Q: What is the overall benefit of Honeywell’s Business Hiway?A: Business Hiway enables businesses to effectively integrate their process control systems with their Enterprise Resource Planning systems. Consequently, a company can effectively extend automation of the customer’s business processes from the ERP and supply chain environment, yielding a wealth of benefits.
Q: How is this different from the typical way in which plant floor systems are integrated with ERP systems?A: Typically, a user would have to implement separate and expensive customized ERP links for every individual application. Business Hiway eliminates this requirement.
Q: What assurance do I have that Business Hiway will work with my plant’s SAP R/3 ERP system?A: Honeywell offers SAP-certified interfaces to Business Hiway. This means that SAP has evaluated the interface to ensure that it meets the certification requirements for a specific Application Programming Interface.