We have used SAP Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence (MII) for Integration with Shop floor machines, PLCs, SCADA, DCS, OPC systems using SAP Plant connectivity module and top floor systems with SAP ERP, production planning, quality management, plant maintenance, warehouse management systems. Also we used intelligence layer for reports, dashboards, OEE, condition based maintenance. Overall MII in combination with ME used as a MES.

Pros

Integration with any standard and non standard applications
Any custom solutions can be built on top of MII for any manufacturing companies
Seamless connectivity with machines

Cons

MII is a system to build custom solutions which may not solve industry 4.0 solutions
SSCE component is not really a no code low code platform
Standard OEE module is very complex to implement

Return on Investment

MII is one of the highly successful products in manufacturing space from SAP
Operations always got benefit out of it from a single system
Customizations to Meet unique requirements are always possible

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Ignition, Plex by Rockwell Automation, SAP Manufacturing Execution and SAP Digital Manufacturing

Other Software Used

SAP Digital Manufacturing, SAP Manufacturing Execution, Ignition by Inductive Automation

Verified User

Team Lead in Information Technology (11-50 employees employees)

Pros

Dashboard creation was made easy through the use of the integrated drag-and-drop SSCE (Self Service Composition Environment).
The sample SVG files help with creating custom animated SVG objects.
A wide range of KPIs can be integrated to trigger alerts and alarms.

Cons

Using the plant connector and setting up a proper stable connection proved challenging.
Defining the tags and subscription aliases in the workbench took a lot of time.
Documentation is somewhat outdated and difficult to come by.

Return on Investment

Provided a tool to visualize data points on the interactive dashboards.
Provided a platform to integrate IoT through MQTT with SAP ERP.
Provided valuable feedback through the use of KPIs.

Alternatives Considered

SAP Manufacturing Execution and SAP Cloud Platform

Other Software Used

SAP Manufacturing Execution, SAP Cloud Platform

Verified User

Employee in Information Technology (51-200 employees employees)

Pros

MII is particularly good at providing and customizing dashboards for quick analysis of industrial IoT data.
MII also has built-in analysis functionality to make more sense of all the IoT data being streamed.
MII (and ME) are particularly effective at identifying outliers and problems with equipment/processes before they cause delays or other cascading issues. This allows for effective preventative maintenance.

Cons

SAP MII is contained within SAP ME and that can complicate the landscape.
As with other SAP technologies, the documentation is stored in disparate systems (support, help, notes etc).

Return on Investment

SAP MII is a more robust, feature-rich solution than any in-house application would be.
Our experiments have granted us the skills necessary to help our clients with their own industrial IoT journey.

Other Software Used

Slack, Smartsheet, Microsoft Visual Studio Code, Amazon WorkSpaces (VDI)

SAP Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence

What is SAP Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence?

Categories & Use Cases

Who Buys & Uses SAP Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence

Most Frequent Users

Manufacturing

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

Information

Most Frequent Users

Small Businesses

Mid-sized Companies

Enterprises

Most Frequent Users

Engineering

IT

Operations