Transforming Asset Strategies Through SAP Datasphere and Intelligent Data Fabric
In asset-intensive industries such as energy, manufacturing, and utilities, organisations are under pressure to increase uptime, reduce maintenance costs, and extract value from the growing volumes of operational data.
However, that data often lives in highly customised, fragmented systems – most notably within SAP. And while the data itself is rich, accessing it with the business context intact can be a major hurdle.
At On Device Solutions, we specialise in SAP Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) and SAP consulting – supporting clients on their journey to modernise operations through smarter data strategies.
One of the most powerful tools enabling this shift is SAP Datasphere, part of the SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) and now central to SAP’s approach to unified, business-ready data.
The Challenge: Extracting Reliable Asset Data from SAP
Organisations operating large-scale facilities often manage thousands of physical assets – each requiring tailored maintenance strategies to avoid costly unplanned downtime and meet safety or compliance regulations.
To develop these strategies, engineers need access to comprehensive, trustworthy data from systems such as SAP S/4HANA or SAP ECC. But traditional methods of extracting this data come with challenges:
- Manual and time-consuming processes
- Complexity due to system customisations
- Loss of critical metadata or business semantics
- Delays in delivering insights to frontline operations
These inefficiencies can seriously impact the timeliness and accuracy of asset strategy development, slowing down the business’s ability to act on risk and performance insights.
Why SAP Datasphere Changes the Game
SAP Datasphere offers a modern, API-driven approach to accessing data from SAP and non-SAP systems alike – while preserving the structure, logic, and meaning of the underlying information.
This has key benefits for asset-focused organisations:
- Faster access to functional locations, equipment data, maintenance orders and more
- Preservation of business rules and hierarchies during extraction
- Flexible, scalable data modelling for strategic insights
- Reduced duplication and reconciliation cycles
In one implementation, a global industrial enterprise reportedly reduced their SAP data integration timeline from several weeks to under 24 hours. This step-change enabled their teams to scale delivery of reliability-focused services significantly, improving time-to-value for both internal stakeholders and end customers.
Our Role: Enabling Intelligent Asset Strategies Through SAP
As a trusted SAP Partner, we have over a decade of deep experience in SAP EAM gained across major industries, and we understand how critical clean, structured asset data is for both day-to-day operations and long-term capital planning.
Our consulting services focus on:
- SAP Datasphere implementation and integration
- Master data cleansing and harmonisation
- SAP BTP architecture advisory (via our Architecture-as-a-Service model)
- Enabling predictive maintenance strategies using real-time asset data
- SAP mobility solutions for field workforce enablement
We support clients across energy, utilities, transportation and more – empowering them to optimise their use of SAP technologies and align asset performance with business goals.
From Data Extraction to AI-Driven Decision Making
By adopting platforms like SAP Datasphere, enterprises are not just streamlining data access – they’re laying the foundation for AI-powered operations.
With harmonised data products and a unified data fabric, it becomes possible to:
- Build predictive maintenance models
- Conduct risk scoring on critical assets
- Enable simulations to model cost, performance and reliability trade-offs
- Combine EAM data with financial, HR or sustainability data for holistic decisions
These opportunities are especially relevant for enterprises looking to modernise their operational technology landscape, streamline asset data access, or extend the value of their SAP systems through cloud-based integration and mobility solutions.
Delivering Value with SAP Datasphere: Why Work with On Device Solutions
SAP Datasphere provides a powerful foundation for unifying, contextualising, and activating enterprise data across SAP and non-SAP systems. For organisations managing large, distributed asset portfolios, this enables new levels of visibility, scalability, and agility – especially when supporting mobile workforces, connected operations, and cloud-native solutions.
At On Device Solutions, we bring deep expertise in SAP Enterprise Asset Management, SAP BTP, and enterprise mobility to help clients realise the full potential of SAP Datasphere. Our consulting services are designed to support cloud-first architectures and operational reporting use cases, including S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition integration, where appropriate.
We provide architecture-led guidance through our Architecture-as-a-Service model and ensure each implementation is aligned with business objectives – delivered with speed, independence, and minimal disruption.
Contact us today to discuss how we can support your SAP Datasphere and EAM strategy.
