INDUSTRY VALUE NETWORK GROUP FOR AEROSPACE and DEFENSE

Solutions And Services For Governance, Risk, And Compliance

The very nature of the aerospace and defense industry, as well as recent broader regulatory legislation, such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, makes managing governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) not only important but mandatory. Government compliance regulations imposed on this industry go far beyond the regulations imposed on most other industries. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR); Registration, Evaluation, Authorization of Chemicals (REACH); Export Administration Regulations (EAR); and unique identification (UID) and radio frequency identification (RFID) account for just a fraction of the additional regulations and mandates for which aerospace and defense companies must demonstrate compliance.

SAP solutions for GRC – a comprehensive suite of software enabling compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and other global trade regulations – proves SAP's already-strong focus on GRC.

The Industry Value Network group for aerospace and defense brings together SAP and key partners to join forces and provide an even broader and more industry-specific approach for managing governance, risk, and compliance in the aerospace and defense industry.

Independent Software Vendors
I-GUIDES	UID Compliance Lockheed Martin's I-GUIDES enables unique identification (UID) compliance without requiring modification to underlying systems, such as SAP ERP. I-GUIDES controls the entire UID process including: UID generation Drive UID marking devices Capture of UID validation/verification results Interfacing to enterprise systems Registration with the UID registry Together with the SAP Auto-ID Infrastructure and SAP Object Event Repository offerings, I-GUIDES creates a full-cycle, total-asset-visibility solution that meets the U.S. Department of Defense mandates for both RFID and UID.
Compliant Enterprise	Information Export Control NextLab's Compliant Enterprise is a software system that helps risk officers, compliance managers, and information security staffs implement data leakage prevention (DLP) applications, information risk awareness programs, and automated information-handling tasks. It actively enforces policies for proper access and distribution of technical data. Compliant Enterprise works together with SAP GTS Global Trade Services, providing a solution that controls technical data exports governed by export licenses managed within SAP GTS Global Trade Services. This enables companies to better comply with government regulations, such as ITAR and EAR, by managing and controlling technical data exports.
Compliance for Products (CfP)	Environmental Product Compliance Environmental compliance and sustainability are no longer only departmental responsibilities but are strategic imperatives for the whole corporation and its supply chain. Technidata's CfP enables SAP customers to integrate compliance processes throughout highly dispersed supply chains by providing automated supply-side as well as customer-side communication, alert handling, and efficient compliance data management and analysis. It streamlines compliance processes while mitigating the risk and consequences of noncompliance, and it seamlessly integrates with SAP's solutions, making environmental compliance an integral part of core business processes in design, manufacturing, and logistics.
System Integrators
IBM security and privacy services	Security and Privacy Experts Using proven methodologies, IBM can assist companies in identifying business processes that harmonize security and operating procedures to meet regulations, such as ITAR and EAR. Through the collaboration made possible by the IVN, IBM is packaging SAP solutions for GRC, NextLab's Compliant Enterprise, and its own identity management solutions, as well as providing services that can help companies minimize the risk of breaking government regulations.

More Information

You can look up additional information about an SAP partner or a partner solution in the partner directory.

To find out more about SAP's offering for the aerospace and defense industry and how SAP solutions can support your business processes, see the SAP Business Maps for Aerospace & Defense.