Adaptive manufacturing is a factory’s ability to profitably replenish a supply network while dynamically responding to unpredictable change. To be adaptive, you need a single, integrated, functionally complete ERP solution to manage core manufacturing processes such as planning, execution, lean Six Sigma, quality, maintenance, and environmental health and safety. Requirements include real-time data, functionality for exchanging information between manufacturing and the supply network, intra- and interenterprise
manufacturing intelligence, and seamless connectivity between the ERP backbone and the applications used to manage operations on the plant floor.

1. MANUFACTURING INTEGRATION
	Seamless integration of plant operations and business systems
	Provides universal connectivity to data, functions, and processes of the existing plant floor systems
	Single standard compliant layer which drives from SAP ERP into real-time plant floor systems
	Provides a single view of the business by consolidating information from various real-time automation solutions like DCS, PLC, Historian, MES, operational databases, LIMS applications, and relational database systems
	Workflow definitions to synchronize plant and enterprise system processes and information
2. MANUFACTURING INTELLIGENCE
	Real time analytics and reporting of alerts, events and key performance indicators to enhance decision making
	Transaction integration between plant-floor and enterprise application (SAP ERP)
	Decision support tools for production quality management and plant maintenance
	Real-time graphical reporting system based on business objective settings

The goal is to integrate manufacturing more closely with the business – to link manufacturing with other
business systems, processes, and supply chain partners so that manufacturing can stay in sync with supply and demand. Through rapid, cost-effective manufacturing integration and powerful, real-time manufacturing intelligence, SAP xMII helps you achieve this goal. Through rapid, cost-effective manufacturing integration and powerful, real-time manufacturing intelligence, SAP xMII helps you achieve this goal.