Software Overview

ACE (Asset Control Engine)

ACE is our flagship software solution for SAP Plant Maintenance, designed to streamline and automate key asset management processes. Below are the fundamental tasks that ACE manages, the software offers many more features.

Key Tasks:

Selects asset data scope
Interfaces/uploads asset data or extracts existing data from SAP
Validates asset data
Authorises asset data for posting
Posts asset data into SAP S/4HANA
Displays intuitive results from all above tasks

ACE Functionality and Benefits

Business Structure
ACE supports businesses which operate single/multi-company and single/multi-plant facilities. ACE helps Partners with geographical expansion and supports and maintains equipment and systems. Organisations can streamline and control maintenance activities for their plants and machines to ensure that they operate optimally.

Intuitive and User-Friendly
ACE serves as the central hub for all asset business objects supported by a simple and intuitive graphical user interface.

Automated Tasks
Replaces tedious manual tasks with smart automation technology.

Mass Data Handling
Supports mass interface/upload, validation, and load, saving time, effort and costs compared to loading data one object at a time.

Flexible Modes
Supports both foreground and background modes for validation and posting of large volumes of data.

Supports Creation and Changes
ACE enables both the creation of new assets and the modification of existing ones.

Cost Reduction
Reduces IT and implementation costs. Data is loaded into a Staging Area and validated without affecting the integrity of the Production data. No additional hardware or infrastructure is required, ACE runs in SAP.

Business Rules Integration
Partners can create custom business rules to enhance standard SAP data validation.

Data Validation and Governance
Data is validated against the SAP production database, ensuring posting occurs only when SAP Validation and Partner Business Rules are met.

Auto Correction
Erroneous data may be automatically corrected based on the configured Partner business rules. ACE becomes smarter as the business rules grow and mature.

Smart Reporting Tools
An audit trail is available to view all data uploaded and posted to SAP, providing transparency and traceability.

Upgrade Flexibility
ACE can be upgraded to manage additional business objects beyond the default asset configuration.

Data Replication
Allows for data replication to similar assets, improving consistency and efficiency. For example, very useful for mining companies which operate popup mine sites.

Multi-Level Overview
A technical object multi-level hierarchical overview of: equipment, functional location, measuring point, BOM, material, linear data, document, maintenance plan/item and task list header/operation.

Technical Object Graphics
Maintained with SAP 3D Visual Enterprise. View CAD drawings of equipment, functional location and construction type document information records (DIR).

Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)
Make use of sensor-based production information in SAP ERP with, for example, Shop Floor Integration.

Demonstrations
We offer live demonstrations to bona fide, registered companies interested in seeing how it all works.