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GuiXT.com
Improving Productivity and User Acceptance
within SAP Plant
DeeDee Kato- Director of Marketing, Synactive Inc.
Jason Moore Business Analyst, Marathon Oil
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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.
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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
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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
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Environment
Take Over and Grow
Buying an asset under construction
People
Aggressive Growth
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Environment
Production and Maintenance
Net BOE
Maintenance
Materials
Labor
Help is on the way
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End Goal
Well-oiled Machine
Maintenance
Materials
Labor?
Planning and Scheduling
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How To Get There
Standard Template (Lite)
Offshore to onshore
Reduced complexity
Still capture meaningful data
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How To Get There
Start With The Basics
Maintenance
o Notifications
o Work Orders
o Equipment Hierarchy
SAP First Timers
User Acceptance
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How To Get There
Enter GuiXT
Simplify screens
Smooth out navigation
Based on user role
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Home
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Equipment Hierarchy
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Notification Pt. 1
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Notification Pt. 2
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Work Order
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List View
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Key Points To Take Home
Action Now (With the future in mind)
Aggressive schedule
o Easy to develop
Simple inputs
Relevant outputs
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Synactive At A Glance
2002GuiXT Server
1998GuiXT Designer introduced to the market
2004 Mobile Devices
2007GuiXT Web ServerBrowser-based interfaceOffline mode for
Mobile Devices
200964-bit ArchitectureBlackBerry, 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
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Breadth of Customers Over 1000 Customers
Across Multiple Industries
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What if you could go from this..
This search
screen has 140
fields that accept
user input.
Only 3 or 4 are
used.
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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.
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And to this..
ONE development
effort, multiple
touchpoints
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Simple scripting to empower a responsive IT team
Non-disruptive Business Solution
Lean, Agile Development
Liquid UI PlatformConnects 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
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GuiXT Solutions Case Study Results
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Plant Maintenance Planning and Scheduling
Console
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One Development Effort,
Deploy Everywhere!
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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 3rd party sled for
barcode scanner
Smaller screen size
Convert input fields into single press graphical buttons
Logon/Logoff desktop paradigm to always on
paradigm
LiquefyLiquefyLiquefyLiquefy the UIthe UIthe UIthe UI
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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 developdevelop and and deploydeployyour screen and your
screen and process customizationsprocess customizations
ManageGuiXTTechnologyRecord/Design
Automate/Extend
Liquid UI for Liquid UI for iOSiOS AppApp No Screen
CustomizationsNo Screen Customizations
Liquid UI Professional Edition (PE)Liquid UI Professional
Edition (PE) Develop and deploy screen Develop and deploy
screen
customizationscustomizations Liquid UI Enterprise Edition
(EE)Liquid UI Enterprise Edition (EE)
PE plus Enterprise FeaturesPE plus Enterprise Features
Liquid UI for Liquid UI for iOSiOS AppApp With screen and
process With screen and process
customizationscustomizations
SAP
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New Capabilities for Liquid UI App for SAP ERPNative access No
Screen Customizations
Access to verified* native
SAP ERP transaction
Does not require SUP or
any other 3rd 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)
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GuiXT Liquid UI Professional Edition (PE)
Liquid UI Platform
ManageGuiXTTechnology
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)
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Workflow Example
No additional 3rd party product (e.g. Duet, Sharepoint or SUP)
required.
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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
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Extending SAP to Smartphone/Tablets
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NetWeaver Business Client Integration
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Extending SAP to Browsers/Portals
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Extending SAP to Windows Handheld
Barcode/RFID Scanners
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Extending SAP to PDF and Excel Front-ends
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Workbench
Record And Deploy To All Touch Points
Workbench_Access.exeWorkbench\MM01_WorkBench.exe
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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
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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!
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For more information about GuiXT Solutions:
[email protected]
Tel: 650.341.3310
THANK YOU!
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