Schneider Electric, the globally renowned company in the digital transformation of energy management and industrial automation, and SAP, one of the world’s renowned producers of software for the management of business processes, has announced that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on IT/OT integration applications.
Schneider Electric - SAP partnership
Schneider Electric and SAP plan to explore opportunities to enhance industry innovation and digital transformation, drive open standards, and foster close integration of IT and OT technology to benefit industrial customers.
The companies intend to validate scenarios with their complementary offerings to help provide easy and seamless integration for joint industrial customers. The companies also plan to address future collaboration in the areas of sustainability and energy management.
Wider support for the Industry 4.0 ecosystem
Our collaboration with Schneider Electric demonstrates SAP’s wider support for the Industry 4.0 ecosystem"
“Our collaboration with Schneider Electric demonstrates SAP’s wider support for the Industry 4.0 ecosystem,” said Peter Maier, President, Industries and Customer Advisory at SAP.
Peter Maier adds, “Our companies align on the importance of collaboration, innovation, and open standards, making integrated information and operational technology solutions easy to consume for our joint customers.”
Preconfigured and tested end-to-end solutions
The companies plan to explore opportunities to deliver value to customers through preconfigured and tested end-to-end solutions to lower cost of implementation and operation of mission-critical business processes. The first scenarios will be:
- Simplified shopfloor OT/IT integration based on common standards, onboarding, and lifecycle management of assets as digital twins.
- End-to-end closed-loop, intelligent asset and field service management using virtual and augmented reality technologies.
End-to-end OT/IT connectivity
“Many of our customers are looking for easier ways to integrate advanced technology in their digitalization journey,” said Bruno Zerbib, the Executive Vice President (EVP), Chief Platform and Technology Officer at Schneider Electric, adding “With SAP, we’re committed to addressing market challenges with innovative digital solutions to help these customers leverage the benefits of Industry 4.0.”
Bruno Zerbib adds, “For example, ensuring end-to-end OT/IT connectivity enables data-driven decision making and improved performance strategies. Solutions that automatically trigger maintenance or service orders in SAP’s applications can close the loop between maintenance strategy and execution for optimal asset maintenance. And augmented reality can give users the right information at the right time, and in the right place, to reduce the time and increase the accuracy of root cause analysis.”