Anja watched the drone’s telemetry stream into a topic, which fed back into SAP PM. The maintenance order status updated automatically: “Spare part in transit. ETA: 18 minutes.”
That night, back on shore, the CFO called.
The old way of plant maintenance was a library of dusty paper manuals and a screaming server. The new way was a living, breathing ecosystem—SAP PM running on AWS. Plant Maintenance With Sap Practical Guide Aws
She clicked into the . On AWS, SAP PM was integrated with AWS Supply Chain . The system automatically triggered a request to the drone logistics API. A DJI Dock at the depot launched a heavy-lift drone carrying the bearing.
Three months ago, the board had approved Project Nordlicht —migrating their SAP Plant Maintenance (PM) module to Amazon Web Services (AWS). The consultants called it “RISE with SAP on AWS.” Anja called it her only hope. Anja watched the drone’s telemetry stream into a
“Hans, kill the turbine,” she said into the radio. “We’re going manual.”
Then came the magic of .
“Use the drone,” Anja said.
Her on-premise SAP ERP system was grinding to a halt. The last predictive maintenance report took 45 minutes to run. The digital twin of the turbine hadn't synced because the local server farm in Hamburg was running at 98% capacity. Meanwhile, the physical turbine was screaming in the North Sea. The old way of plant maintenance was a
“How do you know? Inventory hasn’t been updated since Tuesday.”
“Not anymore,” she said, clicking open a new tab.