Defense Forces & Public
Security 
Purpose
Due to the specific nature of their missions and tasks, armed forces, police, and aid organizations need to be able to use a multilevel system architecture that allows for offline use to perform the following activities from the domestic base for operations and exercises:
· Flexibly plan and execute operations and exercises (planning, relocation of contingents, execution, redeployment of contingents)
· Trigger and control accompanying or subsequent business processes (such as purchase orders, maintenance tasks, budgeting)
· Automate/automatically trigger and execute subsequent processes, for example as a result of organizational changes or task organizations
The Defense Forces & Public Security (DFPS) component enhances the standard SAP functions, thus meeting the requirements outlined above by providing functions for the following business tasks and processes:
· Organizational Flexibility (mapping organizational structures and material and personnel resource planning)
· Accounting and Funds Management
· Support for Flight Operations
The component also comprises additional functions for the operation of a distributed system landscape.
The particular strengths of this component are:
· End-to-end mapping of the organizational structures for the domestic base and operations and exercises
· Complete process chains from planning through implementation and execution to the completion of operations and exercises
· Provision of information and evaluation options
· Integration of personnel and material information and resource management
· Organizational flexibility during day-to-day operation: Changes to organizational structures and resource requirements are taken into account and implemented immediately in downstream processes.
· Offline capabilities (functions can be used even if communication to a leading system is broken temporarily) for individual organizational units thanks to a decentralized system architecture that is also designed for the integration of mobile applications
Specific mobile applications for armed forces, police, and aid organizations are provided with the Mobile Defense Solution that is delivered separately.
· Integration in the standard processes of the SAP system (Accounting, Human Resources, Logistics, and so on)
· Component-specific workflows and object status and authorization management
· New object types for the specific mapping of the business elements of armed forces, police, and aid organizations
· User interfaces that provide the user with all relevant functions in an integrated environment
Implementation Considerations
In order to leverage the full benefits of the Defense Forces & Public Security component, you have to
· Have activated the required business functions:
¡ Defense Forces & Public Security(EA-DFP)
With this business function, you activate the functions of the Defense Forces & Public Security component as well as the following additional BC Sets:
§ BC Set EA-DFPS-MENU for adding component-specific entries to the SAP menu
§ BC Set EA-DFPS-AKH for adding component-specific entries to the application component hierarchy
§ BC Set EA-DFPS-IMG for adding component-specific entries to the Implementation Guide (IMG)
§ BC Set EA-DFPS-CIF for enhancements to the core interface (CIF) for using the Advanced Planning and Optimization (APO) component
¡ Discrete Industries – Mill Products (DIMP_SDUD) from the business function set Discrete Industries – Mill Products (DIMP)
¡ Human Capital Management (EA-HR)
¡ Financial Extension (EA-FIN)
¡ PLM Extension (EA-PLM)
¡ SCM Extension (EA-SCM)
¡ Public Services (EA-PS)
¡ Public Sector Extension (IS-PS)
· Make the Customizing settings in the IMG under Defense Forces & Public Security
· Use the SAP components mentioned below
Integration
The Defense Forces & Public Security component is integrated with many other components of the SAP system. Below is an overview of a selection of the key components. The individual sections of this documentation discuss in more detail the relevant component integrations.
SAP ERP Central Component
The following SAP ECC components are in particular required:
· Human Resource Management
The organizational structures and personnel assignment of armed forces, police, and aid organizations are mapped flexibly with support of the components
¡ Organizational Management (PA-OS)
¡ Personnel Administration (PA-PA)
· Logistics
The execution of logistics processes is based on, for example, the standard functions of the following components:
¡ Materials Management (MM)
¡ Warehouse Management (LE-WM)
¡ Batch Management (LO-BM)
¡ Plant Maintenance (PM)
¡ Project System (PS)
The following components are also used:
¡ Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
The functions of the PLM product data replication are used for the distribution of data between the systems involved in the multilevel system landscape.
¡ Integrated Product and Process Engineering (LO-MD-PPE)
New iPPE nodes, variants, and relationships are used to map end-to-end, cross-process objects for materials management planning (for processes required for planning armed forces, procurement, organization, logistics, and so on).
· Accounting
The business processes can be integrated using Accounting functions, in particular the functions of the following components:
¡ Controlling (CO)
¡ Funds Management (PSM-FM)
· Cross-application components
The following components are also used
¡ Document Management (CA-DMS)
Documents are included in component-specific objects using the functions of the Document Management component.
¡ Data Retention Tool (CA-GTF-DRT)
For data archiving purposes, use the DART functions.
SAP NetWeaver
The following SAP NW components are in particular required:
· Basis
¡ Computing Center Management System (BC-CCM)
To monitor the systems involved in the distributed system landscape, use the CCMS tools.
¡ User and Authorization Management (BC-SC-USR)
The systems involved in the distributed system landscape are provided with the required users and authorizations on the basis of the standard User and Authorization Management tools.
¡ Case Management (BC-SRV-CM)
Case Management functions support the execution of approval processes for mapping organizational structures, including resource planning.
¡ Business Workflow (BC-BMT-WFM)
To support processes, in which several agents are involved, and carry out any approval steps or send any information, appropriate workflows can be triggered.
¡ Application Link Enabling (BC-MID-ALE)
The ALE functions are used for the distribution of data between the systems involved in the multilevel system landscape.
¡ Archive Development Kit (BC-CCM-ADK)
For data archiving purposes, use the functions of the Archive Development Kit (ADK).
· Service
In addition to its other tasks, the Solution Manager (SV-SMG) is in particular used to set up and dismantle systems in the decentralized system landscape.
· SAP Business Information Warehouse
You use the SAP BW functions to work with the shipped or customer-specific Business Content for Defense Forces & Public Security.
Additional components
The following components are also required:
· SAP for Aerospace & Defense
SAP for Aerospace & Defense functions are used in the Support for Flight Operations area.
· Mobile Defense Solution
On the basis of this solution, a large number of mobile applications are available for armed forces, police, and aid organizations, in particular in the areas of Materials Management and Plant Maintenance. These mobile applications can be used to display or edit business data on mobile devices, even when communication with the SAP system is temporarily interrupted.
The Mobile Defense Solutionrequires the SAP Mobile Infrastructure among other things.
· Defense add-on
This separately delivered add-on includes armed force-specific functions that are provided as a separate software component due to export regulations.
· Business Content add-on (BI Content)
On the basis of this add-on, a large number of reporting and analysis tools are available for the Defense Forces & Public Security component.
For more information about these components, see the relevant documentation in the SAP Library.