration with SAP Applications” for
its solution Advaris MES 4.0.
By awarding this certification, SAP
confirms that the solution is integrable
into the application SAP supply chain
management (SAP SCM) 5.1. For the
system developer from Bruchsal,
Germany, this certificate represents a
significant milestone in the integration
of the Advaris cable manufacturing
execution system (MES) with SAP
software.
Length-based manufacturers can
integrate Advaris cable as a
sector-specific detailed planning tool
in SAP SCM.
Commenting on the ‘bridge’ that
Advaris has now succeeded in building
to the SAP software, CEO Dr Manfred
Moser said: “Users who in addition to
our detailed planning tool also use the
comprehensive functions of Advaris for
production control and production
data recording, can realise a complete
latest generation MES system in the
SAP environment.”
Advaris cable performs fully automatic
loading of the manufacturing orders
from the SAP system and then
synchronises changes that occur.
The program also takes into account
the availability of materials in detailed
planning. In order to do this, the MES
downloads the material stocks from
the SAP system and keeps them
updated.
The target criteria for detailed planning
are adherence to deadlines for
production orders, and minimising the
set-up time of the machines.
By optimising the workflow sequences,
Advaris software cuts to a minimum
the number and duration of idle times
per machine.
For detailed planning, Advaris offers a
simulation environment in which the
system draws up a machine allocation
plan as a proposal for the production
planner, who can then make changes
manually and test out planning
alternatives.
The program then fixes the planner’s
manual changes and integrates them
into the automatic detailed planning.
Once this detailed planning has been
approved by the production planner,
the planning result is uploaded into
SAP SCM.
Changes in order data in the SAP
application, such as target dates and
target quantities, are available online in
Advaris MES. This enables users to
react speedily, even to changes which
occur at short notice.
Advaris Informationssysteme GmbH
– Germany
Website:
SAP certification for Advaris