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Defence and Security

Our defence and security solutions support cognitive and physical superiority across sea, air, land, space, and cyberspace.

The future of the defence and security industry

Amid increasing risk and operational complexity, defence and security organisations are using intelligent solutions to maintain mission readiness.

Improving financial management and budgeting

In the face of constricted funding, you can extend resources and resource availability with analytical insights and consolidated planning.

Building and sustaining technological dominance

Defence and security organisations are leveraging advanced technology and extending utilisation beyond commercial thresholds.

Enhancing cyberspace operations and capabilities

Advanced networks are securing information systems and laying the groundwork for interoperability between national and international jurisdictions.

Making your data a strategic information asset

You can achieve advanced planning and readiness by combining and synthesizing massive defence data volumes and sharing information across governments.

Focusing on the welfare of military personnel

Successful use of health and welfare solutions helps ensure the wellbeing of mission principals and their families, especially before, during, and after campaigns.

Strengthening and securing critical supply chains

Maintaining digital supply chains maximises resources and availability, while utilising AI and robotics for routine tasks helps eliminate the risk of human oversights.

Innovative defence and security solutions from SAP and our partners

Solutions that address specific defence and security industry needs help you achieve cost-effective transformation and sustainable growth.

SAP S/4HANA Cloud

With SAP S/4HANA Cloud, you can improve financial management and budgeting, provide analytics-based financial insights, and coordinate planning activities.

SAP SuccessFactors Human Experience Management Suite

By focusing on service-member centricity and empowered decision-making, you can help ensure the health and wellbeing of military personnel, families, and retirees.

SAP Supply Chain Management

Coordinated planning and management helps you maintain supply channels to support mission and base readiness.    

Explore our defence and security solutions

Maintain a combat-ready organisation with optimised mission planning across force generation, force deployment, interoperability, and information sharing.

  • Structured strategic budget plans with defined KPIs
  • Critical need management
  • Targeted spend and short-term contracting management
  • Strategic system investment planning

Use digital intelligence to streamline business processes, combining advanced technology with artificial intelligence and robotics to minimise routine and recurring tasks.

  • Machine learning and AI to minimise manual processing
  • Real-time procurement cycle analysis
  • Timely insights and spend-pattern oversight
  • Strategic system investment planning

10%–12% reduction in total logistics costs.

Source: SAP Performance Benchmarking

The organisational changes and new digital technologies drove almost revolutionary progress at the Lithuanian Red Cross, with tremendous impact on our achievements.

Kristina Meidė, Secretary General, Lithuanian Red Cross Society

Support mission success with responsive supply chains and logistics, using solutions for defence replenishment and Planning, defence equipment management, and logistics and order fulfilment.

  • Comprehensive integrated asset system consolidation
  • Iterative system upgrades across immediate functional lines
  • Executive insights for unbundling existing long-term contracts
  • Flexible strategic planning, allowing for timely corrections

Keep military, defence, and security assets ready for action through articulated defence maintenance, repair, and overhaul management. Effective training and scheduling of service members supports timely maintenance in operations and exercises.

  • Experience management assessments across service members
  • Frontline service wellness outreach systems
  • Strategic analysis for critical focus areas
  • Mapping of service-member assessments against skills gaps

20%–30% reduction in R&D costs.

Source: SAP Performance Benchmarking

Your resolution to create a fit-for-purpose solution has resulted in a clever, beautiful solution with brilliant utility. This will change (for the better) as we understand and support the most enduring and vital aspect of our organisation – our people.

Stephen O’Malley Executive Director, Finance and Executive Services, New South Wales Rural Fire Services