The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, together with the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, has begun preparations for the implementation of the military version of the automated defense resource management system.
As stated in the message of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, we are talking about the SAPDefence & Security system, which is used by most NATO armies.
"By June, specialized units of defense departments must develop Roadmaps for the transformation of defense resource management processes for the period until 2027. This decision was made at its meeting by the Committee on Strategic Planning in the Ministry of Defense," the department said.
Roadmaps will be developed along the following functional lines:
▪️management of organizational structure and personnel accounting;
▪️financial management;
▪️life cycle management of weapons and military equipment;
▪️procurement and logistical support of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
It is noted that the goal of the project is to change outdated defense resource management processes by implementing modern automated systems for planning and providing troops, and the task is to legislatively implement the updated approaches. The project will be funded by the governments of Germany and the United States, and the implementation team will be advised by specialists from the armies of Canada, the United States, the Netherlands, Germany, and Poland.
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"The transformation of processes will take into account the experience gained by the Armed Forces of Ukraine during a large-scale war, as well as the reference processes of NATO countries implemented in the military version of SAP. The implementation of the updated processes will be ensured by an international team, which will include German and Ukrainian specialists from SAP Corporation, specialists from Ukrainian defense agencies, as well as representatives of an international partner. The work will be coordinated by the Center for Transformation of Defense Resources Management Processes of the Ministry of Defense," the message says.
Recall that System Analysis Program Development is used to manage defense resources by 28 NATO member states. In 2023, the Ministry of Defense, together with the General Staff and the Logistics Forces Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, began implementing SAP to automate the supply and maintenance processes for the main logistics and military support services. The system automates the planning and supply processes, generates data on the provision of military formations, allows you to see the real need, purchase and timely provide the army with logistics and weapons nomenclature. The system also carefully monitors the use of weapons and military equipment that comes to Ukraine from partners.
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