TOKYO, Nov 24, 2016 – (JCN Newswire) – Fujitsu Limited and SAP Japan
Co., Ltd. today announced their agreement to collaborate in the solutions
business, targeting manufacturing facilities, and setting their sights on
expanding to global markets.



This collaboration will combine SAP’s scalable
supply chain solutions, which, building on existing enterprise resource
planning (ERP) solutions for manufacturing, sales and procurement, can manage
manufacturing performance, together with Fujitsu’s systems integration
services, which utilize its manufacturing expertise in a range of industries
and operations. These integrated offerings will be made available by both
companies in Japan.



The partners will offer two products from SAP’s
scalable supply chain solutions in the manufacturing domain:



SAP Manufacturing Execution is capable of managing
entire processes in manufacturing facilities, analyzing them in real time, and
issuing reports. In addition, the system manages manufacturing performance for
each production operation on-site, as well as information on quality and traceability,
enabling the user to build a foundation for ensuring market quality and
improving facilities.



SAP Manufacturing Integration & Intelligence
enables connection with, and data collection from, manufacturing execution
systems (MES), systems that collect data from production lines, and a variety
of on-site devices, such as PLCs(1), DCSs(2), SCADAs(3), and inspection
equipment, as well as core systems such as ERP. At the same time, it supports
optimal decision making through the analysis and visualization of a wide
variety of data from manufacturing facilities.



The increasing complexity of operations in
manufacturing facilities has fragmented systems across departments, creating
difficulties in connecting data from various operations and sharing information
in real time. By deploying these solutions, however, operations data that was
divided between various departments can be linked across the entire length of
the supply chain, from sales to procurement, production and manufacturing,
enabling visualization and resolution of the various incidents which occur in
manufacturing facilities.



The two companies, working toward Industrie 4.0,
are considering offering these connected manufacturing solutions not only in
Japan, but to Asia and other regions around the globe.



Summary of the Collaboration



1. Supporting improved productivity by linking the
two companies’ technologies



By providing SAP’s SAP Manufacturing Execution and
SAP Manufacturing Integration & Intelligence with Fujitsu’s manufacturing
experience specialized for a variety of industries and operations, both
companies will contribute to business growth by further accelerating companies’
digital industrial innovation.



2. Strategic partnership in Japan



Based on their strategic partnership for their
business in Japan, Fujitsu will receive technology training related to these
SAP solutions, as well as sales and implementation support, and the two
companies will actively work together on sales promotion activities for these
solutions.



3. Joint global expansion



Fujitsu has already started offering SAP’s
scalable supply chain solutions in the US, and in light of the current
offerings in Japan, the two companies are considering future joint expansion to
Asia and other regions.



(1) PLC 

Programmable logic controllers. Control equipment
developed as alternative devices to relay circuits. 

(2) DCS 

Distributed control systems. Control equipment
that coordinates and integrates multiple controllers for large-scale process
control situations. 

(3) SCADA 

Supervisory control and data acquisition.
Production control systems that use computers to handle system monitoring and
process control.