Shortfacts - July/August 2020

Ready for Industry 4.0 and S/4 Hana

With Sappy4x4, Aimtec presents the new generation of its SAP ERP products. The reason for the new development, in addition to the upcoming end of the transition period for SAP S/4 Hana, is the desire of many customers to automate more processes and integrate new technologies.

The Sappy4x4 product series delivers proven industry-specific SAP templates for automotive and manufacturing companies as well as add-ons with additional functions for S/4 for warehouse management, manufacturing management and quality control. The new product generation Sappy4x4 combines the advantages of SAP S/4 Hana while remaining customizable to the requirements of specific processes in automotive (SappyCar) or manufacturing companies (SappyManufacturing).

The Sappy add-ons for warehouse control and material flow management (SappyWMS), for production management and data acquisition (SappyMES) and for measuring, managing and evaluating quality (SappyQMS) have also been updated. The most important change that Aimtec has made to the Sappy products is the new architecture, or more precisely: the new core. It allows users to run Sappy4x4 on both SAP ERP 6.0 and S/4 Hana.

With the new core, users can also benefit from the advantages of Sappy4x4 products while reducing the risks associated with future process changes. Because their display/communication layer is completely separate from their core (the running transaction), Sappy4x4 products can now also be connected to new technologies such as AR and VR.