SAP for Aerospace & Defense empowers manufacturers in a broad range of critical business activities, including:

• Program management – With SAP solutions, you can plan, set up, execute, and monitor large programs or projects and ensure the fulfillment of contractual obligations such as agreed-upon costs and schedules.
• Life-cycle data management – SAP solutions enable you to manage and maintain the product data and master data that designers, work schedulers, and project managers need for making sound decisions. Our solutions provide immediate access to relevant, up-to-date information for project and program management, document management, CAD integration, engineering change management, and master data management.
• Contract manufacturing – SAP solutions support contract manufacturing that requires a completely new design for an end product for the customer. You can integrate product and process design, adhere to extremely rigorous documentation standards, and use program management methods such as earned value to capture and control costs accurately.
• Make-to-order manufacturing – With SAP solutions, you can manufacture configurable end products driven by customer orders and perform minor engineering during production of the end product. You can also produce subassemblies and components based on forecasts of customer demand.
• Operational procurement – With SAP solutions, you can automate plan-driven procurement of materials used in core business processes by integrating purchasing with supply chain management. You can also provide self-service functions for employees to purchase their own materials in compliance with corporate policies. Plus, you can automate the procurement of services, including consulting and contract labor.

In addition, SAP for Aerospace & Defense enables performance-based logistics – supporting all aspects of system sustainability, from contract management to product support.

Business processes for A&D manufacturers are enabled with SAP applications such as SAP ERP and SAP Product Lifecycle Management. To find out how these applications can help you improve your business processes, please complete the "Contact SAP" form and request information about enterprise resource planning or product life-cycle management.