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ABB Ability Solution Suite

Score9.9 out of 10

7 Reviews and Ratings

What is ABB Ability Solution Suite?

The ABB Ability Solution Suite is an enterprise ERP product suite designed for asset-intensive industries like power generation and water management.

Top Performing Features

  • API for custom integration

    An API (application programming interface) provides a standard programming interface for connecting third-party systems to the software for data creation, access, updating and/or deletion.

    Category average: 7.6

  • Single sign-on capability

    The software system supports a centralized authentication mechanism allowing the user to access multiple systems with a single, centrally managed password.

    Category average: 8.3

  • Role-based user permissions

    Permissions to perform actions or access or modify data are assigned to roles, which are then assigned to users, reducing complexity of administration.

    Category average: 8

Areas for Improvement

  • Performance Monitoring

    Analyze business metrics and compare actual performance to plans, identify issues, prioritize demands and respond to changes

    Category average: 7.3

  • Proposal Management

    Capture budget, resource, and benefit expectations for proposals

    Category average: 6.6

  • Product Master Data Management

    Create, classify, and manage product items, BOMs and product changes

    Category average: 7.1

ABB Ability for plants looking to provide better management of computation and data available from multiple systems

Pros

  • Computation of data.
  • Presentation to right person.
  • Ability to perform critical task and sending to users.
  • Multiple control system connectivity.

Cons

  • May be for smaller PLCs this can't be implemented.
  • Cost may an area ABB can look in to.
  • Improvement in GUI

Return on Investment

  • Positive is definitely ROI since manual intervention is minimized and the process is automated.
  • Cost wise, ABB has been looked upon considering the small industry.
  • Overall, a good solution for a large companies.

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft Dynamics 365 (formerly Microsoft Dynamics CRM)

Other Software Used

Cloud Backup for Office 365, OneDrive, Dropbox

Usability