It is a general question when it comes to software - should you buy an off-the-shelf solution or do custom build your own?
Both approaches have their pro’s and con’s. We will discuss them here in the context of mobile solutions for SAP Plant Maintenance/Customer Service and will present you a third option, which combines the best of both worlds.
Topics: SAP Work Manager, SAM, smart asset management, MAM
In the last blog post you have learnt how to identify the most commonly used applications in your SAP system and how to prioritize this list of applications by adding additional criteria. This can be a good starting point for your UX improvements roadmap. Today we want to introduce another helpful way to identify SAP Fiori apps which provide the most impact for your business. With the SAP Relevance and Readiness Analysis in the SAP Fiori apps reference library you can identify SAP Fiori apps that best fit your needs.
Topics: UI Renovation, SAP, Odata, UI5, Fiori
On a not rooted Android device you cannot view your app's file content. This might be necessary when dealing with files like databases, logs or downloads.
The guide was written for a windows machine, but the steps are the same for macOS as well.
To view the app's private content you need to
Topics: Android
As you know, SAP Fiori is the latest user interface from SAP that satisfies all modern design principles. SAP systems, such as the SAP S/4HANA or SAP Business Suite are using Fiori UX to provide an personalized, adaptive and role-based user experience. All Fiori apps are HTML5 based and come with a rich user interfaces for modern web business applications and responsiveness across browsers and devices.
Topics: UI Renovation, SAP, UI5, Fiori
When working with mobile apps that support the inspection, maintenance and customer service business processes, users usually have to report a couple of things:
This blog will discuss the last point and it shows how this can be done on the example of SAM Smart Asset Management.
Topics: Enterprise Mobility, SAP, UI5, offline, SAM, smart asset management
Since 2002 SAP has released a number of mobile apps for their enterprise asset management modules PM/CS. This blog will give a quick overview
Topics: MobiLink, msc mobile, SAP Work Manager, SAM, MAM
Today we are happy and proud to announce the launch of SAM (Smart Asset Management), a new solution for making the work with SAP PM and CS easier. It is a mobile solution that is built on the currently best technologies on client, middleware and backend.
One way or another, we are mobilizing SAP’s plant maintenance and customer service since 2002. NetWeaver Mobile and MAM (Mobile Asset Management) have been the first generation of solutions. In 2010 we introduced MOMENTUM, a solution developed on top of the Sybase Unwired Platform - we sold it to a large German software vendor in 2011. Since 2012 we mainly implemented the SAP Work Manager, the latest generation of SAP’s mobile field service offering. Now in 2016 we once again launch our own solution - Smart Asset Management or short SAM.
Topics: MobiLink, Windows, Android, iOS, SAP, Checklist, offline, SAM, smart asset management
Topics: Enterprise Mobility, SAP
Time flies - on 09. August 2006 - 10 years ago - msc mobile was founded. One of our first projects was to bring SAP onto Nokia phones like the E90 Communicator. This illustrates perfectly how the world has changed since then.
Topics: MobiLink, msc mobile, SMP, SAP, UI5, SUP, SAM, smart asset management
When deploying mobile solutions in your enterprise, security should always be an important topic. When you have devices such as iPhones, iPads or Android smartphones that are leaving your companies facilities, it opens the door to unwanted access. This is even more critical with offline solutions. This blog will discuss the different security aspects of these applications.
Topics: offline