SAP® Engineering Control Center

Integration Tool
Compendium
Table of Contents
3 Introduction

5 Enablement Content

15 Key Capabilities

29 Customer References

40 Contact

2 | 40
 Create Holistic Definitions for Complex
Products and Improve Product Development
Introduction with SAP® Engineering Control Center
Enablement Content

Key Capabilities

Customer References

Contact

Share

3 | 40
Copyright/Trademark | Privacy | Impressum
 Dear Reader,

Welcome to the compendium for the SAP® Engineering Control

Center integration tool. It is a compilation of value collaterals
spanning customer success stories, business transformation
studies, solution videos, brochures, and press articles.

Introduction Our intention with this compendium is to create a single digital

experience for our readers. We trust it will inspire you and your
team to see how SAP solutions are helping make the lives of
Enablement Content experts in R&D and engineering easier so they can focus on
creativity.
Key Capabilities
With this compendium, we also showcase the power of our
teams working together with customers and partners –
Customer References developing customer value in global deployments.

Contact We hope you gain a fresh sense of enthusiasm from this

compendium, which is updated regularly. More than ever, we
are passionate about our mission to make adopting innovation
an empowering experience for our customers. We look forward
to our continued collaboration and to receiving your valuable
feedback and suggestions.

Best regards,
Thomas Ohnemus
Vice President, Marketing, SAP Digital Supply Chain, SAP SE
Share

4 | 40
Copyright/Trademark | Privacy | Impressum
 Enablement Content
Introduction

Enablement Content

Key Capabilities

Customer References

Contact

Share

5 | 40
Copyright/Trademark | Privacy | Impressum
 SAP Engineering Control Center:
Where the Digital Twin Begins
Delivering a holistic approach for integration and
Introduction digitalization
Today, manufacturers look to create digital twins for their
Enablement Content products to follow the entire lifecycle – from design, pro-
duction, delivery, use, and service to end of life. The digital
Key Capabilities
twin enables manufacturers of devices, machines, and
Customer References
plants to offer new services and thereby fully exploit the op-
portunities of digitalization. But where does the digital twin be-
Contact gin? Is there a point at which manufacturing companies can start?
Start at the beginning. With the SAP Product Lifecycle Management
(SAP PLM) application and SAP Engineering Control Center, you lay the foun-
dation for the digital product data required to achieve a digital twin, including
standard integration of mechanical computer-aided design (MCAD), electrical
and electronic computer-aided design (ECAD), and Microsoft Office software.

Read the brochure >

Share

6 | 40
Copyright/Trademark | Privacy | Impressum
 The Intelligent Enterprise
The Foundation of a Digital Supply Chain

Introduction Digital
Core
Manufacturing People
& Supply Chain Engagment
Enablement Content Customer Network & Spend
Experience Management

Key Capabilities
Intelligent The Intelligent Enterprise
Customer References Suite
features 3 key components:
Intelligent Technologies
Contact 1 Intelligent Suite

AI/ML | IoT | Analytics 2 Digital Platform

3 Intelligent Technologies
Digital
Platform

Share Data Cloud

Management Platform
7 | 40
Copyright/Trademark | Privacy | Impressum
 Digital Supply Chain – Design to Operate
Connect Digitally to Perfect Reality
Assets
Assets
Introduction Suppliers Suppliers
Customers

Enablement Content Assets Custome

Pl
an an
Key Capabilities Pl
Suppliers Manufacturers

Customer References Customers

Contact Customers

Supp
Manufacturers
Customers
Suppliers Pl
an

an
Pl
Suppliers
Suppliers
Customers

Suppliers Customers
Customers

Custom
Share Customers
Customers
Logistics
Logistics 8 | 40
Copyright/Trademark | Privacy | Impressum
 SAP PLM for Use in Discrete Industries
Enable integrated R&D processes across all teams with consistent product data
Idea and requirements Early engineering Detailed design Prototyping Handover Change

Introduction

Enablement Content Enterprise portfolio

and project
management
Highlights and
Key Capabilities
Innovation Handover to
manufacturing
Benefits
management
and service
Customer References Enable and accelerate
Change Visualization
Enterprise bill
management product innovation
Contact of materials

Product lifecycle Variant Target customers

costing configuration
Intelligent
uniquely through
Engineering
control
Document product design
collaboration
individualized,
management
center
Intelligent
complex products
Digital twin product design
engineering
(segment of one)
Blockchain and
machine
Continued
Share learning
9 | 40
Copyright/Trademark | Privacy | Impressum
 Grow revenue with faster innovation time and integrated
R&D to increase productivity
Reduce costs with automated data management

Introduction Develop new business models and services with

collaborative product development
Enablement Content
Use SAP Engineering
Key Capabilities Control Center as a
cockpit for engineers to
Customer References manage SAP PLM data
and participate in SAP
Contact
PLM processes

Share

10 | 40
Copyright/Trademark | Privacy | Impressum
 Components of SAP PLM for Requirement-
Driven Collaborative Engineering

Introduction
Systems engineering Enterprise Manufacturing, Service and maintenance
BOM procurement, Real-time strategy and planning
Enablement Content Requirement Functional Logical Configurable
and supply
chain
model model model product
structure Plant 001 Location model
Key Capabilities System model
Plant 002 Risk and criticality

Customer References Team data

Authoring tools
Software management Statistical model
Contact Electronics Folder, document,
material, and enterprise
Sensor and diagnostics
Mechanics Physics model
bill of materials (BOM)

SAP®
SAP ® Engineering Control Center
Engineering Center

Collaboration
Embedded Product Product and steering Portfolio and Agile 3D Access
analytics lifecycle and costing project collaboration visualization control
release management

Share

11 | 40
Copyright/Trademark | Privacy | Impressum
 Create your digital twin by integrating data from various authoring
tools and design systems into the SAP software IT backbone with
SAP Engineering Control Center. This gives you absolute control
over your product data and enables you to:
Introduction
Manage the ever-growing product complexity and diversity in
Enablement Content one system
Create comprehensive product descriptions across disciplines
Key Capabilities
Maintain data consistency everywhere in your ecosystem
Customer References Administer version control throughout design and engineering
Contact Reduce the total cost of ownership for your authoring landscape

Share

12 | 40
Copyright/Trademark | Privacy | Impressum
 Mechatronic Approach
with SAP Engineering
Control Center
Introduction Combine mechanical, electrical, and electronic
design data on a single platform and enable
Enablement Content
cross-discipline collaboration. You can integrate
Key Capabilities business data from SAP software with design
information from authoring systems for MCAD
Customer References and ECAD software and other simulation tools.

Contact On-premise deployment

Comprehensive product descriptions
Consistent product definition
Robust version control
functionality Learn more >

Share

13 | 40
Copyright/Trademark | Privacy | Impressum
 SAP Engineering Control Center:
Connect Engineering to Your Enterprise
SAP Introduction Video
Introduction SAP Engineering Control Center allows you to efficiently manage
all documents and data from product idea to production and is
Enablement Content the central point of access for all the
Key Capabilities
tools you need in product design.

Customer References

Contact

Share

14 | 40
Copyright/Trademark | Privacy | Impressum
 Key Capabilities
Introduction

Enablement Content

Key Capabilities

Customer References

Contact

Share

15 | 40
Copyright/Trademark | Privacy | Impressum
 Intuitive Interface for Authoring Tools
Get a comprehensive overview of all required SAP information, including
access to material master data and bill of materials (BOM) data
Introduction Leverage flexible, user-specific folder structures with drag-and-drop and
copy-and-paste functionality
Enablement Content
Use context-sensitive pull-down menus to simplify navigation
Key Capabilities Apply integrated 2D and 3D viewing

Customer References

Contact

Share

16 | 40
Copyright/Trademark | Privacy | Impressum
 Comprehensive Integration Features
Apply robust and proven integration technology for technical
authoring systems
Introduction Accommodate different CAD system requirements and data
models
Enablement Content
Ensure secure, high-performance file handling
Key Capabilities

Customer References

Contact

Share

17 | 40
Copyright/Trademark | Privacy | Impressum
 Intelligent Process Support
Enable comprehensive presentation of all product development
information
Introduction Provide a context-based menu structure and user guidance
Use extensive search capabilities, including classification-based,
Enablement Content
active list search and advanced document searches with
Key Capabilities results displayed as previews or lists

Customer References

Contact

Share

18 | 40
Copyright/Trademark | Privacy | Impressum
 SAP Engineering Control Center Supports
Collaboration with Partners and Customers
via the SAP S/4HANA® Cloud Solution
Introduction for Intelligent Product Design
Enablement Content Easy file import to and export from the SAP
S/4HANA® Cloud solution for intelligent product
Key Capabilities design directly via the user interface (UI) for SAP
Engineering Control Center
Customer References
Easy access to the intelligent product design folders
Contact directly via the UI for SAP Engineering Control Center
Maximum transparency through the generation of a
PDF summary of the exported files
File import with information about new and
changed files directly via the UI for SAP Engineering
Control Center
Share

19 | 40
Copyright/Trademark | Privacy | Impressum
 Collaborate with Your External Partners
Using SAP Engineering Control Center and SAP
S/4HANA Cloud for Intelligent Product Design
Introduction SAP Video
Are you tired of never having consistent product data that is readily
Enablement Content available to all team members as well as your extended enterprise working
on a single product design? Well, it has never been easier than today with
Key Capabilities
SAP software. Featuring the integration between SAP Engineering Control
Customer References Center and the SAP S/4HANA Cloud solution for intelligent product design,
collaboration of product
Contact design data between
partners, whether they
happen to be an internal or
external workforce, has
never been smoother or
more accessible.

Share

20 | 40
Copyright/Trademark | Privacy | Impressum
 Intelligent Process Supports Structured
Technical Document Management
With targeted business-process support
Introduction Consistent change and release processes for
company-wide current data
Enablement Content
Integration of MCAD, ECAD, and Microsoft
Key Capabilities Office documents
Customer References Transparent document flows and processes

Contact

Share

21 | 40
Copyright/Trademark | Privacy | Impressum
 Key Benefits
Integrate authoring tools across the value chain
Access information from across the product development
Introduction process using a single, integrated platform.
Enablement Content

Key Capabilities Get a 360-degree product view

Gain a holistic view of all product development
Customer References information, including data from mechanics, electronics,
software, and simulation teams.
Contact

Improve quality management

Benefit from embedded quality and sustainability
management features in the authoring tool interfaces
that help users work more effectively.

Share

22 | 40
Copyright/Trademark | Privacy | Impressum
 Manage Your Projects with SAP Engineering
Control Center
Projects must be planned, controlled, and monitored in a goal-oriented,
Introduction economical way. For this, the project system component provides all the
necessary functions for including project structure mapping via WBS
Enablement Content elements or giving an overview of dates, costs, and resources of the
individual project activities. SAP Engineering Control Center integrates
Key Capabilities
these functions and objects into the user interface of SAP Engineering
Customer References Control Center. The advantages for engineering projects include:

Contact Interlinking the project structure and associated

documents, which can be created analogously to the
project structure
Overview of all activities, documents, and so on asso-
ciated with the project through the project browser
Posting of expenses directly in parallel with
the creation of documents
Share

23 | 40
Copyright/Trademark | Privacy | Impressum
 SAP Engineering Control Center: Enable
Product Definition by Integrating Design
and Business Data
Introduction

Enablement Content

Key Capabilities

Customer References

Contact

Share

24 | 40
Copyright/Trademark | Privacy | Impressum
 SAP Engineering Control Center: Manage
Product Development Processes Effectively

Introduction

Enablement Content

Key Capabilities

Customer References

Contact

Share

25 | 40
Copyright/Trademark | Privacy | Impressum
 SAP Engineering Control Center: Integrate
Product Development Data

Introduction

Enablement Content

Key Capabilities

Customer References

Contact

Share

26 | 40
Copyright/Trademark | Privacy | Impressum
 SAP Engineering Control Center for Use with
SAP Business Suite and SAP S/4HANA
DSC Software Image Video
Introduction Watch DSC Software’s new image film and discover how the intuitive UI
of the SAP Engineering Control Center integration tool allows graphical
Enablement Content navigation through SAP software data structures with embedded view-
Key Capabilities
ing. See how it integrates various authoring tools such as MCAD, ECAD,
or Microsoft Office products easily into SAP software. SAP Engineering
Customer References Control Center is SAP’s new standard for integrating leading authoring
tools – bringing your inte-
Contact
grated product develop-
ment to a new level of
efficiency.

Share

27 | 40
Copyright/Trademark | Privacy | Impressum
 Achieve Nearly Seamless
Process Integration in
Mechatronic Design with
Introduction SAP PLM
Enablement Content Properly connect the workstreams of mechanical
engineers, electronic engineers, and software
Key Capabilities developers in the mechatronic design process.
Customer References Use SAP PLM to synchronize data and create one BOM, enabling cross-
disciplinary cooperation
Contact across the entire supply
chain.

Share

28 | 40
Copyright/Trademark | Privacy | Impressum
 Customer References
Introduction

Enablement Content

Key Capabilities

Customer References

Contact

Share

29 | 40
Copyright/Trademark | Privacy | Impressum
 ebm-papst
SAP Business Transformation Study
Review how this German manufacturer of compact
Introduction fans for IT equipment increased its engineering
efficiency by implementing SAP Engineering
Enablement Content Control Center. Take a close look at how the
tool supported consistent integration across
Key Capabilities
the diverse CAD landscape and made it sim-
Customer References pler for designers to perform their tasks.

Contact

Reduced Integrated Extensible

Waiting time, Functionality User interface
thanks to back- across PLM and custom
ground handling applications functions
Read the BTS >
of linked parts
Share

30 | 40
Copyright/Trademark | Privacy | Impressum
 “SAP Engineering Control Center is a very
powerful and user-friendly tool that increases our
engineering efficiency. CENIT is a reliable project
partner. In time, quality, and budget, we got top
ROI from the service and the software.”
Introduction Bernd Steinwandel, SAP Application and Process
Engineer, ebm-papst St. Georgen GmbH & Co. KG
Enablement Content

Key Capabilities

Customer References

Contact

Share

31 | 40
Copyright/Trademark | Privacy | Impressum
 Georg Fischer AG
SAP Business Transformation
Study
Introduction The company worked with
CENIT to move from managing
Enablement Content its engineering systems locally to
centralizing all of its R&D activi-
Key Capabilities
ties through SAP Engineering
Customer References Control Center.

Contact

Read the BTS >

Share

32 | 40
Copyright/Trademark | Privacy | Impressum
Introduction

Enablement Content

Key Capabilities

Customer References

Contact
Excelling in Efficiency with
the SAP Engineering Control
Center Integration Tool

Share

33 | 40
Copyright/Trademark | Privacy | Impressum
 Sandvik AB
SAP Business Transformation Study
Industrial, engineering, and mining companies
Introduction in 150 countries have relied on Sandvik AB’s
tooling systems for decades. Sandvik’s re-
Enablement Content search and development organization is the
beating heart of a company with 50 R&D
Key Capabilities
centers around the world and numerous
Customer References annual R&D investments, as well as more
than 7,300 active patents and intellectual
Contact property rights. That’s why the Swedish
conglomerate decided to bring these crucial
R&D processes, performed by its business
area Sandvik Machining Solutions, under one
umbrella with SAP Engineering Control
Center. Read the BTS >

Share

34 | 40
Copyright/Trademark | Privacy | Impressum
Introduction

Enablement Content

Key Capabilities

Customer References

Contact
“SAP Engineering Control Center enables us to put all
the product information from all production sites into
one system, in one place. We now have a single source
of truth, and that’s extremely important to us.”
Rickard Nordgren, PLM IT Manager, Sandvik AB

Share

35 | 40
Copyright/Trademark | Privacy | Impressum
 SAP PLM Application Alliance at the
SAPPHIRE NOW® Conference in 2018
SAP Testimonial Videos
Introduction During the SAPPHIRE NOW® conference in 2018, we spoke with customers
about their view of SAP PLM and SAP Engineering Control Center and their
Enablement Content journey with SAP. This year’s theme and focus was “Where the Digital Twin
Begins: SAP Engineering Control Center.” SAP Engineering Control Center is
Key Capabilities
the SAP platform for the integration of authoring tools, such as MCAD, ECAD,
Customer References
and Microsoft Office, created specifically for this purpose. With the features
offered, your engineers can easily and intuitively access the powerful SAP
Contact software without special knowl-
edge or excessive training.
Watch the compelling customer
testimonial videos of known
brands, and discover the bene-
fits and advantages of using
SAP PLM with SAP Engineering
Control Center.
Share

36 | 40
Copyright/Trademark | Privacy | Impressum
 Technical Information
SAP Engineering Control Center is deployed on premise,
View all documentation >
and system and software requirements vary by specific
Introduction customer scenarios.

Enablement Content

Key Capabilities

Customer References Get started with Configure your Integrate with

detailed installation software other solutions
Contact information Optimize Find out how you
Follow the setup instruc- configuration of SAP can integrate SAP
tions so you can start Engineering Control Engineering Control
running SAP Engineering Center with this Center with your
Control Center quickly comprehensive existing IT
and confidently. configuration guide. landscape.
Read the guide > Read the guide > Read the guide >
Share

37 | 40
Copyright/Trademark | Privacy | Impressum
 Get Maximum Value from SAP Engineering
Control Center
Jump-start your implementation and drive ROI by collaborating with indus-
Introduction try experts, consultants, and support engineers throughout your journey.

Enablement Content

Key Capabilities

Customer References Services Support

Transform your business quickly Get the support you need to keep
Contact and effectively by taking advantage your SAP solutions running at peak
of our holistic service and support performance with our IT experts and
plans, expert consulting services, support services, including long-term
custom application development, plans, embedded teams, remote
proven best practices, and deep in- technology support, a self-service
dustry and technical knowledge. portal, and innovation strategies.
Explore our services > See our support plans >
Continued
Share

38 | 40
Copyright/Trademark | Privacy | Impressum
Introduction Security and Compliance
Focus on your business and custom-
Enablement Content
er relationships while knowing that
Key Capabilities your data is safe and reliable. With a
proactive, predictive approach, SAP
Customer References helps ensure compliance and data
security in the cloud and within an
Contact on-premise data center.

Learn about security at SAP >

Share

39 | 40
Copyright/Trademark | Privacy | Impressum
 About SAP
Table of Contents > As a market leader in enterprise application software, SAP helps companies of all sizes and in all

industries run better. SAP empowers people and organizations to work together more efficiently and

use business insight more effectively. SAP applications and services enable our customers to operate

profitably, adapt continuously, and grow sustainably. For more information, visit www.sap.com.

Learn more at: Follow:

www.sap.com/products/engineering-control-center.html

Solution Explorer

For content-related matters, contact: Community

[email protected]

Follow us on Twitter

Studio SAP | 62007enUS (19/02)