Machine data acquisition (MDA) in SAP goes beyond traditional production data acquisition (PDA): while PDA mainly records order and personnel feedback, MDA directly records machine and plant data in real time – such as runtimes, downtimes, faults or quantities produced. This makes the actual situation on the store floor transparent and provides a precise picture of the actual machine and system performance. This database enables improved control, monitoring and optimization of your production processes.

Together with open and standardized communication technologies such as OPC UA or MQTT, data from machines from a wide range of manufacturers and of different ages can be processed by our modern MDE solution as part of the top MES (Manufacturing Execution System) can be easily collected, processed and seamlessly integrated into SAP.

Vertical integration links the recorded machine data directly with the planning and order data in SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA.

This allows target and actual values to be compared at order level, key figures such as OEE to be calculated and optimization potential to be made visible. Our solution goes far beyond the classic MDC and can feed relevant machine data to the QM processes or maintenance, for example, or conversely transfer specifications from the SAP order data to the machine control system. Machine data collection (MDC) in SAP replaces error-prone manual data collection and ensures fast, reliable and consistent data.