Explaining Asset Management (EAM) Architecture

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After completing this lesson, you will be able to explain Asset Management (EAM) Architecture

Asset Strategy and Performance Management

The image features four icons with corresponding descriptions from left to right: The first icon with circles connected by lines represents The Internet of Things (IoT). The second icon shows circles connected in a loop around a horizontal DO representing Artificial intelligence and machine learning. The third icon displays a gear with vertical lines ending in circles depicting Real-time engineering simulation. The fourth icon is of VR goggles indicating 3D visualization and augmented reality.

SAP Asset Performance Management Solutions

The Internet of Things (IoT)Artificial intelligence and machine learningReal-time engineering simulation3D visualization and augmented reality
Provides sensor-enabled condition monitoring for real time insights and new value-added services.Bring unprecedented insights and automation of knowledge work across the enterprise.Use physics-based digital twins for predictive engineering analysis in product development and operations.Provides unmatched situational awareness and enhanced perception for better decision making.

SAP Asset Performance Management (APM) for Utilities supports the transition of the Energy System.

  1. Advanced maintenance strategies for deep insights into power plant and grid assets
  2. Prediction of operational failures to initiate timely countermeasures and prevents downtime value-based decision support and asset lifetime predictions for investment planning
  3. Mobile solutions for seamless maintenance processes and support of field crew

SAP SAP Asset Strategy and Performance Management (ASPM) helps companies to develop, deploy, monitor, and optimize their asset strategies. The integration with maintenance execution in SAP S/4HANA and the SAP Asset Manager allows to constantly update the strategies based on the latest maintenance data.

A screenshot of an SAP equipment assessment interface for Cooling Water Pump No 1 with the tag number 10000037. It displays a pop-up showing the criticality as B Medium, normalized risk at 72.5%, score of 9.25, color as orange, and action as FMEA. Below, a heatmap titled Safety Consequence is depicted, with likelihood consequence on the vertical axis and safety consequence on the horizontal axis. The heatmap uses a color scale from green (low risk) to red (high risk).
  • SAP ASPM provides asset risk and criticality assessment. Users can rate the probability and consequences of a failure and what needs to be done to mitigate it
  • ASPM enables reliability assessments such as Asset Criticality Analysis, Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM), and Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
  • AsInt IDMS provides Inspection Data Management integrated with ASPM
  • DNV GL CUI (Corrosion under insulation) provides monitoring corrosion of pipelines
The image depicts six icons under the heading SAP Asset Strategy and Performance Management. The icons and their descriptions are as follows: 1. A bell symbol with an exclamation mark representing Risk and Criticality Assessment. 2. A speedometer gauge with a check mark representing Integrity and Performance. 3. A pair of shaking hands representing Maintenance and Strategy. 4. Two people behind a counter representing Continuous Improvement. 5. A line graph with nodes pointing to the right representing Reliability Centered. 6. An arrow icon under the heading Partner Solutions representing synergies with partners.

SAP Asset Strategy and Performance Management

  • Segment assets based on risk and criticality (safety, environment, security of supply, and so on) to determine best maintenance strategies at lowest cost and risk
  • Apply reliability management and assessment methodologies such as RCM and FMEA; adopt own or third-party standards
  • Enrich asset care recommendations with maintenance actions and instructions. Map failure modes to indicators in SAP Predictive Asset Insights
  • Planned maintenance review process to package, approve, and integrate recommendations for efficient maintenance execution in SAP S/4HANA

Monitor asset performance, failures, and maintenance costs to enable closed loop continuous asset performance, risk mitigation, and reliability improvement.

  • DNV GL CUI Manager: Management of safety and cost risks of pipelines caused by Corrosion Under Insulation
  • AsInt IDMS with Planning: Inspection Data Management integrated with SAP ASPM

Asset Health Prediction and Optimization

SAP Predictive Asset Insights and SAP Enterprise Product Development provide the most comprehensive asset health prediction and optimization solutions by bringing together both machine learning models and engineering simulations.

  • SAP Predictive Asset Insights and SAP Enterprise Product Development combine OT data (sensor data) and IT data (maintenance data) to create digital insights for assets and predict asset failures
  • The solutions leverage machine learning, IoT (Internet of Things) , and engineering models to deliver decision support regarding maintenance work and investment planning
  • SAP Predictive Asset Insights includes analyzes capabilities for transformers like Duval Triangles
The image shows the SAP Digital Twin interface with a 3D model of a wind turbine. The main visual is the wind turbine colored according to von Mises stress, with a color scale on the left ranging from blue (low stress) to red (high stress). Three views of the wind turbine are shown: full view, close-up of the rotor, and side view. Below the turbine visuals, a graph displays stress data over time with multiple lines indicating different data points. The interface includes typical browser elements like the URL, a play button, and options to pause or move forward.
The image is titled SAP Predictive Asset Insights & SAP Enterprise Product Development. It displays seven icons with corresponding descriptions: 1. A network-like structure representing The Internet of Things (IoT). 2. A car front view icon representing Digital Twins. 3. A hand touching a screen representing Industry 4.0. 4. A circular diagram with nodes representing Advanced Analytics. 5. An atom symbol representing Artificial Intelligence. 6. A radar-like icon representing Machine Learning. 7. Partner Solutions section with an icon of a satellite and an icon of a desktop monitor with layout elements.

SAP Predictive Asset Insights and SAP Enterprise Product Development

  • Optimize the availability of your assets by using IoT technologies with machine learning and engineering simulations capabilities
  • Collect and analyze IoT/sensor data from assets, and maintenance records to predict operational failure and remaining asset lifetime
  • Initiate preventive countermeasures that trigger service or maintenance orders based on rules
  • Optimize asset performance with a closed-loop maintenance and service processes
  • Create physics-based digital twins of critical assets with real-time engineering simulation and predictive analysis

Partner Solutions

  • LiveEO Satellite-based infrastructure monitoring: Keep infrastructure operational with insights from space for vegetation management and ground deformation
  • Future Grid Platform: Turn smart meter data into grid reliability, asset management, and customer safety
  • EY Transformer Health and Load Monitor: Make smarter maintenance decisions about your electromechanical assets

Mobile Asset Management

SAP Asset Manager is a mobile solution tightly integrated with maintenance execution in SAP S/4HANA and with SAP Asset Performance Management. Thus, it helps a field technician to improve the reliability and performance of assets. It can be flexibly adapted to individual requirements of a utility.

SAP Asset Manager provides:

  • Timely, relevant, and accurate information about asset status, work orders, and spare parts
  • Push notifications and alerts for critical maintenance requests
  • Context-rich visualization to locate and prioritize work
  • Checklists to guide through inspections

TeamViewer front line provides:

Augmented reality for hands free work and remote support

The image shows the SAP Asset Manager interface on the left. At the top, there is a map with various markers indicating asset locations. Below the map, there is a list of high priority work orders including tasks like Inspect Electric Pump Motor, Track Inspection, Oil pooling under pump, and Tree Down on Powerline, each with corresponding order numbers. Below the work order list, there is a section for Time Sheets displaying entries for Today, Nov 6, 2019 and Yesterday, Nov 5, 2019, both showing 0:00 hours logged. On the right side of the image, a worker is shown using a tablet.
The image is titled SAP Asset Manager and contains six icons with associated descriptions: 1. A magnifying glass inspecting a cube labeled Intelligent Asset. 2. A robotic arm icon labeled Field Operations. 3. A group of tools (hammer, screwdriver, wrench) labeled Field Maintenance. 4. A mobile phone with a check mark labeled Mobile Inspection. 5. A stack of boxes on a pallet labeled Inventory Management. Under Partner Solution: 6. A virtual reality headset labeled Augmented Reality.

SAP Asset Manager

  • Eliminate paperwork while reducing downtime and maintenance and service backlog
  • Capture and integrate asset performance data between mobile and back-end systems at the "point of performance"
  • Provide asset intelligence, failure modes, work instructions, history, and IoT sensor data to enable pro-active fault diagnosis and prescriptive maintenance
  • Manage existing work and asset data whether you're online, offline, or occasionally connected
  • Timely, relevant, and accurate information for current inventory levels of spare parts even when supply chains are disrupted

Partner Solution

TeamViewer front line Augmented Reality: Empower your technicians with augmented reality for hands free work and remote support.

Asset Management (EAM) Architecture

SAP Asset Performance Management (APM) enables asset risk and criticality assessments including inspections and checklists. It supports best strategies to maintain assets like RCM and FMEA. Via the Internet of Things, it connects with assets for real-time insights on their condition, and uses advanced analytics and machine learning to enable predictive maintenance.

A circular diagram represents various components of asset management using SAP solutions. The center of the diagram has a blue ring labeled SAP BTP and SAP S/4HANA. Radiating out from the center, the circle is divided into sections with different labels. At the top, Asset Network & Collaboration. Going clockwise, sections are labeled Asset Performance Management, Environmental Health & Safety, Maintenance & Service Operations, and Mobile. Sub-labels within each section are: Asset Strategy & Performance and Asset Health Prediction & Optimization for Asset Performance Management; Execution & Reporting and Scheduling & Dispatching for Maintenance & Service Operations; and Planning & Orchestration for Mobile.

APM is integrated with Maintenance Operations in S/4HANA to cover the overall asset lifecycle and achieve optimal value from the utility assets by establishing a balance between required performance, cost, and risk.

The image presents six icons with labels, distributed in two rows of three. From left to right, the first row displays: an icon of a speedometer with a checkmark labeled Asset Performance Management, an icon of a laptop labeled IoT, and an icon of a smartphone with circuit lines labeled Mobile Asset Management. The second row displays: an icon of a conveyor belt labeled Automated Processes, an icon of an umbrella with a checkmark shield labeled Environmental, Health & Safety, and an icon of a document with network lines labeled Networks.
  • Integrate dynamic Asset Performance Management with maintenance processes across the enterprise
  • Connect assets with IoT for real time predictive and prescriptive maintenance
  • Empower field technicians with mobile asset management solutions
  • Synchronize planning, scheduling, and execution with automated processes and intelligent optimization
  • Integrate Environmental, Health, and Safety policies with maintenance processes
  • Adopt  collaborative  processes with business partners across networks

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Seamlessly extend Enterprise Maintenance Management with Asset Performance Management along end-to-end processes to close the loop between maintenance strategy and execution to define, implement, execute, and monitor the optimal asset maintenance.

A circular diagram illustrates the relationship between different components of asset maintenance using SAP software. In the center is Manage Asset Master Data. Surrounding it in a clockwise motion are six labeled activities: Define Asset Maintenance Strategy, Define Maintenance Plans & Rule, Monitor Assets and Maintenance Demands, Plan Asset Maintenance Task & Resources, Perform Asset Maintenance, and Analyze Asset & Maintenance Performance. Arrows connect these activities indicating a continuous cycle. Annotations provide additional information: Tighter integration of task lists near Monitor Assets and Maintenance Demands, Maintenance recommendations near Perform Asset Maintenance, and Easily evaluate success of maintenance programs near Analyze Asset & Maintenance Performance. Orange boxes denote SAP S/4HANA Maintenance Management, while blue boxes denote SAP Asset Performance Management.
  • Define Asset Maintenance Strategy
    • Define risk and criticality for assets
    • Develop maintenance strategies
  • Define Maintenance Plan and Rule
    • Define time and usage-based maintenance
    • Define condition, predictive/prescriptive, and risk-based maintenance
  • Monitor Asset and Maintenance Demand
    • Manage asset alerts
    • Initiate / screen maintenance demand
  • Plan Asset Maintenance, Tasks and Resources
    • Order planning, including all needed resources
    • Order scheduling
  • Perform Asset Maintenance
    • Order execution (also mobile)
    • Order/notification close-out
  • Analyze Asset and Maintenance Performance
    • Analyze maintenance strategy versus execution in efficiency and effectiveness
  • Manage Asset Master Data
    • Manage assets and asset-related master data semantically aligned for both disciplines, to provide a 360° view in the form of a digital twin

Note

*SAP‘s strategy and possible future developments are subject to change and may be changed by SAP at any time for any reason without notice. This document is provided without a warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or noninfringement.​

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