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Interface details for connecting SAP EHSM system with Meridium tool

satya11719
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Hi All,

Our client is using Meridium tool to do Root Cause Analysis for incidents recorded in SAP EHSM.

We have requirement to integrate the Meridium tool with SAP EHSM.

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We need to integrate these two systems such that we send the data from SAP EHSM to Meridium and get the processed data (Root cause analysis data) from Meridium to SAP EHSM.

If you have any details regarding the interface to connect these two systems will be helpful for us

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Former Member
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The investigation process in EHSM incident management is workflow driven. You can configure an investigation step that will send a notification to the person responsible for conducting the RCA that tells them which RCA tool to use. (You may want to use different RCA tools or methods depending  on the type of incident.) Then, when the RCA is complete, this person can attach a link or document to the task when they mark it complete. This will then put a copy of the output of the RCA tool into the incident record. In addition, because the root cause hierarchy in EHSM incident management is configurable, you should configure the root causes to match up to the RCA methodology that is being used. The actual recording of the final root causes can be performed "manually" by the person who receives the investigation step for conducting the RCA. If you want this transfer of the final root causes to be automatic, you will have to build an interface, but the business should consider the cost/benefit of automating this.

Former Member
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Hi Mary,

You explained very nicely how to leverage EHSM functionalities for a typical investigation followed-up by RCA process. As rightly put up that actual process of RCA should continue to happen outside SAP (through specialized tools including Meridium), however there is a missing SAP solution coverage when it comes to RCA for the sake of equipment reliability. Almost all the business invested in SAP EAM+EHSM finally wants that any RCA result being recorded against an EHS incident (involving PM equipment/functional location) should also update the corresponding equipment history. From reliability standpoint and from Preventive/Predictive Maintenance point of view, this equipment history is very critical information; and I believe that SAP should provide some standard mechanism of updating this through EHSM incidents as standalone and/or PM notifications linked with EHSM incidents.

This can make the solution more robust. Please let me know of what you and your solution experts think.

Regards,

Pavan

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Hello Pavan,

Updating the equipment history based on an incident makes a lot of sense. If the equipment was damaged in the incident, there could already be a PM notification that was generated from EHSM-IM that links the two systems together regarding repairing the equipment. The incident manager would then have a link to that work order and can see the results that were recorded. The root cause aspect would be another potential integration point. The question is how automated does it need to be, and even, is the business process standard across companies so that a standard automation could be developed?  A less automated approach would be to create a task in EHSM-IM that notifies the responsible person in PM of the incident root cause, and then the PM responsible would update the equipment record. Another possibility would be to create a view of the asset that also pulls in any incidents from EHSM-IM. In summary, the two business processes are inter-related. What is the cost of having to manage it somewhat manually, and therefore, what is the benefit of the automation? Is the business process standardized in industry such that a standard solution could be built?

Regards,

Mary

Former Member
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Hi Mary,

Thanks for your reply and thoughts over it!

Based on my experience with Chemical/Oil & Gas/ Energy clients, I see their requirements for this automation of equipment history. And I also personally believe that with the growing realization for predictive/preventive maintenance across the industries, it makes more sense to include all concerned information in Equipment history.

What I propose is to provide a 'configurable' option where-in the clients can decide themselves if they wish to activate automatic equipment history updation and also the option to choose which all objects (event details, root causes, recommendations, damages etc) of EHSM - Incident Management they would like to transfer.

I also liked your idea of creating a view of assets that pulls Incident related information. I think, this enhancement option should rather be provided on EAM side as reports of these sorts are indeed asked by businesses I have dealt with.

Regards,

Pavan

dhinsap
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Hi Mary,

business uses Taproot tool to capture RCA alone. How do i map this with EHSM to capture the investigation details. IS there an interface available .Its a business requirement that they perform investigation in this third party tool only and want to export the results to EHSM .Is this possible.

Regards

Dhinesh

christoph_bergemann
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Dear Dinesh

sorry. But Mary has left us... Check

C.B.

PS: just found this nice overview document: EHSM PUBLIC SECTOR CASE MANAGEMENT SOLUTION

For integration options:

check chapter:

Integration (EHS-MGM-FND-INT)

of online help.

Not knowing the solutiojn as such but chapter

Business Objects - Component Extension for SAP EHS Management - SAP Library

might be helpful. I would expect that you can "integrate" somehow external systems. Options is in SAP systems are e.g.

- RFC calls

- BAPI integration

- WebServices

- ALE

In SAP help as such i found not option so far which is listed explicitly to integrate external systems

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Former Member
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Hi Satya,

Meridium is usually used by Asset-intensive organizations for Asset Performance Management. Hence, the RCA (root-cause analysis) in Meridium is usually limited to the incidents of critical Equipment breakdown/malfunction which needs to be investigated for failure causes. Nowadays, these type of equipment incidents have direct/indirect link to the Safety considerations (Process Safety Management concepts)  and that is why these incidents are also of much interest to say a VP-HSE. Usually, the investigation team consists of team member from safety department as well.

So, first you should be clear that although Meridium can do any sort of RCA, but is it really intended by your client to utilize it for a pure operational accident not involving equipment/assets?? If the answer is yes, and you wish to go ahead integrating EHSM objects with Meridium, then as far as I know, Meridium or SAP doesn't offer any such standard interface. What they offer as standard are interfaces to integrate SAP EAM- equipment/function location/notification/order both ways.

So, you need to either use SAP PI/XI or MII as integration layer in-between to share the data.

Business case is there; only keep in mind that recording of incidents, related injury/illness and other information should be proposed in EHSM; the actual process of scientific & rigorous root cause mechanism should happen in Meridium and finally, the interface should update the respective fields in EHSM (root causes/immediate causes) and equipment history in EAM.

Regards,

Pavan