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com
Improving Productivity and User Acceptance
within SAP Plant
DeeDee Kato- Director of Marketing, Synactive Inc.
Jason Moore Business Analyst, Marathon Oil
You are implementing your EAM solution in a new
area. Time and people are scarce. How do you
increase buy in, save time, and still get your
required data?
Simplify the user interface.
LEARNING POINTS
Case Study Marathon Oil
- Background
- Environment
- End Goal
- How to Get There
- Key points to Take Home
How Synactive Can Help
- Synactive Overview
- Liquid UI for iOS
Q&A
Background
Marathon Oil Corporation
o S&P 500
o NYSE: MRO
Upstream Oil and Gas
1887 The Ohio Oil Company
2012 Revenue $15.7 billion
2012 Employees 3400
Environment
Take Over and Grow
Buying an asset under construction
People
Aggressive Growth
Environment
Production and Maintenance
Net BOE
Maintenance
Materials
Labor
Help is on the way
End Goal
Well-oiled Machine
Maintenance
Materials
Labor?
Planning and Scheduling
How To Get There
Standard Template (Lite)
Offshore to onshore
Reduced complexity
Still capture meaningful data
How To Get There
Start With The Basics
Maintenance
o Notifications
o Work Orders
o Equipment Hierarchy
SAP First Timers
User Acceptance
How To Get There
Enter GuiXT
Simplify screens
Smooth out navigation
Based on user role
Home
Equipment Hierarchy
Notification Pt. 1
Notification Pt. 2
Work Order
List View
Key Points To Take Home
Action Now (With the future in mind)
Aggressive schedule
o Easy to develop
Simple inputs
Relevant outputs
Synactive At A Glance
2002
GuiXT Server
1998
GuiXT Designer introduced
to the market
2004
Mobile Devices
2007
GuiXT Web Server
Browser-based interface
Offline mode for Mobile
Devices
2009
64-bit Architecture
BlackBerry, iOS,
Android, etc
2011+
PDF and Excel
Integration
Founded by
Thomas Ewe (developed
JavaGui in SAP Labs)
Dr. Gerhard Rod (Initiated
and developed ABAP in SAP
AG)
GuiXT packaged with SAP
since 1998
GuiXT has SAP-certified
integration with SAP
NetWeaver
1000+ Customers /
Thousands of Users
In use by SAP Solution
Engineers
2012+
Liquid UI for iOS
Breadth of Customers Over 1000 Customers
Across Multiple Industries
What if you could go from this..
This search
screen has 140
fields that accept
user input.
Only 3 or 4 are
used.
To this..
Intuitive Screen
Layout
Pushbuttons and radio buttons
for repetitive search criteria.
Allows data to be entered to
screens that are not showing.
One button click to access
various transactions.
And to this..
ONE development
effort, multiple
touchpoints
Simple scripting to empower a responsive IT team
Non-disruptive Business Solution
Lean, Agile Development
Liquid UI Platform
Connects directly to SAP through patented connectivity technology
Built on proven GuiXT technology
Extends your SAP across both
desktop and mobile devices
Consolidates business related
transactions, fields and tabs
Start from SAP, Record Once and
Deploy everywhere
No Java, ABAP programming; no 3rd
party application server required
GuiXT Solutions Case Study Results
Plant Maintenance Planning and Scheduling
Console
One Development Effort,
Deploy Everywhere!
What is Liquid UI for iOS?
Redefining SAP GUI for the iOS
2012 Synactive, Inc.
Supports SAP GUI features such as F4, toolbars,
menus, multiple sessions
Multi-touch display with gestures and swipes to link
actions in SAP
Integrated device camera and 3
rd
party sled for
barcode scanner
Smaller screen size
Convert input fields into single press graphical buttons
Logon/Logoff desktop paradigm to always on
paradigm
Liquefy Liquefy Liquefy Liquefy the UI the UI the UI the UI
New Liquid UI App for iOS and Platform
Provide a Complete Framework to Mobilize Your Workforce
Liquid UI Platform
The Platform is a place The Platform is a place
to to develop develop and and deploy deploy
your screen and your screen and
process customizations process customizations
Manage
GuiXT
Technology
Record/
Design
Automate/
Extend
Liquid UI for Liquid UI for iOS iOS App App
No Screen Customizations No Screen Customizations
Liquid UI Professional Edition (PE) Liquid UI Professional Edition (PE)
Develop and deploy screen Develop and deploy screen
customizations customizations
Liquid UI Enterprise Edition (EE) Liquid UI Enterprise Edition (EE)
PE plus Enterprise Features PE plus Enterprise Features
Liquid UI for Liquid UI for iOS iOS App App
With screen and process With screen and process
customizations customizations
SAP
New Capabilities for Liquid UI App for SAP ERP
Native access No Screen Customizations
Access to verified* native
SAP ERP transaction
Does not require SUP or
any other 3
rd
J2EE app
server
Direct Connection to SAP
No changes to SAP
security or underlying
business logic
Essential SAP GUI features
(e.g. gestures, multi-
sessions, etc.)
Grids, tree controls, and other ActiveX controls
will have limited support in release 1
Secure access to corporate network is
recommended (e.g. VPN)
GuiXT Liquid UI Professional Edition (PE)
Liquid UI Platform
Manage
GuiXT
Technology
Record/
Design
Automate/
Extend
Liquefy the UI
Manage User Access To SAP
Secure Connection
Robust Connection
Session Persistence
Virtual Sessions
Smart Attribute Barcode
scanning
SAP Workflow integration to
email app (see next slide)
GuiXT Liquid UI Enterprise Edition (EE)
Workflow Example
No additional 3rd party product (e.g. Duet, Sharepoint or SUP) required.
Liquid UI for iOS Feature Matrix
Liquid UI for
iOS App
Liquid UI Professional
Edition
Liquid UI Enterprise
Edition
Direct Connect and verified
transactions

Liquify UI

Manage User Access To SAP

Secure Connection

Robust Connection

Session Persistence

Virtual Sessions

Smart Attribute Barcode

scanning

SAP Workflow

Extending SAP to Smartphone/Tablets

NetWeaver Business Client Integration
Extending SAP to Browsers/Portals
Extending SAP to Windows Handheld
Barcode/RFID Scanners
Extending SAP to PDF and Excel Front-ends
Workbench
Record And Deploy To All Touch Points
Workbench_Access.exe
Workbench\MM01_WorkBench.exe
DESIGNER
WYSIWYG Tool
Screen changes without
writing any code
Start with any SAP
transaction
Render to desktop or
mobile touch points
Enables personalized
applications based on
roles and functions
Automatic script
generation
DesignerTrial_1.wmv
How Can You Get Started?
1) Download GuiXT Liquid UI for SAP
ERP Publication Featuring Gartner
research
http://www.guixt.com/solutions/white_
papers&id=lui_gp.php
2) Install Liquid UI for SAP ERP app from
iTunes Appstore
3) Access native SAP transactions from list
of verified transactions
http://www.guixt.com/products/liquid
_ui_transactions.php
4) Contact us for the Liquid UI Platform to
Liquefy the UI
Mobile Your Workforce NOW!
For more information about
GuiXT Solutions:
www.guixt.com
rfi@guixt.com
Tel: 650.341.3310
THANK YOU!
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