In a, traditional, fast paced North American oil field, there is little time to learn new processes, which would take time away from the real work. Despite a company standard set around SAP PM, areas that are new to SAP PM lack resources to spend time clicking through screens and managing the complex SAP PM system. In order to gain support and streamline the processes at Marathon Oil, the company used Synactive’s GuiXT to simplify the user interface. Without upgrading SAP or any additional SAP software, using GuiXT allowed Marathon to be able to select key roles and display only relevant fields for that user. Technicians in the field are able to use failure codes with a few clicks of the mouse, with almost no typing required. The SAP-certified GuiXT technology enabled Marathon to increase productivity, reduce costs, and improve overall maintenance. Lessons: Faster and more firm acceptance from operations Significantly decrease time to report breakdowns Enhance job satisfaction when users know exactly what they need to do

1. GuiXT.com
Improving Productivity and User Acceptance
within SAP Plant Maintenance
DeeDee Kato- Director of Marketing, Synactive Inc.
Jason Moore – Business Analyst, Marathon Oil

2. You are implementing your EAM solution in a new
area. Time and people are scarce. How do you
increase buy in, save time, and still get your
required data?
Simplify the user interface.

3. LEARNING POINTS
Case Study – Marathon Oil
- Background
- Environment
- End Goal
- How to Get There
- Key points to Take Home
How Synactive Can Help
- Synactive Overview
- Liquid UI for iOS
Q&A

4. Background
• Marathon Oil Corporation
o S&P 500
o NYSE: MRO
• Upstream Oil and Gas
• 1887 – The Ohio Oil Company
• 2012 Revenue – $15.7 billion
• 2012 Employees – 3400

5. Environment
• Take Over and Grow
• Buying an asset under construction
• People
• Aggressive Growth

6. Environment
• Production and Maintenance
• Net BOE
• Maintenance
• Materials
• Labor
• Help is on the way

7. End Goal
• Well-oiled Machine
• Maintenance
• Materials
• Labor?
• Planning and Scheduling

8. How To Get There
• Standard Template (Lite)
• Offshore to onshore
• Reduced complexity
• Still capture meaningful data

9. How To Get There
• Start With The Basics
• Maintenance
o Notifications
o Work Orders
o Equipment Hierarchy
• SAP First Timers
• User Acceptance

10. How To Get There
• Enter GuiXT
• Simplify screens
• Smooth out navigation
• Based on user role

11. Home

12. Equipment Hierarchy

13. Notification Pt. 1

14. Notification Pt. 2

15. Work Order

16. List View

17. Key Points To Take Home
• Action Now (With the future in mind)
• Aggressive schedule
o Easy to develop
• Simple inputs
• Relevant outputs

18. What if you could…..
GuiXT
Technology
Record/
Design
Automate/
Extend
Manage
…start from an already existing but complex SAP transaction and simplify it
to suit your needs with no ABAP or Java programming?
…record your business process flow once and redeploy immediately?
…automate and extend your new screens and process customizations to any
number of touchpoints?
…simplify enterprise-wide deployments across PCs AND mobile devices
through one product?
© 2013 Synactive, Inc.

19. How Can GuiXT Help?
© 2013 Synactive, Inc.
GuiXT CREATE PURCHASE REQUISITION OPTIMIZATION
BEFORE GuiXT (7 Screens) AFTER GuiXT (1 Screen)
vs

20. Same UI Available on the iPad
ONE development effort, multiple touchpoints

21. GuiXT Solutions Case Study Results

22. Simple scripting to empower a responsive IT team
Non-disruptive Business Solution
Lean, Agile Development
Liquid UI Platform
Connects directly to SAP through patented connectivity technology
Built on proven GuiXT technology
Extends your SAP across both
desktop and mobile devices
Consolidates business related
transactions, fields and tabs
Start from SAP, Record Once and
Deploy everywhere
No Java, ABAP programming; no 3rd
party application server required

23. Synactive At A Glance
2002
GuiXT Server
1998
GuiXT Designer introduced
to the market
2004
Mobile Devices
2007
GuiXT Web Server
Browser-based interface
Offline mode for Mobile
Devices
2009
64-bit Architecture
BlackBerry, iOS,
Android, etc
2011+
PDF and Excel
Integration
Founded by
Thomas Ewe (developed
JavaGui in SAP Labs)
Dr. Gerhard Rodé (Initiated
and developed ABAP in SAP
AG)
GuiXT packaged with SAP
since 1998
GuiXT has SAP-certified
integration with SAP
NetWeaver
1000+ Customers /
Thousands of Users
In use by SAP Solution
Engineers
2012+
Liquid UI for iOS

24. Breadth of Customers Over 1000 Customers
Across Multiple Industries

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