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My Personal Top 3 SAP Digital Manufacturing 23.08 Release Enhancements
SAP Digital Manufacturing 23.08 Release is planned to go live in Quality Spaces on August 5th and on Productive Spaces on August 19th. See below my personal Top 3 Features planned for this Release.
Logging Nonconformances Using a 3D Model
You can now select a defective BOM component by using a 3D model in the Work Instruction Viewer plugin, then you can log nonconformances for these BOM components using the Nonconformance Data Entry plugin in POD.
Electronic Signature
You can use the Electronic Signature plugin as a verification or approval step in your manufacturing process.
When launched, the plugin asks for User Credentials (required), Reason (required), and a Comment (optional).
This information collectively functions as the electronic signature of the person who provides it, also known as the signatory.
By collecting and processing the electronic signature of the signatory, the plugin serves as a check point that can help you to confirm that the previous transaction or transactions were completed.
Indirect Labor Tracking
In Manage Business Settings app, you can create activities for the activity type Indirect Labor. These activities are available when you configure the Indirect Labor On plugin in POD Designer, where you can use this plugin to track Indirect Labor activities.
When a production operator starts tracking Indirect Labor, the system creates a record that contains the user ID of the logged on user as well as the indirect labor activity. The system also saves other conextual data such as the date / time and the plant.
Other planned features
Some other 23.08 planned features which I consider highly relevant are:
- Installation Points (Reference Designator) download from S/4H On Prem
- Barcode Parsing in Assemble Plugin
- Badge Numbers for Labor Tracking
- New MDOs for Tools and Work Instructions
- Additional Scrap Columns in Line Monitor for Quality perspective
Do you like this post? Please let me know in the comments section what you think. Any feedback is highly appreciated.
Or, if you have any questions, please check SAP Community Q&A Area, or comment down below.
Thanks,
Manoel Costa
Hi Manuel,
thanks for the nice blog!
I would be interested in the Electronic Signature plugin.
When trying to test it, I received the following error: The required Destination was not found. The error returned is "Destination could not be found in any of the registered loaders. Check the suppressed exceptions and the logs above to see which loaders where queried.".
I assume there is additional configuration required to use the plugin, but I could not find any documentation just yet. Do you have any info about this?
The only thing we did until now was adding the role Electronic_Signature_Sign to our users and adding the plugin in a test POD.
Thanks,
Tobias
Hello Tobias,
You're mostly welcome! 🙂
Indeed there are other pre-requisites that must be met, besides adding needed Roles for eSig.
All pre-reqs and setup details are available in this Help entry, which is still in DRAFT and should move to Production next week after 23.08 Release in Prod, so keep an eye on it.
Br,
Manoel
Hi Manoel,
I wanted to have a look on that draft documentation, but I get error that I am not authorized to open it.
Was it relocated or could we find already the find available help entry?
Thanks and regards,
Juan.
Hi Juan,
Please check SAP Help again next week after 23.08 Release in Prod.
Br,
Manoel
Hi,
Colleagues just published the documentation for the latest release of SAP Digital Manufacturing. Here are direct links to the documentation of some of the highlights of this release:
Electronic Signatures: https://lnkd.in/eAkndBcN
Logging Nonconformances Using 3D Models: https://lnkd.in/eUYvxG6j
Indirect Labor Tracking: https://lnkd.in/eDATdjRA
For a complete overview of all new and improved features, go to the What's New: https://lnkd.in/eKgsiz9h
Br,
Manoel
Hi Manoel,
Thanks for the info, we were able to get that running after configuring the required settings.
One functional question we could not find on the documentation:
We have seen that the User ID field takes the logged-on user and it is not changeable. Only the password can be provided.
Is it possible to unblock/clear that field, so that another user can sign, without loggin in into the system?
Regards,
Juan.
Hi Juan,
I'm afraid that's currently not possible out of the box.
Br,
Manoel
Hi,
Colleagues just published the documentation for the latest release of SAP Digital Manufacturing. Here are direct links to the documentation of some of the highlights of this release:
Electronic Signatures: https://lnkd.in/eAkndBcN
Logging Nonconformances Using 3D Models: https://lnkd.in/eUYvxG6j
Indirect Labor Tracking: https://lnkd.in/eDATdjRA
For a complete overview of all new and improved features, go to the What's New: https://lnkd.in/eKgsiz9h
Br,
Manoel
Hi Manoel,
how can I get some VDS file samples, to try and demonstrate the feature Logging Nonconformances Using a 3D Model?
I've already downloaded SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Viewer, but there are no any samples in the package.
Best Regards
Stefan
Hi Stefan,
I'm not aware about any public samples or sample repository available.
Br,
Manoel