Industry Project Example:
SAP EHS based SDS interface for discrete industries SAP EHS implementation with SDScom.XML interface Berlin, October 26th, 2016
Carsten Scholz, SI PRO Consulting
SI PRO Corporate Profile
Founded in 1999
SAP service partner
SAP Special Expertise Partner for Process Industry
Focus: manufacturing industries
Core competencies: SAP EHSM, SAP PLM, SAP ERP
Services: Consulting, SAP blueprinting, implementation of SAP standard software, application development and support/maintenance
Offices: Mannheim, Berlin, Munich and New York
Team: 60 experts with many years of project experience
Projects: More than 300 successful SAP EHSM projects
Our Core Competencies Product Compliance
Hazard.Sub.Mgmt, Dangerous Goods Mgmt,
Product Stewardship / GHS SDB Management
Product registration (REACH, TSCA, ...)
Corporate Safety, Industrial Hygiene
Sustainability Performance Management
Trade Control / Global Trade Services
Global Label Management (GLM)
Project Context SAP EHS Implementation mid-cap corporation medical equipment and automotive: − − − −
MSDS Management Dangerous Goods Management Hazardous Substance Management Global Label Management
Customer: Otto Bock Group − Sales 2015 1.031 billion EUR − 7500 employees
Main challenges: − Set up fully integrated EHS landscape − With external leading data source: − Externally generated MSDS − Authoring service provided by Qualisys
State-of-the-Art Solution: not applicable Customers creating own MSDS usually run SAP EHS together with a socalled content package which enables the EHS module to author MSDS Content packages are available on premise as well as online Content packages can make the authoring process easy and comfortable,
Report Templates
Rulesets
Regulatory Data
Phrases
Characteristics
Complian ce
SAP EHS Regulatory Content (SERC) SAP EHS Specification Database
But they require internal functional experts assessing the results and running the software Otto Bock has outsourced this functional expert work to Qualisys They required ready-to-use MSDS with full-blown subsequent EHSlogistics integration being available within SAP EHS without user interaction
Alternative: MSDS Authoring as a Service Content is only needed on premise to a low extent (phrases and characteristics only) − Integration with on-premise SAP EHS instance is possible but not mandatory − The service provider delivers ready-to-use MSDS and also EHS substance master records if desired
If the customer does not wish to cover the process of MSDS authoring with internal resources, this solution can be a real alternative to the usage of own MSDS authoring software (SAP or 3rd party) At Ottobock, Qualisys has been providing MSDS for more than ten years − The customer required to keep the Qualisys services after having deciced to implement SAP EHS
Prerequisites for an SDScom.xml interface Provision of phrase libraries and phrase mappings in an SAP-readable format to be uploaded to SAP EHS in regular update cycles Only necessary for setups without SI PRO SDBtransfer Adapter: − Replication of service provider database structure within local SAP EHS substance database − Provision of MSDS documents together with SAP-readable key files − Middleware being capable of converting XML files to the SAP IDOC format − At Ottobock, SAP XI was used − SAP PI and PO are also suitable
− Provision of a secure repository and pull strategy for file transfer
Phrases
Characteristics
Complian ce
Regulatory Content SAP EHS Specification Database
Data Flow Overview Service Provider Interface Primary data for MSDS request
Merkmale Merkmale Merkmale EUPHRAC-Phrase Merkmale Library
SAP ERP
ListenListenListenStoff SUBMAS Stoff Stoff IDOC
EHS
SAP Non-SAP
PI
DB
ListenListenListenStoff SDScom. Stoff Stoff XML
- SAP system landscape -
- MSDS authoring system -
How the solution works in practice
Users continue requesting MSDSs for generation at Qualisys in the accustomed ways of communication
MSDS and regulatory product datasets are electronically delivered and imported to the SAP EHS specification database without user interaction
All SDS data points with logistics relevance are automatically populated
How the solution works in practice All SDS variants and versions are automatically managed within SAP EHS With integration to the sales logistics process, SAP EHS also automatically sends MSDS to the customer via e-mail or prints hardcopied for postal mail All MSDS shipping events are automatically recorded and archived
Advantages With a Service Provider Interface Solution, SAP EHS MSDS Management can also be made available for companies that do not author their MSDS themselves All subsequent SAP integration scenarios are available − − − −
Dangerous Goods Management with sales logistics integration Hazardous Substance Management with warehouse logistics integration Global Label Management with various logistics integration scenarios Occupational Health and Safety with integration to human capital management and plant maintenance − Environment management − Product Compliance with regards to REACh, RoHS, IMDS, GADSL etc.
Possible Enhancement Scenarios Outsourcing of manual Supplier MSDS maintenance without direct SAP system access for the service provider Implementation of the SI PRO SDBtransfer adapter to automatically import supplier MSDS as well as automatically export own MSDS in the SDScom.xml format − EDAS X Bau − EDAS X Chem
Automation of content maintenance − Phrases − Phrase mappings
Automation of document import Bi-directional interface setup − Inclusion of MSDS requests to the interface communication
Thank you for your interest! In case of any questions, please contact Carsten Scholz Senior Manager Head of Branch Office Berlin mailto:
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