[ Articles with keyword 'measurement' ]
SAP UC 2009: Electricity Meters 2.0
19.10.2009
Smart meters exchange data with utility companies. And they can help both customers and power generation companies save money. AMI software is used for capturing the data and for billing.
Supercharged with SAP AMI Integration for Utilities
28.04.2009
Intelligent measurement procedures are changing utility companies’ conventional business model. With SAP Advanced Metering Infrastructure Integration for Utilities, these companies can implement a framework that supports intelligent technology for meters and other forms of measurement.
Hottinger Baldwin Messtechnik Implements SAP CRM 2007
12.12.2008
Hottinger Baldwin Messtechnik (HBM) now handles its customer relationships with SAP Customer Relationship Management 2007 (SAP CRM 2007).
Climate and Sustainability Issues Driving Changes in Business Climate
24.11.2008
SAP brought together several sustainability thought leaders at a recent roundtable event in New York City to discuss the impact that issues like greenhouse gas (GHG) measurement, management, and regulation are likely to have on businesses of all sizes.
Web-based Portal Bundles Data in Measurement Technology
27.08.2008
Customers of Endress+Hauser can get a complete overview of all the data for their measuring instruments and facilities via the company’s web-based customer portal W@M – Web-enabled Asset Management. Because the portal is based on a service-oriented architecture, it eases users’ operation and administration of their measurement instruments and reduces both repair and maintenance times.
All Trains Are Running
09.04.2008
Keeping the vehicle fleet in tip-top shape at the German railroad Deutsche Bahn AG is an ongoing task. The railroad maintains 450,000 rail cars, busses, and vehicle components at 230 plants for a total of 2.2 million maintenance orders each year. For IT support, Deutsche Bahn AG looks to high-performance SAP software that offers flexibility and an overview of all its vehicles.
Old Friends, New Contexts
16.01.2008
Companies that use enterprise service-oriented architecture (enterprise SOA) and call services in a wide area network or transmit synchronous messages should keep an eye on performance: they might need more resources. Performance – a constant IT issue – can certainly be measured with older, familiar tools in the ABAP environment, but with enterprise SOA, additional factors affect performance in some areas.
“The Most Common Way is Seldom the Best”
10.10.2007
Tim Ferriss has the best selling business book on the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers lists. “The 4-Hour Workweek” is creating an undeniable stir in the business world. Ferriss speaks six languages, runs a multinational sports supplement firm from wireless locations worldwide and holds a Guiness World Record in tango. He’s also a National Chinese kickboxing champion and a Princeton Guest Lecturer. With SAP INFO online, Ferriss talks about how to make informed decisions and why companies that define their core competencies excel. And by the way, he is only 29 years old.
Accelerating Development Processes and Reducing Costs
18.04.2005
Shorter product life cycles, more variants, and design changes as a result of technical requirements or specific customer wishes all require a high degree of integration between the development, design, production, and logistics departments. Kundo SystemTechnik GmbH implemented mySAP Product Lifecycle Management (mySAP PLM) in order to optimize the complete product development process in a system and reduce costs.
Keeping Insurance Companies Better Informed
04.04.2005
A wave of legal and regulatory changes is currently sweeping across the insurance industry. One feature common to all these changes is that they place high demands on internal and external reporting. Based around SAP Business Intelligence (SAP BI), two solutions have been specifically developed for insurance company reporting, linking up data from various sources.
