Geospatial Asset Management with SAP and GIS
Connect location intelligence with asset data to optimize field operations and reduce downtime.
Location and environmental attributes are critical for planning and executing maintenance on geographically distributed assets like pipelines, rail tracks, and high-voltage cables.
Yet many organizations struggle to connect spatial data with asset records, leading to inefficiencies, data gaps, and increased risk.
Business Pressures
Organizations struggle to plan, schedule, and sequence maintenance routes without reliable spatial data, leaving mobile teams without the critical asset information they need to work efficiently in the field.
Disparate data sources make regulatory reporting complex and time-consuming, while incomplete asset records increase operational risk and compliance challenges.
System Challenges
Maintaining unsynchronized asset registries across GIS and SAP creates inefficiencies and data inconsistencies.
Dual maintenance in disconnected systems makes it difficult to establish a single source of truth, while costly, complex custom SAP-GIS interfaces add to the challenge of keeping data accurate and systems aligned.
Geospatial Asset Management Starts with a Business Model
Embed geospatial and asset data in your asset management model to ensure asset uptime for service delivery and/or production purposes. By combining geographical, sensor, and asset data, the performance of an asset can be managed to prevent unplanned downtime. The graphic below shows how asset data types connect to ensure the performance of your assets.
GIS and SAP: Complementary Strengths
GIS Capabilities
Includes spatial analysis, optimized routes, location awareness, and environmental context.
SAP Capabilities
Includes resource and work management, asset traceability, and cost tracking.
Integrate GIS and SAP with Rizing Mercury
Rizing’s Mercury simplifies and accelerates SAP and GIS integration by synchronizing data between SAP plant maintenance and GIS like Esri and GE Smallworld.
Browser-based Field and Office Data Collection with Rizing OmniSpatial
OmniSpatial is a browser-based progressive web application for field and office data collection. It works seamlessly with popular geospatial web services, including Esri map and feature services, and supports both coordinate and linear asset models.
Map (coordinate) and roadway (linear) data collection methods
Device agnostic solution runs on any web browser
Integrates data from multiple web services and file formats
“Broom sweep” collects multiple linear and point features in one pass
Data preparation tools guide users through downloading data for offline us
Record photos, audio, notes, and video along with attribute data