Today's manager needs to know how the plant is performing, and at the same time, how the business is performing. And to have such information at the fingertips. ABB provides you with just such an integration solution.
Knowledge Manager SAP Integration provides bi-directional exchange of information and integration between the production information from the manufacturing environment (Knowledge Manager) and the business information from the SAP system.
All methods required for connecting are fundamental to Knowledge Manager SAP Connector. Since a single engineering environment (as for Knowledge Manager) is used, only simple configuration is required. Importantly, no SAP software development is required.
Knowledge Manager SAP Connector supports on-line exchange of information, including both SAP communication methods
- BAPI (Business Application Programming Interface)
- RFC (Remote Function Call) for the transfer of information
It is based on web technologies (HTTP, XML, Web Services) for open and transparent information exchange.
All information exchanged with SAP is recorded in detailed logs by the Knowledge Manager SAP Connector.