Army Business System Modernization Initiatives

Abstract

Global Force Information Management (GFIM): GFIM is a Global Force Management Data Initiative (GFM DI) compliant, integrated, and interoperable digital environment that enables, thru automation, the Deploy to Redeploy/Retrograde (D2RR) end-to-end business processes in support of Dynamic Force Employment (DFE). Today, over 85% of this core Army Business Process is done manually with tools that are available on antiquated, disparate technology platforms. GFIM will provide an integrated planning, programming, and production capability to dynamically develop, design, and document an Army at rest and in motion. GFIM will evolve both long-term and immediate bridging solutions that integrate and automate Army operational business processes, using an interoperable, collaborative environment, to enable the seamless creation and exchange of authoritative data across the operational community of practice to provide rapid, accurate, and auditable outcomes to support risk informed senior leader decisions. GFIM will provide the core data necessary for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, other Business Mission Area (BMA) systems and Warfighting Mission Area (WMA) systems to efficiently and effectively execute business processes in support of Army Title 10 responsibilities and war fighting operations. The Student Information Repository (SIR) Application will replace several independent applications and business processes used to track student data including, but not limited to, personal information, grades, attendance, official records, transcripts, teaching teams, student assignments, and surveys. It is a customized information system that is comprised of separate modules that are tied in together as one system. Army Business System Modernization Initiatives (subline). The Program Planning Budget (PPB)- Business Operating System (BOS) will standardize and better integrate the transactional automated information systems used in the HQDA level programming and budgeting processes. These systems are core to the PPBE business processes of the HQ for gathering programmatic requirements, balancing resources and delivering the Army's program budget to OSD. This project is streamlining programming and budgeting processes and significantly improving strategic analysis capabilities. The project is architecting, reengineering, streamlining and consolidating HQDA systems, feeder data base systems, and streamlining the associated processes. These improvements will improve capability, eliminate redundancies and reduce overall cost of operations. The PPB BOS project is complementary to the Army's General Fund Enterprise Business System (GFEBS) program. It includes a new effort in FY 2014, the Army Contract Writing System, a replacement for the DoD Standard Procurement System (SPS). This Project undertakes necessary efforts to integrate, implement, and build the next generation of Enterprise Business Systems capabilities. This effort is required to develop a converged, modernized Enterprise Resource Planning system that streamlines and integrates the Army's core business functions. Additive Manufacturing (AM) is a SEC Army priority. AM will fully integrate AM capabilities and enable the Digital Thread within the Army ERPs. It will provide a common collaboration portal to enable sharing of AM 3D print data across the Army and with other DoD entities to address Army readiness driver requirements. Capability will communicate and track user requests for AM 3D print data, and allow users to search for relevant 3D print data with feedback to Engineering Support Activities, Army industrial base and Army tactical units. The Enterprise Sustainment Management System (ESMS) Web Application is a cloud-based solution, bringing all real property infrastructure domains under the umbrella of a single SMS application. Performing long-range work requirements projections across all SMS domains allows for a comprehensive analysis of various courses of action and the related effects and tradeoffs of each decision. In addition to the incorporation of all SMS domains in a single application. The ESMS application provides increased control of user permission definition, teaming, and how permissions me applied; updated business intelligence reporting capabilities; and improved user experience, leveraging state of the art web development techniques for more efficient use from beginning to end. ESMS helps all real property asset management stakeholders - from civil engineers, technicians and managers to headquarters - decide when, where and how to best maintain existing infrastructure. Because assets are so vast and diverse, a "knowledge-based" philosophy drives the SMS process. Army Energy and Water Reporting System (AEWRS) is used to collect rollups of energy and water usage at Army installations. AEWRS is the Army's official database of record for all energy and water usage data, and energy program management information. It provides the basis for documenting Army progress in meeting statutory and mandated performance metrics. Data is passed to DOD to be joined by similar energy and water data from the other services. AEWRS incorporated as a module the Solid Waste Annual Reporting for the Web (SWARWeb) which is a web-enabled system used to collect solid waste management data. SWARWeb provides a tool for tracking solid waste handling information at the Installation, Subordinate Command, Major Command, Region and Headquarters levels. Data is collected for disposal sites, disposal and recycling transactions, recycling revenues and recycling program management. Solid waste data collected throughout the fiscal year is submitted to higher command levels to fulfill reporting requirements and to track compliance with DoD waste reduction and recycling goals. Data collected in SWARWeb is maintained in a centralized database. Component and DoD requirements and goals for Solid Waste tracking and reporting are reflected in the SWARWeb system. The Enterprise Architecture Business Systems Consolidation effort provides direct execution support for the following Major Objectives of ACP - Army Campaign Plan Strategy Map. The objective is a reduced number of systems and reduced IT costs. Current systems include Headquarters Installation Information System (HQIIS), Installation Decision Support (IDS), Real Property Planning and Analysis System (RPLANS), Army Stationing and Installation Plan, Installation Geospatial Information & Services (IGI&S), and Installations Status Report (ISR). The Vantage Program [previously Army Leader Dashboard (ALD)] is a data integration and visualization platform that enables the Army to "see itself" by providing Senior Leaders, Soldiers, Staff, and analytic communities with a common, integrated data platform to visualize and analyze the current and predicted future state(s) of the Army. Vantage spans all data domains, powers a set of configurable views, and provides tools for making data-driven decisions at every level of the Army. The Vantage Program is a data integration and visualization platform that enables the Army to "see itself" by providing Senior Leaders, Soldiers, Staff, and analytic communities with a common, integrated data platform to visualize and analyze the current and predicted future state(s) of the Army. Spans all data domains, powers a set of configurable views, and provides tools for making data-driven decisions at every level of the Army. VANTAGE supports up to five concurrent lines of effort (LOEs) - investments in new use cases, workflows, or capabilities. LOEs focus on platform configuration, data integration, and user engagement for select critical workflows. The features and advantages of the platform allow the Army to (1) see itself clearly through its data, (2) meet its strategic modernization objectives, and (3) rapidly realize ROI. Enterprise Business Systems Convergence (EBS-C)The Army relies on a force sustainment to enable force projection and force generation. We must preserve our ready force to meet today's challenges, while implementing a transformational modernization effort to ensure the Army is prepared for future threats. Establishing a Common Business Operational Environment (CBOE) through an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Modernization effort that is commercial as possible and military as necessary will allow for supply chain simplification, process automation, resilient infrastructure, agility to support maneuver, and auditability. Given the imperatives of an end of service life for today's large SAP ERPs in 2027 (Global Combat Support System-Army, Army Enterprise Systems Integration Program, Logistics Modernization Program, General Funds Enterprise Business System, GFEBS Sensitive Activities and HQ Army Environmental System), unaffordable legacy ERP sustainment costs, and the need to support operational requirements (e.g. constant maneuver and protected digital data), the only way forward is to collapse the disparate EBSs into a common platform that will deliver clear business and readiness improvements to support Multi- Domain Operations (MDO) in Large Scale Combat Operations (LSCO). Funding program in FY23 supports evaluation of ERP modernization working with GCCS-A to address ERP obsolescence.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2023
• Source ID: T05_0605013A_5_2040_PB_2023

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