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MEET INFOR

Seasoned aerospace and defense professionals with a passion for the industry

Infor's product and delivery teams have deep experience meeting the specific requirements and challenges faced by armed forces, aerospace and defense manufacturers, including OEM and tier suppliers.

SUB-INDUSTRY FOCUS

Catering to your specific industry needs

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Defense Industries

Infor’s Defense solutions, including Gov Cloud, meet rigorous regulatory, security and safety standards for low-volume, engineer-to-order and high variability production operations. Our solutions support robust traceability for regulatory compliance, extensive in-house and sub-contracted operations, multi-site cost visibility, digital service records, and efficient after-market service management.

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Commercial Aerospace

Commercial aerospace manufacturers face strict challenges, including complex supply chains, regulatory compliance, long project delivery times and mixed-mode manufacturing. Infor solutions provide extensive capabilities that help shorten development and delivery times, improve processes and workflows, and automate tasks that deliver efficient operations, productive teams, and comprehensive visibility across the supply network.

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Space

Infor excels in assisting space sector customers who need to deliver low-volume, engineer-to-order projects with high product variability and inventory costs. Our solutions cover space launch vehicles, satellites, spacecraft, and ground systems that require support for mixed-mode manufacturing, projects with long lead times, extended project lifecycles, and tightly controlled program delivery.

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Explore solutions for the aerospace & defense industry

See how Infor’s industry-specific software for aerospace and defense companies can help you drive continuous innovation – while improving compliance, quality, security, and reliability.

Infor CloudSuite Aerospace & Defense

Cloud ERP solutions for aerospace and defense

Connect and streamline your operations – and sidestep costly disruptions – with comprehensive, highly secure ERPs built for aerospace, space, and defense organizations, including AWS GovCloud (US only). Take advantage of rich, built-in functionality that supports product innovation, strict cybersecurity and regulatory compliance, supply chain resilience, quality control, program profitability, customer contract obligations, and more. 

  • Optimize financial reporting, planning, and analysis
  • Navigate stringent regulations and meet CMMC, ITAR, DFARS and other compliance requirements 
  • Achieve profitability through accurate contracts and invoicing
  • Gain efficient program and project execution, and control multi-tiered supply chains with the agility to respond quickly to disruptions

Resources

See how our ERP for A&D software can help you implement proven cybersecurity practices and achieve CMMC 2.0 compliance. 

Read the white paper

GenAI is built into our ERP software. Use it to monitor and optimize A&D projects – including costs and schedules – in real time.  

Learn more about built-in GenAI 

Discover how Infor CloudSuite Aerospace & Defense keeps your business compliant, secure, and profitable.

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Explore ERP for A&D

CloudSuite Aerospace & Defense

A&D cybersecurity and regulatory compliance

Track, audit, and adhere to stringent quality control, regulation compliance, and cybersecurity requirements. 

  • Comply with global trade and regulatory requirements, including hard controls for sanction list screening, end-user statements, and import and export licenses
  • Implement proven and sound cybersecurity practices, including CMMC2 compliance 
  • Track, audit, and adhere to stringent quality controls, including compliance with the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) and Material Management and Accounting System (MMAS) standards
  • Ensure requirements are passed to certified suppliers to maintain compliance through contract flow down
  • Meet AS 9100 requirements with embedded quality management
  • Take advantage of deployment options that include AWS Cloud, AWS GovCloud (US only), on-premise, and hybrid deployments

Resources

Read our executive brief describing support for the latest Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC). 

Access the guide

Get the latest updates and developments relating to CMMC 2.0 and what contractors must do now. 

Watch the webinar

Join a panel of A&D experts as they discuss challenges of supply chain visibility, the importance of CMMC compliance, and capitalizing on growth opportunities.

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Supply Chain Management

A&D supply chain management

Build a more resilient aerospace and defense supply chain and manage your complexity and risk. Gain efficient program and project execution – and control multi-tiered supply chains – gaining the agility to respond quickly to supply chain shortages and disruptions.

  • Run your entire business – every department, every site, and every country – on one platform
  • Ensure timely demand fulfilment and optimized resource allocation 
  • Collaborate with multiple tiers of global suppliers to ensure timely supply meets orders and SLAs
  • Comingle (e.g. project grouping) supply for different projects to increase economies of scale in the procurement process, reduce inventory levels, and retain project cost identity
  • Exchange demand and supply orders in real-time to improve collaboration, visibility, and responsiveness
  • Track orders, assets, inventory, and parts in real-time for up-to-date visibility throughout the supply chain
  • Enable shop floor automation

Resources

Read a best practice guide for managing supply chain risk in aerospace and defense.  

Access the guide


Explore our supply chain network

CloudSuite Aerospace & Defense

A&D program profitability

In the aerospace and defense industry, success depends on delivering program profitability across a series of complex projects.  Make sense of the often error-prone processes of bidding, contracting, execution, invoicing, and revenue recognition with a solution built to drive efficiency with full contract and program/project management capabilities.

  • Manage multiple contracts, including cost-plus and revenue recognition methods
  • Ensure project management visibility and leverage CLIN definition and contract flow-downs with linked work breakdown structures
  • Meet critical Cost Accounting Standards and global trade standards and compliance
  • Support DCAA audits with built-in capabilities to maintain all contracts and costing requirements
  • Ensure requirements are passed to certified suppliers to maintain compliance through contract flow down

Explore ERP for Aerospace and Defense

Infor PLM

Aerospace and defense PLM

Bring innovative aerospace and defense products to market faster – and consistently deliver to the highest quality standards – with our PLM software for discrete manufacturers. Improve design efficiency, reduce the cost of new product introductions, and control engineering changes throughout the complete product and project lifecycle.  

  • Manage BOMs “as designed”, “as built” and “as maintained” to stay on top of revisions 
  • Capture real-time quality data and leverage statistical process control (SPC) to ensure in-spec machine performance  
  • Meet the highest quality standards and comply with regulations such as AS9100 and FRACAS  
  • Gain full visibility throughout the entire PLM lifecycle – from initial concept to production and retirement  
  • Integrate with your ERP, CAD, and manufacturing systems – and easily share product information with your network 

Resources

Learn more about what an integrated PLM and ERP system can do.

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Have a look at our white paper describing why an integrated PLM and ERP can be a strategic weapon.

Read the whitepaper


Explore PLM for A&D

Optimize service operations

Turn your service operation into a revenue center by leveraging digital technology and data insights to manage your service and MRO operations.

  • Prevent costly maintenance and downtime through optimized planning, scheduling, resolution time and resources.
  • Track as-maintained history, parts, and components replaced or serviced - following strict guidelines
  • Analyze service requirements to better anticipate future preventive maintenance needs
  • Maintain an optimal inventory of replacement parts to avoid stockouts and resolve service requests quickly
  • Manage depot repair and field service resource planning and scheduling
  • Leverage support for Non-Conformance Material Report functionality, FRACAS, first article inspection, and Certificates of Conformity

Resources

Read our blog on the need for digitalization in the aerospace and defense industry.

Read the blog

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Government contracting

Our modern, integrated suite of cloud applications is designed for government contractors, connecting every business process to achieve business strategy through cost visibility, operational efficiency, and robust supply management. Infor solutions help ensure future business resilience by managing production complexity, regulatory and security compliance, and supporting industry quality standards during uncertain times.

  • The ability to flexibly manage commercial and government customers with multi-entity functionality to support the strategy of your organizational and cost accounting structure 
  • Enables CMMC, export controls, DFARS business systems, and regulatory requirements compliance under the Federal Acquisition Regulation and agency supplements
  • Provides cost effectiveness with out-of-the-box-ready or minimal customization with robust project-based accounting capabilities to accumulate, estimate, and report costs to the U.S. Government

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