Aerospace and Defense
Heavy regulatory and compliance requirements have dominated the Aerospace and Defense industry for decades. Equally, the over-reliance on “Primes” has created various opportunities and challenges in the industry. Successful new companies are gaining more traction in the industry, providing a blueprint for newcomers and fresh innovation. How do A&D companies take advantage of the opportunity to compete in this space while balancing new operations, manufacturing, and necessary regulatory compliance?
How Oracle and Automus can help within Aerospace and Defense.
A&D is a unique industry for regulatory compliance (ITAR, DFARS, AS9100), security (CMMC), and strict traceability requirements across a complicated supply chain. The industry is full of large companies with highly customized legacy ERP systems. Implementing Oracle Cloud Applications using best practices requires the implementor to know every module being implemented in detail to ensure that each feature is used correctly and that minimal extensions are required. The module functionality needed for A&D touches every edge of the ERP manufacturing landscape, including PLM, MES, quality, costing, serial and lot control, flow-downs, complex supply chain planning, warehousing, custom security roles, and tracking time, all while standing up Projects and strong financial controls.
In addition to the implementation itself, Oracle’s Government Cloud Solutions may be required, which demands unique expertise on the gov-cloud product roadmap, security, and networking integration details. Imagine, for example, taking advantage of Oracle’s AI solutions in Gov-Cloud when available while your competitors are still on their legacy ERP.
Whether a new ERP application for a new company or a migration from legacy ERP, Automus has deep experience determining the best way to implement using phasing. While there is a place for “big bang” implementations, the A&D complexity does lend itself to incremental phasing, and we are well known for phasing projects to reduce risk while maintaining interfaces between legacy systems. We can map that out in detail as we develop our approach with the Client.
Automus brings real-world industry experience with the latest Oracle Commercial and Gov-Cloud releases. We have tools to aid in complex data conversion and to manage integration points with a single pane of glass. Automus will bring our A&D framework to manage regulatory requirements within Cloud and our industry-savvy team will provide robust solutions for change management, project management, and implementation methodology to allow the Client to focus on their design and testing. Implementing a strong Oracle Cloud solution out-of-the-box provides a stable platform ready for growth, new technology integrations, and a differentiator against competitors.