Dipankar Saha is the IT architect and service delivery lead for SAP MII and SAP ME at IBM India. He previously worked for SAP Labs India and was involved in the design and development of SAP MII; he co-wrote the SAP PRESS book on SAP MII, Implementing and Configuring SAP MII in 2009.
Chandan Jash is a senior advisory system analyst at IBM India who has been working with SAP solutions for 8 years. He has worked on a number of SAP MII and ME implementation projects in different roles. He has helped build SAP ME competency inside IBM, and currently works as an architect and SME for SAP ME implementation projects.
Soumya Das is a manufacturing business function architect and SME for SAP Manufacturing and Industry 4.0 solutions. Soumya has 18 years of experience in the area of manufacturing across different industry segments, covering end-to-end manufacturing solutions that include manufacturing planning, controlling, execution, and analytics. He is an SAP Certified manufacturing consultant and project manager. Along with technical delivery, Soumya has worked as a process integration manager to ensure seamless deployment of orchestrated enterprise solutions. Soumya has a bachelor's degree in production engineering and a master's degree in project management.
Anupkumar Ketkale has more than a decade of experience in ENR, automotive, and other discrete F&B manufacturing industries leading value-driven digital transformations in an Industry 4.0 context. He spent almost a decade providing management consulting and advisory services for CXOs of several organizations, establishing a strategic vision and mission for their digital organization, and driving digital transformation initiatives that follow best practices. He is currently driving the Industry 4.0 product consultative sales and Industry 4.0 Center of Excellence for an SAP partner organization. Anupkumar graduated from Michigan Technological University with majors in mechanical engineering and hybrid electric vehicles.

... Foreword by Sumanta Chakraborty ... 15

... Foreword by Amitabh Ray ... 17

... Preface ... 19

... Target Audience ... 19

... How This Book Is Structured ... 20

... Conclusion ... 21

... Acknowledgments ... 21

1 ... Introduction to Industry 4.0 ... 23

1.1 ... Main Trends and Challenges in Manufacturing ... 23

1.2 ... Transformations in the Manufacturing Industry over the Ages ... 24

1.3 ... Key Concepts of Industry 4.0 ... 25

1.4 ... Importance of Industry 4.0 in Manufacturing ... 37

1.5 ... Key Technology Enablers for Industry 4.0 ... 40

1.6 ... Challenges to Implementing Industry 4.0 ... 50

1.7 ... Approach for Industry 4.0 Adoption ... 55

1.8 ... Key SAP Solutions for Industry 4.0 ... 59

1.9 ... Summary ... 63

2 ... Internet of Things Platforms, Edge Gateways, and Digital Twins ... 65

2.1 ... What Is an Internet of Things Platform? ... 66

2.2 ... Role of the Industrial Internet of Things and Edge Gateways in Industry 4.0 ... 70

2.3 ... Internet of Things Gateway Solutions and Integration with Internet of Things ... 76

2.4 ... Digital Twins ... 94

2.5 ... Developing Cross-Component IIoT Apps Using SAP BTP ... 125

2.6 ... Summary ... 127

3 ... Process Automation and Analytics ... 129

3.1 ... Analytics Platform for Industry 4.0 ... 130

3.2 ... Analytics in Manufacturing ... 137

3.3 ... Best Practices for Implementing Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning ... 149

3.4 ... Key Use Cases of Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning in Industry 4.0 ... 164

3.5 ... AI/ML Services in SAP Business Technology Platform ... 176

3.6 ... Building Ethical Artificial Intelligence ... 190

3.7 ... Summary ... 192

4 ... Intelligent Product Development and Operations ... 193

4.1 ... What Are Intelligent Products? ... 193

4.2 ... SAP S/4HANA for Intelligent Products ... 204

4.3 ... SAP Enterprise Product Development for Intelligent Products ... 220

4.4 ... SAP Teamcenter for Intelligent Products ... 244

4.5 ... Summary ... 254

5 ... Intelligent Factories ... 255

5.1 ... What Are Intelligent Factories? ... 255

5.2 ... SAP S/4HANA Manufacturing ... 259

5.3 ... Warehouse Management in SAP S/4HANA ... 275

5.4 ... SAP Warehouse Robotics ... 294

5.5 ... Manufacturing Execution with SAP Digital Manufacturing ... 298

5.6 ... SAP Manufacturing Suite ... 352

5.7 ... Summary ... 353

6 ... Intelligent Assets ... 355

6.1 ... What Are Intelligent Assets? ... 355

6.2 ... Enterprise Asset Maintenance Strategies ... 357

6.3 ... SAP S/4HANA Asset Management ... 360

6.4 ... SAP Asset Strategy and Performance Management ... 384

6.5 ... SAP Predictive Asset Insights ... 398

6.6 ... SAP Asset Performance Management ... 408

6.7 ... SAP Business Network Asset Collaboration ... 409

6.8 ... Summary ... 417

7 ... Intelligent Personal Safety and Empowered