ProAct International is having increasing discussions within the Aerospace and Defence sector with respect to not only its core supply chain management capability, but also, more specifically it's 'through life capability management' functionality. Within the defence sector, product life spans can be extremely long and individual products may migrate from host system to host system. The supply chain challenge is not simply end-to-end as is usually the case in the commercial world, but end-to-end-to-end representing what is effectively a perpetual supply chain. Capability management is also about getting the right components, support products and skilled resources to the right place at the right time in order to enable a capability. Capability management goes beyond supply chain and as the name implies is all about maintaining an operational capability ultimately at the front line of any conflict.

Characteristics

• Supply chain planning & visibility
• Inbound parts to production
• Capability configuration
• Capability fulfilment
• Process logic and synchronisation
• Asset tracking
• Perpetual supply chain execution
• Skill set management/availability
• Skill set auto assignment
• Product requirements
• Product inventory support
• Service support
• Asset utilisation
• Maintenance projection
• Status management
• Asset history and audit
• Activity charging and billing