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Optimizing SAP Plant Maintenance

DeeDee Kato – Director of Marketing

Aparna Desai – Solution Engineering Manager

Copyright © 2014 Synactive Inc.

Agenda

• Challenges Faced with Traditional SAP Use

• Liquid UI Platform Overview

• Plant Maintenance Planners and Schedulers

Technician Console

• Increase Productivity with Mobility

• How its done?

• How GuiXT works?

• Liquid UI Architecture

• Where are scripts stored?

• Q&A


• Compliance to Regulatory boards

• Increase production costs

• Unplanned downtime

• Equipment failures

• Laborious scheduling and monitoring of maintenance

resources

• Uncontrolled inventory

Challenges for company


The Challenges faced with traditional SAP use


• Internally developed or acquired solutions

• Silo’d solutions for different interfaces

• Browser-based alternatives with latency issues

And a multitude of SAP solutions


What if you could go from this ……….

25 Screens with less than 4 input fields per screen


To this…..One Screen with all fields plus

• Intuitive Screen Layout

• One button click to access various lookups

• Data to be entered to screens that are not showing

• Pushbuttons and radio buttons for repetitive search criteria.


To this…..

IE or any HTML5-based Browser


And deploy to this …


SAP @ Your Fingertips to All Touchpoints

Browsers and Portals

Barcode/RFID Scanners PDF/Excel Front-Ends

Tablets and Phones


• Built on proven GuiXT technology

• Extends your SAP across both desktop

and mobile devices

• Consolidates business related

transactions, fields and tabs

• Start from SAP, Record Once and

Deploy everywhere

• No Java, ABAP programming; No 3rd

party application server required

• Simple scripting to empower a

responsive IT Team

Unified, Non-disruptive Business SolutionLean, Agile Development

Liquid UI PlatformConnects directly to SAP through patented connectivity


Plant Maintenance Planning and Scheduling Console


Statistics

With approximately 8,000

work orders in various

stages, an average of 5

mins per work order

was reduced to 30 secs,

increasing productivity

by 90%.


Liquid UI- IOS

© 2012 Synactive, Inc.


Agenda

• Technician Console

• Increase Productivity with Mobility

• How its done?

• How GuiXT works?

• Liquid UI Architecture

• Where are scripts stored?


How Does GuiXT Work?

Desktop (PC)

SAP ERP

GuiXT Developer Toolkit used to generate GuiXT screens

1

1) User makes a

request via

SAPGUI (e.g.

VA01)

2) SAP responds

with VA01

screen

3) GuiXT screen

modifications

are applied and

SAPGUI draws

new screen for

VA01

SAP GUI

GuiXT®GuiXT®

1

2

3


GuiXT WS for Desktop

• GuiXT comes bundled with SAP GUI – Simply Activate

• Maintain one instance of GuiXT through the GuiXT Server

• Platform – Superset of ECMA-262 Javascript

• Built-in native support for elegant database access, RFC and Web Services

SAP ERP

GuiXT® ServerGuiXT® Server

SAPGUI/NWBC

GuiXT®GuiXT®SAPGUI/NWBC


Liquid UI on HTML5

• Custom screens on– IE, Firefox,

Chrome, Safari

– SAP Portals– SharePoint

• Fully HTML5 New (no Silverlight nor Flash)

• Dynamically send custom JS and CSS at screen level

• Note: not a replacement for ITS, designed to be used with WS

SAP ERP

GuiXT® Web

Server

GuiXT® Web

Server

Firefox Chrome

Safari IE

MS Sharepoint


WS Office

• OLE Automation data transfers between Excel and SAP

• Automate across transaction boundaries!

• Captures errors and performs retries on errors

• Turn any transaction into a web service

• Part of the Unified Platform not another stand alone tool

SAP ERP

GuiXT® Web

Server

GuiXT® Web

Server

SAPGUI

Liquid UI®Liquid UI®

PDF

Web service


Liquid UI for CE, iOS and Android“SAP @ your fingertips”

• Patented Connectivity Technology –compressed, encrypted, binary, efficient native SAP protocol (US 8364814 and 8478815)

• Devices supported

– Windows CE Handheld Scanners and RFID

– iOS (iPad, iPhone, iPod)

– Android (Fall 2013)

• Grids, Longtext, Tree, HTML controls support

• Objects for Services support

• BYOD Ready, provisioning and device management with central profile management

• Smart Action Button simplifies usage in small real estate

• SAP Workflow through e-mail

• RC4 with MD5 256-bit shared key encryption

SAP ERP


GuiXT® Mobile

Liquid UI®

iOS & Android

GuiXT® Mobile

Liquid UI®

iOS & Android


GuiXT Access (end of life)


– Blackberry

• ‘End of life’ in favor

of Liquid UI on

HTML5

SAP ERP

GuiXT® Web

Server

GuiXT® Web

Server

Access App

from App Store

Access App

from App Store


Liquid UI for Offline

• Patented Synchronization and Connectivity Technologies (US 8140617)


– Toughbooks laptops with SAP GUI

– Handheld scanners

• Perform transactional work without any SAP connectivity

• Fully programmable data lookupsSAP ERP


SAP GUI

GuiXT® Offline (Logic & SQL)GuiXT® Offline (Logic & SQL)

GuiXT® MobileGuiXT® Mobile

Synchronization through slow satellite links / cradle / WAN / WIFI


Liquid UI FTE

• Schedule periodic tasks to be executed on the Platform

• Execute mass parallel ‘headless’ SAP GUI connections for retrieval, upload and synchronizations

• Integrate e-mails, SMS for notifications and alarms

SAP ERP

Liquid UI® FTELiquid UI® FTE


SAP ERP

GuiXT Server

SAPGUIBarcode Scanners

Smartphones

Tablets

GuiXT Web Server

HTML5-basedBrowser

Netweaver Portal

SharePoint

PDF

Liquid UI Architecture Overview

GuiXT

Liquid UIAppOffline

GuiXTOffline Server

OfflineExcel

GuiXT


The Synactive Developer Suite

One Suite – Two Components

Designer Workbench

Designer Development Platform

Generated ScriptsNetwork, SAPWR, Local

Workbench Development Platform

Generated ScriptsNetwork, SAPWR, Local


DesignerThe Synactive Tool for Creating Consolidated View

• WYSIWYG Tool

• Screen changes

without writing any

code

• Start with any SAP

transaction

• Render to desktop or

mobile touch points

• Enables personalized

applications based on

roles and functions

• Automatic script

generationDesignerTrial.exe


WorkbenchThe Synactive Tool for process flow collection

Record And Deploy To All Touch Points

Workbench_Access.exe


Where are the Scripts stored?

• Options for Script Storage:

– SAP Web Repository (SMW0) - Integrated

with SAP; uses SAP transport mechanism

– Network Server/File Share

– FTP/HTTP Server

– Local Machine (Developers)


For more information aboutLiquid UI Platform:

[email protected]

Tel: 650-341-3310

Visit Business Impact page for ROIs and information on building business case

http://www.guixt.com/impact/bi.php

Thank You


Plant Maintenance Customers


GuiXT across SAP modules

Visit http://www.guixt.com/impact/bi.php for ROI


� Founded by former SAP employees and Bundled with SAP since 1998

� Solution extended and improved for Desktop and Mobile Devices

� Certified integration with SAP NetWeaver

� Extended for Excel and PDF integration

� 1000+ Customers / Thousands of Users

� Used by SAP Engineers to demonstrate SAP functionality 2002

GuiXT Server

1998GuiXT Designer introduced to the market

2004 Windows Mobile Devices

2007 GuiXT Web Server Browser-based interfaceOffline mode for Mobile Devices

200964-bit ArchitectureBlackBerry, iOS, Android, etc

2011 PDF and Excel Integration

2012

Liquid UI for iOS

2014

Liquid UI for AndroidLiquid UI for HTML5

Synactive @ a Glance


“SAP World in your hands”, Enrique del Campo,

Project Manager, Iberdola

“Liquid UI keeps your SAP workforce fluid!”, William

Thomas, Associate Director IM, ConvaTec Inc.

“Liquid UI is a "game changer" in terms of

streamlining SAP and providing users the

screens that they "want" versus screens they

are forced to see with SAPGUI!”, Craig Bence,

VP/CIO, Owens Industries

“A product that will make your users happier“, The

Hershey Company, Hugo Cerda, ERP Business

Process Manager

Quotes About Liquid UI for iOS


Quotes About Liquid UI for iOS

“I am very impressed with the ease of setup on the IOS

platform and that it presents the screens just like

they appear on my desktop. Liquid UI also allows

me to zoom, and do all the other functions native

to IOS witch is very cool, and makes this product a

must for IOS users.” Ryan Thompson,

System/Network Administrator, Intermountain

Farming Country Stores


In good company!Over 1000 Customers Across Multiple Industries



How Can You Get Started?

1) Download trial version of WYSIWYG tool:

http://www.guixt.com/solutions/free_trial.php

2) Download free sample of customized screens of

Plant Maintenance Schedulers and Planners

Console:

http://www.guixt.com/solutions/free_trial.php

3) Download Liquid UI for iOS from the App Store

4) Liquid UI for Android Pre-Release now available!

Mobilize And Enable Your SAP Workforce NOW!



Upcoming Events

SAP-Centric EAM, Feb 24-29, Austin Texas

Featured Speaker – Marcus Mullins, Sr. Resource Business Specialist, Tyson Foods, Inc.



For more information aboutLiquid UI Platform:

[email protected]

Tel: 650-341-3310

Visit Business Impact page for ROIs and information on building business case

http://www.guixt.com/impact/bi.php

Thank You

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