Siemens PLM Software Teamcenter Gateway for SAP Business Suite Providing reliable, flexible and efficient bi-directional integration Benefits • Provides transparent, controlled access to information • Shortens innovation cycles • Enables flexibility to adapt to changing environments • Provides consistent company-wide data and optimized processes • Facilitates better decisionmaking Summary Teamcenter® Gateway for SAP Business Suite® software is the powerful standard solution for the seamless integration of Teamcenter software from Siemens PLM Software and the enterprise resource planning (ERP) system from SAP. Teamcenter Gateway for SAP Business Suite provides you with an intuitive and highly flexible way to integrate engineering data and processes managed in Teamcenter with product information and enterprise processes controlled by SAP® ERP. Teamcenter Gateway for SAP Business Suite provides a familiar work environment that enables users to access all relevant data without having to leave the Teamcenter graphical user interface (GUI) regardless of where the data resides. Processes become transparent to users as engineering changes or release workflows are no longer confined by system boundaries. You can start and end processes in Teamcenter or SAP ERP, wherever it makes sense for your business. Teamcenter Gateway for SAP Business Suite is an integral element of Siemens PLM Software’s Active Integration product suite. Consistent data Using Teamcenter Gateway for SAP Business Suite enables you to develop and distribute consistent data across functional divisions, avoiding time-consuming and error-prone duplicate data entry and ensuring excellent data quality across your enterprise. It provides: • Controlled data sharing – Data is shared and updated across system boundaries whenever it is mature enough, with precisely the content that the users of the other system need and expect www.siemens.com/plm Active integration Teamcenter Gateway for SAP Business Suite Features • Provides consistent data • Enables flexible configuration • Allows central access to Teamcenter Gateway for SAP Business Suite data • Ensures data integrity • Provides extension to integrate additional enterprise applications • Intelligent data mapping – Configurable rules ensure that data is mapped properly between systems. Error handling capabilities track potential and actual issues as they occur Flexible configuration Teamcenter Gateway for SAP Business Suite provides you with the information that you need the way that you need it: • Federated content – Display both Teamcenter and SAP ERP content in the same Teamcenter window based on user type, organizational groups, etc. • Flexible data handling – Transfer data between systems, or use the query function to display live SAP ERP data available in Teamcenter Process Integration With the Teamcenter Gateway for SAP Business Suite, users experience a different way of working: fast, efficiently and freely configurable to: • Workflow support – Use handlers and triggers at any point in Teamcenter workflows to transfer data to SAP ERP in a way that is transparent to users • Batch Processes – Use the Teamcenter Gateway for SAP Business Suite batch server to bi-directionally transfer or synchronize data in the background Better decision making Teamcenter Gateway for SAP Business Suite allows you to conveniently search for SAP ERP objects from the familiar Teamcenter GUI. It’s now easier than ever to find the information you need, no matter where it is stored: • Remote query – Allows users to search for SAP data and have the results displayed in the same window with related Teamcenter information. Search results (e.g. items) can be easily imported with a single right mouse click. Remote query even supports wild card functionality • SAP data view – Graphical features, such as checkbox, table support and colors, provide an intuitive look-and-feel that helps you to quickly spot important information, enabling you to swiftly make the right decisions Central access to status information Teamcenter Gateway for SAP Business Suite provides a web-based administration environment that allows you to get detailed information about an application’s status wherever you are: • Teamcenter Gateway for SAP Business Suite dashboard – Collects transfer and system status overview information • Transaction, session and batch log files – Shows the status of each transfer step of a transaction, an entire user session or a batch job • Multi-language support – The Teamcenter Gateway for SAP Business Suite web administrative GUI can be displayed in the following languages: English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian and Chinese Active integration &$' 2WKHU ;0/)ODWILOH 7HDPFHQWHU 7HDPFHQWHU (QWHUSULVH *DWHZD\ H[WHQVLRQ :HEVHUYLFHV &RQQHFWRU -'%&2'%& $3, &RQQHFWRU 6$3(53 (53 0(6 &50 /HJDF\ 0LJUDWLRQ (QWHUSULVHDSSOLFDWLRQ OHJDF\V\VWHPVDQGRWKHU 2WKHU Batch-processing environment Teamcenter Gateway for SAP Business Suite comes with an integrated batch-processing environment to run asynchronous transfers: Reliability and data integrity Teamcenter Gateway for SAP Business Suite is designed to run in a 24/7 environment so that information can always flow reliably: • Central batch queue – All batch jobs can be created in a central queue of the background service processor • Health-status monitoring – Teamcenter Gateway for SAP Business Suite processes are constantly monitored and appropriate actions are taken if a problem occurs (automatic process restart, alerts, etc.) • Batch clients – Batch clients can be installed in a decentralized fashion, and automatically registered at the central batch queue controller • Easy configuration – During the batch client configuration, filters can be used to define which jobs are executed • Out-of-the-box jobs – Several out-of-the-box batch job templates are available for data synchronization between Teamcenter and SAP ERP Mapping configuration Teamcenter Gateway for SAP Business Suite includes a GUI for mapping configuration as well as the flexibility of using a scripting language to ensure that any Teamcenter/SAP ERP integration meets the functional requirements of your business: • Data mapping – Define your data mapping between Teamcenter and SAP ERP for each transfer • Business logic – Define additional business rules in Teamcenter Gateway for SAP Business Suite mapping to drive process flow • Customer-specific transactions – Run customer-specific SAP ERP functions as part of any transaction • Quick verification – Execute mapping tests before deploying the configuration into a production environment • Error reporting – Errors are reported directly to the user (for user-level and workflow-based transactions), and/or are logged in detail (for workflow-based and background transactions) so that the cause of any transfer failure can be quickly corrected • Email notification – Automatic email alerts inform you right away about errors in the workflow • Proven reliability – Teamcenter Gateway for SAP Business Suite was released in 2003 and is currently in production at over 300 companies around the world Transparent, controlled access to information Teamcenter Gateway for SAP Business Suite facilitates data sharing between all departments that are responsible for bringing a product to market: • Shorten innovation cycles – Using Teamcenter Gateway for SAP Business Suite ensures that all stakeholders are up-to-date on product changes • Increase efficiency – Facilitate effortless data sharing through business process automation • Information at your fingertips – Access information wherever it resides Active integration Flexibility to adapt to changing environments Teamcenter Gateway for SAP Business Suite was developed specifically to provide customers in manufacturing with an intelligent solution for company-wide consistent data and optimized processes. It fulfills even the most sophisticated requirements to make certain that your business needs determine how the integration operates, not the integration software capabilities: • Flexible configuration – The open mapping configuration file allows modification whenever necessary • Flexible updates – Update Teamcenter and SAP ERP independently whenever necessary • Highly extensible – Connect other databases, including marketing, manufacturing execution systems (MES), customer relationship management (CRM) and supply chain management (SCM) with Teamcenter Gateway Extension Package software • Data migration – Provide openness to support data migration from one system to another Enhancing business process integration The solutions based on the Siemens PLM Software Active Integration framework are aligned and configured quickly by consultants that are experts in both Teamcenter and ERP applications like SAP Business Suite • Implementing your use cases – Siemens PLM Software enterprise integration consultants work with your stakeholders to ensure that an SAP ERP integration project accurately incorporates your business processes and integration use cases • Optimizing enterprise processes – We incorporate industry best practices to define a user-interaction model that is seamless and largely transparent. At the same time, everything that we do translates to an integration that is easily modifiable and upgradable, so it can grow and change as your business does. Teamcenter Gateway Extension Package Teamcenter Gateway Extension Package extends existing integrated Teamcenter landscapes to enterprise applications other than SAP, providing seamless integration with legacy systems, subsidiaries, newly acquired businesses, etc. • Highly extensible – Teamcenter Gateway Extension Package provides connectivity to other (non-SAP) ERP systems, such as MES, CRM, etc. • Legacy systems integration – Incorporate data exchange and workflows with legacy systems • Suitable for mergers and acquisitions – Integrate newly acquired businesses that may run their enterprise processes (temporarily) on systems that do not conform to corporate standards • Design your IT landscape around Teamcenter PLM – Provide endless possibilities for designing your IT environment Contact Siemens Industry Software Americas +1 314 264 8499 +44 (0) 1276 413200 Europe Asia-Pacific +852 2230 3308 www.siemens.com/plm © 2014 Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc. 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