To focus on its core business processes, BAE Systems’ Military, Air and Operations or MAI sector are starting a business transformation programme in a bid, the objective of this is to improve its performance in delivering major programmes like the F35 Joint Strike Fighter and the Eurofighter Typhoon.
MAI has negotiated Infor, a business application software company for its Infor10 solution that will combine with a supplier commerce portal, Business Intelligence, ERP or Enterprise Resource Planning and bar-coding.
The project started a few weeks ago and will operate for almost four months. The system will also contains a training tool to prevent user errors with the new system and to develop0 adoption with their staff. With the reduced licensing and IT support costs as an outcome of the programme, BAE wanted to save money.
As a result of the contextual and near real-time management reporting information provided, it also assumes to gather and observe data more quickly, while the bar-coding will enhance inventory processes with goods scanned as they are received and the dat will stored essentially. Before Infor were selected, IFS and SAP were also deliberated as suppliers for the agreement.
The business transformation programme has been forced by the harsh economic industry, this was explained by the head of strategic business systems of BAE Systems’ MAI, Adrian Fallows. He also added that with tighter budgets and larger needs of defence customers all over the world, their business is experiencing significant problems.
The Infor middleware supplied as part of the agreement will link business systems that until now have not communicated with each other, it was according to a spokesman for BAE. At the same time, Camwood, an application logistics company was awarded a three-year managed service contract by BAE Systems.
The contract is all about to cater managed application certification services all over the firm’s UK desktop environment. Around the deployment of software as a service over the previous year Camwood has provided expertise to BAE Systems. The agreement aims to enhance business agility, explained by the director of enterprise IT services for BAE Systems, Allan Leggetter.
He added that they identify that trying a software as a service’ transformation will allow the business to be more agile in the deployment and management of applications within the enterprise. With the use of the best practice methodologies that harmonize to ITIL standards, Camwood will outline, implement, perform and handle the service providing controls and governance.
REFERENCES:
http://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/news/2133017/bae-systems-kicks-business-transformation-programme
http://sg.infor.com/company/news/pressroom/pressreleases/BAESystems/
http://twittweb.com/bae+systems+kicks+busin-14208017
