The Industrial IoT Blog
IIoT Insights by Henry Costa
Tag: SAP MII
SAP Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence used to connect shop floor systems with SAP ERP. It provides real-time production visibility, data integration, and operational reporting.
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Before IIoT Had a Name: Lessons from a Sugar Mill in Brazil
Read more: Before IIoT Had a Name: Lessons from a Sugar Mill in BrazilBack in 2008, I got the chance to work on something completely different from what I had done before. A large sugar and ethanol plant in Brazil. Not automotive. Not steel. Not pharma. This was sugar cane coming in straight…
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IT/OT Integration. Lessons from Pulp & Paper
Read more: IT/OT Integration. Lessons from Pulp & PaperI started working with industrial data integration in 2005, and one of my first major projects was at a large pulp and paper manufacturing site in Brazil. This was back in 2006-2007. At that time, nobody was calling it “IIoT.”…
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Beverage Manufacturing Connectivity Before IIoT Was a Thing
Read more: Beverage Manufacturing Connectivity Before IIoT Was a ThingBetween 2012 and 2014, I worked on two large manufacturing connectivity projects in the beverage industry. At the time, nobody called them IIoT projects. They were described as manufacturing intelligence or production reporting initiatives. SAP MII happened to be the…
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Electronics Manufacturing Before IIoT. Lessons from a Global Rollout
Read more: Electronics Manufacturing Before IIoT. Lessons from a Global RolloutWhen I first stepped onto the shop floor of a global electronics connector manufacturer, the biggest challenge was not the machines. It was fragmentation. Each plant had its own way of working, built over years to support high-volume, high-precision manufacturing…
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Shop Floor Connectivity Lessons from a Titanium Dioxide Plant
Read more: Shop Floor Connectivity Lessons from a Titanium Dioxide PlantLong before “IIoT” became a standard term, manufacturing plants already had a real problem to solve. Data was everywhere on the shop floor, but nowhere at the same time. Control systems knew what was happening second by second. Labs held…
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SAP MII End of Life. What Comes Next for Your Career?
Read more: SAP MII End of Life. What Comes Next for Your Career?When I first started with SAP xMII back in 2005, I never imagined I’d see the day the platform would be sunset. Yet here we are. SAP MII, the tool I built a big part of my career on, is…
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Retiring SAP MII: Closing a Chapter and Opening the Next One
Read more: Retiring SAP MII: Closing a Chapter and Opening the Next OneAfter spending almost twenty years working with SAP MII (before that, xMII), it feels strange to say goodbye. It was part of daily life for many of us. It solved tough problems, frustrated teams, and more than once saved a…
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Lessons From 50+ SAP Digital Manufacturing Projects
Read more: Lessons From 50+ SAP Digital Manufacturing ProjectsIf you spend enough time in manufacturing, you realize the shop floor is the real test for any digital solution. Since 2005, I’ve worked on more than 50 SAP Digital Manufacturing (MII/OEE/PCo) implementations across more than 10 industries, from the…
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Smart Manufacturing Nearshore: Lessons from Leading Cross-Border Delivery
Read more: Smart Manufacturing Nearshore: Lessons from Leading Cross-Border DeliveryLet’s talk about the nearshore model for Smart Manufacturing/IIoT consulting — what it really looks like in practice, what works well, where it struggles, and what I’ve learned after two decades building and leading teams across the U.S., Mexico, Brazil,…
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What a Steel Mill Taught Me About Real-Time Manufacturing Intelligence
Read more: What a Steel Mill Taught Me About Real-Time Manufacturing IntelligenceIf you want to understand what real-time intelligence really means in manufacturing, spend a day in a steel mill. I learned more about data, people, and decision-making in that noisy, hot, and relentless environment than in any classroom or conference…
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Moving SAP OEE to a Modern IIoT Platform
Read more: Moving SAP OEE to a Modern IIoT PlatformI’ve been working with automated OEE systems for several years. Starting from early SAP MII implementations, I’ve built and supported solutions that collect real-time data from PLCs, calculate availability, performance and quality, and provide operators with live dashboards. These systems…
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My First Real IIoT Project: Making Automotive Plants Smarter
Read more: My First Real IIoT Project: Making Automotive Plants SmarterIf I had to pick one project that truly started my Industrial IoT journey, it would be this one. Back in 2017, I was helping a large global automotive parts manufacturer — one of the top 10 worldwide — modernize…