{"id":1081,"date":"2020-06-25T15:34:49","date_gmt":"2020-06-25T10:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trendstechblog.com\/?p=1081"},"modified":"2021-09-21T15:16:03","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T09:46:03","slug":"sap-and-a-scada-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trendstechblog.com\/sap-and-a-scada-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Integrate SAP And A SCADA Environment"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the challenges that those responsible for Digital Transformation face every day is the complexity and diversity of APIs available, which must be exploited intensively to connect an increasingly large application environment.<\/p>\n

Studies show that the number of SaaS tools used by a company often exceeds 40 and almost 30% of these mechanisms on a daily basis. Applications like the SAP solution form the core of most company operations.<\/p>\n

In this context, organizations that use ERP such as SAP and want to make the leap to digitizing their business need to establish two-way communication between the ERP and other corporate systems such as sensors, maintenance systems, energy management, etc.<\/p>\n

Integration Between SAP And A SCADA Environment<\/h2>\n

To carry out effective communication between all these elements, companies need to implement a specific solution that they can acquire from third parties or develop and implement through the internal IT team.<\/p>\n

However, the development of in-house tools involves a set of risks that usually generate long-term complications in scalability and maintenance. Furthermore, the growth of these applications can lead to over-dependence on a team of programmers and opaque software.<\/p>\n

To avoid this, companies have the OPC Router solution, which acts as a gateway between SCADA <\/strong><\/a><\/span>and SAP . With this solution we can create a two-way communication space and establish workflows in a fully visual graphical user interface (in English GUI) that represents the data flow in real time.<\/p>\n

SCADA and SAP are integrated into the OPC Router through plugins that act as modules to allow the exchange of information. In fact, OPC Router incorporates different plugins to be able to integrate different devices and applications.<\/p>\n

What Is OPC Router<\/h2>\n

It is a software that is in charge of exchanging information between the different systems of the company, thanks to its ability to acquire and transform data from different sources of information, to multiple destinations bidirectionally.<\/p>\n

The advanced functions offered by this solution represent a substantial improvement over other solutions that are in charge of acquiring company data already on the market, such as KEPServerEX.<\/p>\n

Advantages of SAP integration with OPC Router<\/strong><\/p>\n

Integrating a SAP ERP solution with OPC Router offers different benefits to companies:<\/p>\n