SAP Bolt-On Work Order Scheduling & Reporting

Creating work order schedules with SAP and Excel is painful, slow & compromises reliability.

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Here’s what our customers say

  • “Sockeye supports our own scheduling process perfectly. It shows the available work. It shows the available labor. It’s just a matter of clicking & dropping. It’s fantastic.”

    Cade, Assistant Vice President of
    Maintenance and Reliability

  • “Great software, great service. I appreciate the ability to pull the workers schedules and the work orders from SAP. Also the quick easy KPI reporting at the weekly level and for date ranges makes my job of reporting simple.”

    Todd S., Maintenance Systems Coordinator

  • “Helps with data manipulation, shortens the amount of hand coding to make a schedule, and pushes the changes into SAP.
    The ease of porting changes of the data into SAP. I do maintenance planning, so having to code in all required changes to schedule work, has been eliminated through Sockeye.”

    Greg, Maintenance Planner 

  • “It is much simpler to enter the hours for the week than the system we had before. All I have to do is select the week and enter everyone’s hours and we are good to go for scheduling.”

    Julien, Maintenance Planner 

Missed Opportunities

SAP/Excel Scheduling Process

Time Consuming SAP/Excel Scheduling

Planning in SAP and scheduling in Excel: You manually track labor availability, copy & paste/IW37N scheduling takes hours, data goes missing, statuses are unknown, less work is scheduled, KPIs are based on unverified data, reporting is painful & the backlog keeps growing.

Excel Scheduling

Time-Consuming

What would you do with 20+ hours every month?

Planning in SAP and scheduling in Excel loses the average scheduler 5+ hours/per week.

Copying and pasting data

Manually tracking labor availability

Tracking down lost statuses

Sharing updates

Building reports

Tracking Labor

Is Johnny available on Monday?

Scheduling Blind

Scheduling with Excel means manually tracking who is available. That means more time texting Johnny, unnecessary overtime, more delays, and missed opportunities to increase scheduled work and PM.

Spreadsheets Barriers

Weekly Scheduling

Inconsistent Schedules

Why can’t we get a consistent schedule posted with Excel/SAP?

Labor availability is missing, copy & paste scheduling takes hours, data goes missing, it’s hard to track the latest, less work is scheduled, KPIs are based on unverified data, reporting is painful & the backlog keeps growing.

Less PM + More Reactive

Less Scheduled Work

“We don’t schedule to 100% of our labor availability”

Excel schedules combined with missing labor availability compromise your ability to measure and increase the percentage of available labor scheduled each week. That means less work gets done, costs increase (unscheduled work is 10X more expensive /3X safety incidents) while fewer PMs get scheduled & completed.

Work Order Scheduling & Reporting

Seamless SAP Bolt-On

Getting More Out Of SAP

Sockeye is a SAP bolt-on work order scheduling and reporting tool.

Sockeye’s automation assigns ready-to-schedule work from SAP with available technicians and contractors to create daily/weekly schedules that maximize scheduled work in minimal time.

SMRP KPI reports are live giving you the latest statuses and the best insights to drive best practices.

Use file-based integration (Excel) for an easy, IT-free setup.
OR
Integrate according to your specifications and unique IT requirements with seamless SAP API integration.

Integrate

Step 1

Easy Trial

Start with a free trial run with an (Excel) file-based integration to make sure our software is exactly what you need. No IT resources are needed. Simply run an IW37N, populate the Sockeye Excel Template and input your shift patterns. Setup takes just 2 weeks and training is 1 hour.

Access

Step 2

Evaluate crew and contractor availability

Effortlessly access crew and contractor availability for the upcoming week. The available hours tab displays employee availability based on your shift patterns and planned absences. Editing is a breeze. Changes are tracked and data is automatically updated in SAP for real-time insights.

Build

Step 3

Create the schedule in just a few clicks

Craft your schedule effortlessly in just a few clicks. The backlog displays work orders from SAP and allows you to filter and search according to your criteria.

Sockeye’s automation builds daily/weekly schedules that maximize scheduled work which maximizes productivity. It even helps identify opportunities to reduce overtime.

Visibility

Step 4

Get everyone on the same page

After finalizing the schedule, you can share it with your employees. Because it’s cloud-based software, planners, schedulers, supers, techs, operations personnel, and managers can get customized access. This ensures that everyone can access the information they need, whenever they need it.

Monitor

Step 5

SMRP KPI Reporting

Sockeye tracks every keystroke to ensure that all data is verifiable, up to date and easily reported on. SMRP reports are automatically created, easily sharable and customized to your criteria. Easily track critical KPIs like how much PM is performed each week and integrate with Microsoft Power BI for even richer insights.

See how Sockeye & SAP Supercharge Reliability

1 Share an IW37N Report with your backlog of ready-to-schedule work orders and technician shift patterns.

2 Sockeye will set up a live file-based trial with the full suite of Sockeye functionality.

3 Join a 1-hour training call to learn everything you need to start scheduling and reporting with Sockeye.

API-Based Integration
Sockeye provides seamless SAP API read/write configuration according to your specifications.

Sockeye Connector is a software component that provides integration between your SAP system and Sockeye
cloud services. The Connector supports multiple integration technologies, including SAP-RFC, OData, and Web
Services (SOAP and REST APIs). It can be deployed on-premise or hosted on the Microsoft Azure platform.
Your company’s infrastructure, policies, and best practices determine which integration technology and
deployment option is best for you.

Sockeye support staff are former planners/schedulers who understand the problems you face.

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