Inspection characteristics transfer to Shop floor system

[Former Member]

Hi,

We are using a third party shop floor system with terminals in each workcenter/stations in Production line. How do we transfer the Production order inspection characteristics to these terminals, do the results recording at the terminals and send the results back to SAP inspection lots.

Thanks

Thomas

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Its very open ended question ,It actually depends upon the which 3rd party system you are currently using and are you recording result in it.If yes then you can establish the connection between that system & existing SAP lot through QM-IDI interface.

I am very sure,no one can suggest you anything apart from this.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Please find the sap documentaion for this. This may help you

[http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/print46c/en/data/pdf/QMIFIDI/QMIFIDI.pdf]

Regards,

Smruti

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Sujit,

In our shopfloor users will be entering the results manually into the third party system. How can we get the Inspection chars to the shopfloor system and send the results back to SAP. Is there any IDOCS we could use to interface.

I have seen some posting for LIMS SAP interface. Can we use something similar to LIMS interface with SAP?

Thanks

Thomas

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Yes QM-IDI interface can solve this issue.

You can search material on web for this.there is ample of material.

[former_member42743]

This capability is standard SAP via PP-PI and PI sheets. You have several options. This does require software on the process control side to 'talk' with SAP but SAP provides the info to write the needed programs. Larger vendors of process control software will probably already have the necessary programs available for you. The "talking" is done via process control instructions which follows specific standards to pass messages between equipment. SAP can produce and receive the necessary messages.

You can transfer data to batch characteristics from third party shop control software via process messages. This is standard SAP. See the link below.

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_46c/helpdata/en/d8/f85c40e89811d195f6080009c17b92/content.htm

You can also transfer characteristic data between inspection lots and your process control systems

http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/PPPIPCS/PPPIPCS.pdf

(see page 27 for the inspection data messages, category PI-QMSMR)

The link above should give you a basic understanding of the possibilities. You should contact the vendor of your process control software. Many of the larger vendors probably have done the SAP integration already and can probably refer you to a consultant or in house person that has this specific experience and can help you get this going. Also contact SAP and ask about their approved vendors that have certified interfaces to work with SAP.

FF

[former_member221025]

Hi,

Another Link to refer:

http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/1ebb1361-0b01-0010-56aa-c780c5446...

Regards,

Amol