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Customer Success Story: SAP Research Future Factory Initiative

ICONICS

Technology Category	Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Middleware, SDKs & Libraries Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Connectivity Platforms
Applicable Functions	Discrete Manufacturing Product Research & Development
Use Cases	Manufacturing System Automation Process Control & Optimization
Services	Software Design & Engineering Services
Challenge	The Future Factory Initiative (FFI) is a joint effort of SAP Research and external partner organizations, including ICONICS. It is active in key areas including a Living Lab, a Real-World Manufacturing Testbed and a Center of Excellence. The initiative is a set of innovative demonstrators showing the potential of real-world-integrated business processes in the manufacturing domain. The challenge was to create a testbed that shows leading edge software and the latest hardware developments with different scenarios, products, and prototypes in a distributed manufacturing environment. The testbed needed to span multiple manufacturers and demonstrate the viability of prototypes. Read More
About Customer	SAP is the world’s leading provider of business software. Today, more than 46,100 customers in more than 120 countries run SAP® software – from distinct solutions addressing the needs of small businesses and midsize companies to suite offerings for global organizations. Powered by the SAP NetWeaver® technology platform to drive innovation and enable business change, SAP software helps enterprises of all sizes worldwide improve customer relationships, enhance partner collaboration and create efficiencies across their supply chains and business operations. SAP solution portfolios support the unique business processes of more than 25 industries, including high tech, retail, financial services, healthcare and the public sector. With subsidiaries in more than 50 countries, the company is listed on several exchanges, including the Frankfurt stock exchange and NYSE under the symbol “SAP”. Read More
Solution	ICONICS’ GENESIS64™ 64-bit, OPC-integrated, Web-enabled HMI/SCADA suite is currently utilized by SAP Research at the Future Factory Initiative. GENESIS64 provides customers with a 360° view of their entire organization, providing users with the power to quickly and efficiently add 3D symbols and animation to graphic visualizations of business processes and bring them to life. Researchers at SAP Research’s CEC Dresden location have had a chance to put ICONICS “next generation of automation software” to the test in as “real-world” circumstances as they have been able to produce and have remarked on the outstanding quality of this latest ICONICS software solution. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Middleware, SDKs & Libraries

Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Connectivity Platforms

Applicable Functions

Discrete Manufacturing

Product Research & Development

Use Cases

Manufacturing System Automation

Process Control & Optimization

Services

Software Design & Engineering Services

Challenge

The Future Factory Initiative (FFI) is a joint effort of SAP Research and external partner organizations, including ICONICS. It is active in key areas including a Living Lab, a Real-World Manufacturing Testbed and a Center of Excellence. The initiative is a set of innovative demonstrators showing the potential of real-world-integrated business processes in the manufacturing domain. The challenge was to create a testbed that shows leading edge software and the latest hardware developments with different scenarios, products, and prototypes in a distributed manufacturing environment. The testbed needed to span multiple manufacturers and demonstrate the viability of prototypes.

About Customer

SAP is the world’s leading provider of business software. Today, more than 46,100 customers in more than 120 countries run SAP® software – from distinct solutions addressing the needs of small businesses and midsize companies to suite offerings for global organizations. Powered by the SAP NetWeaver® technology platform to drive innovation and enable business change, SAP software helps enterprises of all sizes worldwide improve customer relationships, enhance partner collaboration and create efficiencies across their supply chains and business operations. SAP solution portfolios support the unique business processes of more than 25 industries, including high tech, retail, financial services, healthcare and the public sector. With subsidiaries in more than 50 countries, the company is listed on several exchanges, including the Frankfurt stock exchange and NYSE under the symbol “SAP”.

Solution

ICONICS’ GENESIS64™ 64-bit, OPC-integrated, Web-enabled HMI/SCADA suite is currently utilized by SAP Research at the Future Factory Initiative. GENESIS64 provides customers with a 360° view of their entire organization, providing users with the power to quickly and efficiently add 3D symbols and animation to graphic visualizations of business processes and bring them to life. Researchers at SAP Research’s CEC Dresden location have had a chance to put ICONICS “next generation of automation software” to the test in as “real-world” circumstances as they have been able to produce and have remarked on the outstanding quality of this latest ICONICS software solution.

Impact #1	The Future Factory Initiative has been showcased at various locations and events, such as at recent CeBIT shows.
Impact #2	The testbed has helped to show leading edge software and the latest hardware developments with different scenarios, products, and prototypes in a distributed manufacturing environment.
Impact #3	The testbed spans multiple manufacturers and demonstrates the viability of prototypes.

Impact #1

The Future Factory Initiative has been showcased at various locations and events, such as at recent CeBIT shows.

Impact #2

The testbed has helped to show leading edge software and the latest hardware developments with different scenarios, products, and prototypes in a distributed manufacturing environment.

Impact #3

The testbed spans multiple manufacturers and demonstrates the viability of prototypes.

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Customer Success Story: SAP Research Future Factory Initiative

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