1. PI Gateway to SAP R/3 Gretchen M. Schwenzer, Ph.D OSI Software, Inc.
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2. Corporate Benefits of Integration
Accurate Planning
Reduced Inventories
Accurate Production cost tracking
Accurate Material Tracking
Focused Maintenance
Accurate record keeping for Quality Certification
Uniform Specification
Confirm Product Availability in near real time
Production Targets
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3. Data Needs at the Plant Floor
All data values at Fine time resolution
Historical Data
Trending
Methods to make ad-hoc comparisons
Overview of Plant and Key Performance Indicators
Zoom-in to Problem areas for analysis
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4. Data needs at the Enterprise Level
Summarized data
Data by Major Event
Reconciled Data
Final Calculation Data
Isolated measurements
Overview of Business Key Performance Indicators
Zoom-in to key Problem Areas
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Requirements for Translation of data from the Plant Floor to the Enterprise
Performance Calculations
Flexibility for external application calculations
Manual correction and audit trail
Interface to many control environments
Syncronize time data requests and replies
Mixture of Enterprise process and Plant floor Process
Batch tracking
Point alias and grouping
Equipment Alias and grouping
Schematic and trending view into both enterprise and plant data
Error Trapping and recording
Easily adaptable to changing business
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6. SAP PP-PI (PI-PCS) and OSI-PI/Plant Suite
SAP Functionality
Process Order creation to meet order requirements
Track material inventory
General Recipe for material
Track cost of production
OSI Functionality
Collects and distributes actual data for material consumption and production and utilities
Translates general recipe to batch execution system
Maintains history of recipe that was run and reported values to enterprise
Graphically presents current and historical data for analysis
Combines recipe data with process variables for analysis
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7. SAP Equipment (PM-PCS) and OSI PI/Plant Suite
SAP Functionality
No. of hours on stream trigger maintenance
Alarm limits for equipment trigger maintenance
Maintenance scheduling using human resource and stores constraints
OSI Functionality
Consolidates equipment variables for analysis and improvement of plant performance in conjunction with process conditions
Monitors and reports alarms and no. of hrs. on stream to trigger SAP maintenance
Graphical plant view into Plant and SAP data
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8. SAP QM (QM-IDI) and OSI PI/Plant Suite
SAP Functionality
Quality of goods receipt
In-process quality specification
Quality of goods shipped and certificate of analysis
Specification Library
Company quality test requirements
OSI Functionality
Capture data at source
Specification disbursed to industrial desktop
Integrates Quality data with process data for plant analysis
Disburse Quality worklist to plant floor
Reporting Flexibility
Interface to Lab Systems
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9. 1998 PI System Users’ Conference
SAP Directions
SAPGUI will be windows control container with 4.0
SAP support of DCOM, Microsoft Transaction Server 4.0C for distributed BAPI’s
BAPI’s and RFC interface SAP strategic directions
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10. Plant Suite Server Integration Using OLE AutomationMM PM
RFC’S
PP-PI
SAP
Automation Server
(Remote Function Calls) SD QM
SAP
OLE
R/3 Applications
NT Workstation
Plant Suite Server NT
Applica-
tions
Microsoft
SQLServer
Points of
Integration
Partners PI
Historian
Tools
SAP
GUI
Industrial Desktop Applications
Process
Book PI
PI-Batch
PID
FIX

11. PI System Gateway to SAP R/3
Messages
Recipe
SP 88 Model
Instruction Translation
Assign a Procedure
Tag Mapping
Material Mapping
SAP
Request Handling
PSRLINK
Action Results
(wait until complete)
Man.
Messages
Reply
Batch Execution
System (optional)
PI Batch (optional)
PI System
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12. PSRLINK SQL SERVER Tables
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SAP PI-PCS to PI
Server
Track message request and reply
Translate message request into retrievable info
Represent the recipe in SP88 format
Open interface to multiple systems
Support batch execution systems
Client
Single view of recipe and process data
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14. Turning a Production Request into Action
Continuous process - set start date and time and use duration such as shift, day, etc.
Batch Execution System such as PID’s Openbatch
Setting status of tags in PI via Control System, Visual Basic application or other program.
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15. PP-PI Instructions Supported
AORD_1 Order Information
AMAT_1 Material Information
APHASE_1 Phase Information
ACRST_I Recipe Status
AOPST_I Operation Status
APHST_I Phase Status
ACONS_1 Material Consumed
APROD_1 Material Produced
AREAD1 Read Values
AREAD2 Multiple Read Values
APHACT Activity Confirmation
AQMSMR Quality Data
APHAPR_1 Puts values in PI
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SAP PM-PCS to PI
Server
Determine if value is in Alarm state
Track status of posting in SAP
Map SAP location identifier to PI identifier
Client
Graphic launch into SAP
Present data from PI and SAP in same window
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21. VBA Scripting in ProcessBook

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SAP QM-IDI to PI
Server
Inspection Lot and Inspection Point Processing
Transfer Quality specifications to PI for Process
Map QM data to Process Variable
Client
Analyze Quality and Process data together
Support Hand-Held Terminal Collection
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24. Role of the Data Historian and ProcessBook in Integration
Collection of raw data from control environment
Performance Calculations
Environment for external calculations
Alarming
Batch records
Storage of Calculated Data
Single presentation tool for all data
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25. PSRLINK Gateway to SAP R/3 Advantages
Microsoft infrastructure (MS SQL-Server, VBA, etc.)
Network access from any ODBC compatible Application
ProcessBook as Front End
History of recipe and batch execution
Services continuous and batch processes
Tag and Material mapping, Alias handling
Extensive Error Checking of the SAP recipe
Component of Plant Suite Server
Native Interfaces to PI System and OpenBatch
Interface to other systems through PI and/or customization
Trace all data requests from SAP
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26. SAP Certification What Does It Mean
Clear scope of functionality supported
RFC’s and BAPI are interfaced with C++ or VB not ABAP
Building 3rd party interfaces to SAP requires knowledge of areas of SAP which are not generally available
Access to Key people at SAP and early information about releases
Access to SAP development machine
Use SAP standard software and techniques
Committed partnership by SAP and OSI
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27. 1998 PI System Users’ Conference
Customers
Interest to Evaluations
Installed
Dow Corning
Hoechst
Westvaco
Georgia Pacific
Mossgas
Sumitomo Chemical
Hercules
Codelco
Wacker
Montel
Amplats
+ others
ProGold
Sterling Diagnostics
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28. Future Developments for RLINK and Plant Suite
Transaction Server and DCOM support
Interface to MM
Additional BAPI support
Enhancements to Plant Suite Server
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29. SAP Sources to SAP Customers
wwwext.sap.com/usa/saplabs.htm to locate which partners are certified
Compkementary Software Partner Directory USA-1SAP
PP contact SAP Waldorf Claudia Coppola 49/6227/746775, main no 49/6227/747474
MM-MOB Mobil Data Entry
QM_IDI Quality Management
PP-PDC Channel 2 Plant Data Collection
PI-PCS Process Control System Interface
PP-POI Production Optimization
PM-PCS Plant Maintenance (not listed on web page)
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