Asset Health
Asset health monitoring has established itself as a fundamental pillar for industrial organizations over the last decade. With the rapid advancement of Industry 4.0, companies have incorporated a wide variety of low-cost sensors capable of capturing, in real time or near real time, a wide range of variables critical to the operation of their assets. Notable among these variables are vibration, temperature, pressure, electrical current, ultrasound, and oil analysis, each providing essential information on the operational status and performance of equipment.
This sensor-generated data is transmitted through Gateways and IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) solutions to specialized analytics platforms, both on-the-edge and in the cloud. These platforms apply advanced analytics methodologies, including threshold definition, trend monitoring, automatic anomaly detection, and, increasingly frequently, the implementation of predictive algorithms and digital twin models. Thanks to this infrastructure, it is possible to transform physical signals into indicators of condition, health, and failure risk, enabling proactive asset management.
The essential purpose of this approach is to anticipate potential failures and optimize the equipment lifecycle, facilitating the transition from reactive maintenance, which responds solely to failures, to predictive and prescriptive strategies. This not only increases asset availability and reliability but also contributes to better resource utilization, a significant reduction in costs associated with unplanned downtime, and improved operational safety.
In short, asset health monitoring, supported by digital technologies and advanced analytics, constitutes a strategic tool for modern industry, which requires fluid integration between data, processes and people to achieve the highest standards of efficiency and competitiveness.
SAP Asset Performance Management Health
In the ecosystem of new technologies, several options have emerged to consider. SAP, through its SAP Asset Performance Management solution, introduces the monitoring of operational indicators for industrial or infrastructure assets.
SAP APM Health is a tool that expands the traditional measurement point concept in SAP PM or ERP Maintenance. It allows you to define indicators linked to tags or sensors in Industry 4.0 or IIoT architectures to monitor the operating variables needed to assess equipment health.
Unlike traditional measurement points, indicators directly record sensor states and values on a timeline within the SAP BTP platform-as-a-service. SAP cloud storage facilitates the flexible use of time series in applications like SAP APM Health.
The indicators mapped in APM Health can be used to determine the health status of an asset individually or in conjunction with others, using algorithms and Boolean algebra within the same application. Defining thresholds allows you to establish rules to generate malfunction alerts, which can trigger Malfunction Reports in the SAP ERP maintenance system.
SAP APM Health is designed to organize, from a reliability and maintenance perspective, the relevant operating signals to determine the health of each operating asset.
Why Iquant?
Iquant has developed applications that connect industrial equipment with maintenance systems, earning recognition from companies like SAP for participating in evaluations and testing of new versions. Their experience allows them to excel in the implementation of constantly growing solutions like SAP Asset Performance Management Health, staying current thanks to their continuous investment in knowledge.