We’re always looking for something. Maybe it’s life on another planet or a lost key—but we’re constantly in pursuit of information. Knowing where your belongings are gives a sense of control and organization, and luckily for us, there’s always a new way to keep track of what matters to you. Tech companies are churning out consumer products, like air tags from Apple and “Find my stuff: Home inventory” from Google, to fulfill this human desire to know—where is my stuff?
Not unlike searching for your lost wallet, asset managers within Aerospace & Defense, utilities, and defense agencies need visibility and transparency into their assets, or in simple terms, their stuff! Asset managers are responsible for overseeing inventory, monitoring asset health, and working with business partners to keep their assets healthy and operable. Within the regulated world, sometimes these assets can be mission-critical materials that protect deployed soldiers, keep fighter jets in the air, or keep the heat on in a family’s home. Asset managers need to know where their assets are deployed in real time and have a single asset repository they can rely on for accurate information.
SAP Business Network Asset Collaboration deployed at SAP NS2 is the answer to the proverbial question, “where’s my stuff?”. With the SAP Business Network Asset Collaboration solution, you can maintain and share a comprehensive, consolidated, and organized view of asset data. This centralized asset repository can be updated regularly by authorized users from your organization and your asset management partners, such as Original Equipment Manufacturers and Service providers. SAP Business Network Asset Collaboration ensures that your asset management ecosystem is working from a single source of truth. It ensures that you, as an asset manager, always have the correct asset information at your hands.
Customers within Aerospace & Defense, utilities, federal, and the Department of Defense own a lot of assets—buildings, machines, pumps, turbines, aircrafts, ships, artillery, and many more. Often, these assets are deployed in the field and spread many miles apart. SAP Business Network Asset Collaboration empowers asset owners to gather asset information for their team by integrating asset data into a central repository. This central asset data can be shared with business partners like original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and service operators. A central ecosystem provides significant benefits to all parties in your asset network.
And while all these benefits sound promising, you may be asking yourself how your assets information will stay protected. At SAP NS2, your asset collaboration solution is deployed within a protected regulated cloud environment. We understand the needs of our highly regulated customer base, and our compliance with U.S. regulations safeguards your supply chain locations, products, and parts.
SAP Business Network Asset Collaboration Security Adherence
- International Traffic in Arms Regulation (ITAR)
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 800-53
- DFARS 252.204-7012 Compliance
- Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP®) Controls
SAP Business Network Asset Collaboration Benefits
- Lower data management costs with less risk of errors
- Decrease maintenance, repair, and operation inventories while optimizing spare parts data
- Help ensure data integrity and prevent asset data duplication
- Identify bad actors quickly and generate reliable benchmarking reports
- Strengthen regulatory compliance with real-time asset visibility
- Avoid loss from business oversight and low productivity
SAP Business Network Asset Collaboration is like having an air tag on your mission-critical assets. By improving the transparency of your asset information with central asset repository, SAP Business Network Asset Collaboration answers the biggest question in an asset manager’s life—where is my stuff?
