Datasweep Inc. recently announced that SAP certified the interface between its Advantage suite and SAP’s enterprise resource planning product line.

SAP announced at its North American SAPPHIRE meeting earlier this year its plans to prioritize the integration of its ERP solutions with outside enterprise manufacturing systems. Datasweep’s SAP adapter allows detailed, real-time, two-way communication between Datasweep and SAP applications. Its new Integration Manager coordinates the interchange and runs as a server-side process on a variety of operating systems and environments.

“ERP systems weren’t initially created to support the intricate, rapidly changing shop floor transactions that Datasweep solutions are designed to handle,” says Greg Gorbach, ARC Advisory Group research director. “Most companies, even those running large ERP systems, track their detailed production operations using supplemental systems—usually paper-based or homegrown. But that can lead to a mountain of paperwork or (difficult) code, especially for companies under stringent government regulation.”

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