INDUSTRY VALUE NETWORK GROUP FOR AEROSPACE and DEFENSE
SOLUTIONS AND SERVICES FOR PERFORMANCE-BASED LOGISTICS
As part of its current initiative to adopt private sector best practices for improving supply chain processes related to the acquisition of systems and equipment, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has identified the use of performance-based logistics (PBL) as a strategic goal.
In line with this strategy, CEOs of aerospace and defense firms have identified the ability to act on PBL opportunities as critical to driving innovation, promoting solution excellence, and accelerating growth within their own companies.
With the increased emphasis on PBL acquisition strategies, aerospace and defense firms now face increased pressure to:
- Enhance the overall management capabilities for contracts, products, and services, including determining the appropriate risk premium when negotiating PBL contracts
- Improve product reliability and maintainability
The Industry Value Network group for aerospace and defense brings together SAP and key partners to address these new business challenges with new innovative solutions based on a common technology platform, SAP NetWeaver.
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iMRO
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Maintenance Repair and Overhaul
Axon is the agreed-upon development partner for enhancing the maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) functionality of SAP solutions by delivering the iMRO solution. The iMRO solution enables aerospace and aviation maintenance and engineering organizations to save time and money by optimizing and simplifying their MRO solutions from SAP. Axon's iMRO solution is:
- Based on experience resulting from more than 60 SAP deployments to aerospace and defense companies world-wide
- Built entirely using SAP Business Suite applications
- Based on a joint SAP and Axon roadmap
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Applications for program and contract management
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Program and Contract Management
An independent software vendor and SAP development partner, Dassian Inc. provides SAP certified add-on and composite applications. These applications extend the functionality of SAP ERP to handle complex program and contract management processes, such as earned value management and contract flow-down.
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Solutions for service inventory optimization
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Service Inventory Optimization
MCA Solutions offers a suite of advanced inventory planning, forecasting, and execution solutions that enable companies to manage and monitor inventory levels of mission-critical materials. These solutions are the first to optimize assets in a multi-echelon service supply chain network. They support collaborative planning, forecasting, and execution processes by integrating with the SAP Service Parts Planning for A&D package.
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Reliability Centered Maintenance Optimization
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Reliability Centered Maintenance
Developed by Meridium on the SAP NetWeaver platform and tightly integrated with the latest SAP technology, the solution simplifies the implementation of reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) recommendations, making it easy to measure performance and adjust strategies over time.
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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.