Category: Auto-ID
Auto-ID
The new ECC standalone deployment option (AII on ERP) is a great candidate for customers who do not require multiple Auto-ID Infrastructure servers, but it is not a solution for all. There are still scenarios where deploying multiple Auto-ID Infrastructure servers is best for performance and customer data segmentation. This deployment option is only available for SAP ECC 6, so customers using SAP® R/3® or SAP ECC 5.x will still need to deploy SAP Auto-ID Infrastructure on a separate SAP NetWeaver® server.
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It is important to have the controls in place to manage how serial numbers are being requested and sent. In the case of Serial Number Range Management, the standard functionality of SAP Auto-ID Infrastructure and SAP Object Event Repository did not provide a key control for limiting the maximum number range that could be requested. By leveraging our Auto-ID Enterprise expertise and ABAP development experience, IOTAP was able to add the required control logic to the SAP Request Number Range service to provide this key control.
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Finding SAP AII documentation in the vast expanse of information provided by SAP can feel like a Where's Waldo adventure. The first challenge is locating the documentation to guide you through the functional and technical capabilities. There is no single source or location where all AII documentation can be found. Depending on the type of information you are seeking, the documentation could be in a help file, configuration guide, business process guide, system documentation or other.
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Large medical device companies use a short term consigned inventory model to support scheduled surgeries. Surgical cases are scheduled by field service and sales representatives and products are shipped out for these scheduled cases. Orthopedic implants are high value products that need to be tracked individually using some serialization mechanism and scheme. Companies like Zimmer and Stryker have implemented RFID to serialize and uniquely track their orthopedic implants in the Asia Pac region since 2005 for warehouse operations. There are multiple layers in an RFID technology stack from a software, hardware and systems integration standpoint and the challenge arises in developing a scalable enterprise wide solution.
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The assignment of serial numbers is the initial step in the serialization process. The process involves a requesting system making a request for a block of serial numbers for a specific product. Sounds simple, but the challenge comes in controlling the size of the block that can be requested.
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SAP Auto-ID Infrastructure (SAP AII) supports industry standards for various types of GS1/EPC encoding types and numbering schemes. These schemes can be used in overall supply chain applications for GS1 and EPC global organizations to internal asset tracking application. The application drives the selection of numbering schemes to be used in serialization projects.
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By accessing the AII Object tables directly, you can verify whether AII is capturing the data successfully as well as gain a better understanding on how AII stores and uses the object data.
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