SAP Digital Manufacturing extends Joule into manufacturing execution and shop-floor–adjacent scenarios. When enabled, Joule provides conversational access to manufacturing-related information directly within the SAP Digital Manufacturing user experience. Joule enhances how users retrieve insights and understand system behavior without operating as a separate application.
How Joule Fits into the SAP Digital Manufacturing Landscape
Joule is embedded within SAP Digital Manufacturing and operates as a service running on SAP BTP. SAP Digital Manufacturing remains the system of record for production data, execution processes, and manufacturing analytics. Joule acts as an interaction layer that interprets user intent and retrieves contextual information from supported manufacturing capabilities.
Prerequisites
- Ensure that you meet all requirements for Joule onboarding
- You have an entitlement for Joule in the same global account on SAP BTP as your entitlement for SAP Digital Manufacturing
- You have subscribed to SAP Digital Manufacturing
Key References
Joule Setup for SAP Digital Manufacturing
The link provides a practical reference that illustrates how the unified Joule setup model extends into SAP Digital Manufacturing, including integration scope, supported interaction types, and manufacturing-specific considerations.