HANNOVER, Germany, April 24, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- SAP SE (NYSE:
SAP) today launched SAP® Distributed Manufacturing, a new
application resulting from its co-innovation with customers and
service providers to make 3D printing a seamless part of digital
manufacturing. A collaborative environment that standardizes
industrial preproduction and approval, the application connects
engineering design and procurement teams with 3D printing service
providers to optimize design and integrate order creation and
procurement. The announcement was made at Hannover Messe 2017,
being held April 24– 28 in Hannover,
Germany.
Part of the SAP Leonardo portfolio for the Internet of Things
(IoT), SAP Distributed Manufacturing provides a scalable process
for manufacturers to collaborate with 3D printing companies,
service and materials providers, and OEMs in open or private
environments. Through integration with SAP S/4HANA® Cloud, it
supports the entire end-to-end, quote-to-contract process,
enriching standard procurement objects with all required details on
how to make the part through additive manufacturing. The general
availability of the application follows successful validation in
early access and adoption phases with more than 45 participating
customers and service providers, including UPS.
"As 3D printing technology advances beyond prototyping, more
companies are rethinking their manufacturing and supply networks to
take advantage of cost-effective local production, customization
and rapid delivery to meet changing customer expectations," said
Dr. Tanja Rueckert, executive vice
president, IoT and Digital Supply Chain, SAP. "After successfully
co-innovating with our customers, we are now delivering a solution
for manufacturers to have a standard and scalable business process
to intelligently manage design, material, pricing,
procurement and logistics decisions in a collaborative network to
drive more effective Industry 4.0 strategies."
Expanding Ecosystem
As part of the announcement, SAP
also showcased expanded partnerships with HP Inc. and Jabil. SAP
and HP share a common vision for reinventing the enterprise supply
chain, unlocking the breakthrough economics of 3D production at
scale and accelerating time to market for end customers. As a
showcase SAP partner for 3D printing of industrial-quality plastic
parts, HP plans to collaborate on eliminating friction in the
process of evaluating and sourcing 3D print technology through
integration with SAP's enterprise systems and network of
partners.
Jabil is co-innovating as both customer and partner with SAP to
create end-to-end industrial digital manufacturing with real-time
visibility to the machine level on the production floor. Combining
Jabil's manufacturing expertise with SAP Leonardo and manufacturing
solutions, Jabil can create a digital twin to effectively manage
the entire lifecycle of a part from design to production and
recycling.
Among the first to collaborate with SAP in auditing and
certifying the processes of 3D printing service providers in the
network is TÜV NORD, a Hannover-based technical services provider
with operations in more than 70 countries, which plans to offer ISO
9001 certification adapted for distributed manufacturing. "For
customers it's enormously important that the manufactured
components should be of consistently high quality so that they can
be safely and reliably used," said Ulf Theike, general manager of
TÜV NORD Systems. "To this end, demonstrably reliable processes and
certification from trusted providers provide assurance that
customers require."
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