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 Challenges in Asset Management

• Proliferation of assets to maintain with fewer technicians

to maintain them
• Geographically distributed maintenance assets and
technicians
• Increasing regulatory pressures and rising costs
• Aging workforces and infrastructures

SAP Asset Manager helps to:

• Capture and access timely, accurate data both online or
offline to better respond to increasing market demand
and globalization and regulatory, social, and
environmental pressures
• Better manage complex assets and reliance on third
parties
• Retain and build on your company’s knowledge base
and minimize the effects of employee attrition

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 SAP Asset Manager

SAP Asset Manager supports highly skilled workers who

maintain enterprise assets to perform their job with
complex information and business logic that is always
available whether they are connected to the network or
working in offline environments

Key Capabilities:
• Provides timely, relevant, and accurate information
such as asset health, inventory, maintenance, and
safety checklists
• Enables the worker to be more productive and
seamlessly take advantage of the iOS ecosystem
• Provides context-rich visualization and actionable
insights
• Enables easy and timely execution of end-to-end asset
management on the go
• Full customization framework to add/edit business
logic, screens, and branding
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Process

Process Overview Digital Transformation

Digital business scenario: predictive asset management*

Technician
downloads work Technician captures
Technician travels
orders generated to location of field data while
via planned, performing asset
assets under
predictive or maintenance management work
corrective
processes

Technician interacts
with crew, team
Technician reports
leads, vendors,
time and material contractors and
consumption back office
colleagues

*Processes where the mobile app delivers new

functionality to the scenario are highlighted here.
Processes where the app only provide a simplified
user experience are not shown.

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 SAP Asset Manager
Value Proposition

• Standard SAP Solution, natively integrated with SAP

S/4HANA Asset Management (or ECC Enterprise
Asset Manager from 2.0)

• Designed together with Apple at the Apple Design

Lab, to deliver an enterprise grade application with a
consumer grade user experience

• Next generation cloud solution, leveraging 20 years

of mobile asset management experience

• Superior user experience leveraging native iOS

features and the Fiori for iOS Design Language.

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SAP Asset Manager 2.0 with S/4HANA On Premise
Architecture

MDK
Application Client On Premise

Mobile Services
Metadata Runtime
Mobile Add-on for
App Definition S/4HANA
Mobile SDK
Cloud
Lifecycle Connector

App SDK
Offline
S/4HANA
Custom Controls EAM On Premise

Native iOS

SAP Web IDE

with Mobile
Development
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Kit
SAP Asset Manager 2.0 with SAP ECC
Architecture

MDK ECC 6.0 EHP7+

Application Client On Premise

Mobile Services
Metadata Runtime
Mobile Add-on for
App Definition ERP
Mobile SDK
Cloud
Lifecycle Connector

App SDK
Offline
ECC 6.0 EHP7+
Custom Controls On Premise

Native iOS

SAP Web IDE

with Mobile
Development
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Kit
SAP Mobile Development Kit
Overview

SAP Mobile Development Kit enables customers to run, customize and administer SAP Asset Manager and will evolve into an
Rapid Mobile App Development (RMAD) framework, delivering a metadata-driven model for customizing SAP Asset Manager.
provides a runtime and full customization framework for SAP complex applications.

Key capabilities
• SAP Asset Manager for iOS was built with SAP Enterprise App Modeler to demonstrate creation
of light, complex business apps
• RMAD framework allows customization of SAP Asset Manager in a low code / no code
environment

Benefits
• Easily customize SAP Asset Manager without writing code
• Tailor SAP Asset Manager to business needs
• Aligned with SAP Fiori design principles created with Apple, providing amazing user
experiences
• Easy lifecycle management and deployment without re-installing app
• Online or Offline, users get the same mobile experience

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Architecture

Your Datacenter

App designer or Business Suite

S/4HANA OnPrem 1610

Admin Feature Pack Stack 1
Mobile Service for
Development & Operations
Mobile AddOn
Application destination Mobile Application Integration
Framework
SAP Web IDE
Security configuration

SAP Gateway
App update OData
App user Mobile
Development
Kit Client OData destination (1..n) Secure tunnel

Connectivity Cloud connector

Corporate Identity Provider

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SAP Asset Manager
Frequently Asked Questions - 1

What is the SAP Asset Manager app?

SAP Asset Manager is our next generation asset-centric mobile application leveraging the digital core with S/4HANA or
ERP and SAP Cloud Platform

Was Asset Manager developed on the SAP Cloud Platform SDK for iOS?
Yes, SAP Asset Manager is based on the Mobile Development Kit and the SAP Cloud Platform SDK for iOS, following Fiori
for iOS guidelines to provide workers with an optimized user experience

How was SAP Asset Manager designed?

SAP Asset Manager is a metadata driven application which provides generated code to support multiple platform deployment with a
middleware leveraging SAP Cloud Platform. The middleware allows the management of the data between the backend and the mobile
device as well as the offline capabilities of the solution.

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Frequently Asked Questions - 2

Which features are available in the 2.0 release

• Management of work orders, • Brandable Client • iPhone support

notifications and timesheets
• Integration into SAP ERP • Push notifications
• Attachment handling
• Field operations worker role • PM Confirmations
• Robust offline functionality
• Quick entry measuring points • Equipment Warranties
• Single Sign On Support
• Crew reporting component • Work Order History
• ESRI ArcGIS integration
• Meter Management • Characteristics (edit/view)
• Client onboarding via email or component
a web link
• Enhance document support
• Field Operation Worker role
• PRT

Which features are planned for the 3.0 release (planned Q4 2018)

• Enhanced GIS – create / edit • Inbound transaction queue

• Linear asset management • Machine learning – OCR, Image
• Customer service • Dynamic forms
• Asset creation • Enhanced document support
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Frequently Asked Questions - 3

What features are currently planned to be added in future releases?

• IoT and AIN Integration
• Additional asset management features such as MRS Integration, Vehicle Stock, etc.
• Support for the SAP Geographical Enablement Framework
• Industry specific microservices on SAP Cloud Platform Cloud Foundry to support
• Inventory management
• Augmented Reality
• Support for oData V4
• Integration into SAP S/4HANA Cloud

Why would a customer choose SAP Asset Manager over SAP Work Manager?
• SAP Asset Manager enables digital transformation by leveraging the next generation capabilities of SAP Cloud Platform and the
consumer grade user experience offered by the Fiori for iOS Design Language.
• Customers who are have an iOS strategy and want to be on the bleeding edge of new technologies are the best candidates for SAP
Asset Manager. Early customers also have the opportunity to influence development and prioritization.
• Android support is planned for early 2019
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Frequently Asked Questions - 4

Why would a customer license SAP Asset Manager vs. developing a custom application?
 Full online/offline capabilities
 Complete backend interface only offered with SAP Asset Manager
 Configuration available to define data distribution rules and delta data determination to minimize synchronization times
 Full client customization capability via the SAP Mobile Development Kit
 Ease of integration into SAP solutions
 Standard development support offering
 Licensing of SAP Asset Manager includes named user access to the backend system

What are some advantages of SAP Asset Manager compared to SAP Work Manager?
• SAP Asset Manager offers a consumer grade native iOS experience via the SAP Fiori for iOS Design Language
• SAP Asset Manager offers native features such as Touch ID (with SSO authentication), 3D Touch and Custom Keyboards
• Upcoming versions will connect to innovative solutions such as IoT, AIN and incorporate the full functionality of SAP Work Manager,
creating a complete, robust solution based on years of experience

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Frequently Asked Questions - 5

Has SAP stopped investing in SAP Work Manager?

• No, SAP is continuing to invest in both solutions -- just as we are enabling the digital transformation with S/4HANA while continuing to
invest in ERP.
• We are reinventing the platform and the application based on what we have learned with over 20 years of successful, scalable and
secure deployments of mobile asset management solutions, and leveraging the capabilities and easy integration of SAP Cloud
Platform

What prerequisites are required to implement SAP Asset Manager?

• S/4HANA 1610+ on-premise or ECC 6 Ehp7 SP14+

• Implementation of Enterprise Asset Management

• Mac development environment

• iPads/iPhones for deployment of the mobile app

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