Army Business System Modernization Initiatives

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Global Force Information Management (GFIM): GFIM is an automated, integrated, and interoperable digital environment that enables the Army's Deploy to Redeploy/Retrograde (D2RR) end-to-end business processes in support of Dynamic Force Employment (DFE). The GFIM system will provide the core Global Force Management-Data Initiative (GFM-DI) compliant data necessary for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, Business Mission Area (BMA) systems, and Warfighting Mission Area (WMA) systems to execute business processes efficiently and effectively in support of Army warfighting operations and Title 10 responsibilities. Today, over 85% of these core Army Business Processes are accomplished manually or with tools that are end-of-life, do not meet current Cybersecurity/Technology requirements, and are hosted on disparate technology platforms that are unable to be integrated. GFIM will provide an integrated planning, programming, and production capability to dynamically develop, design, and document an Army at rest and an Army in motion. GFIM will evolve both long-term and immediate bridging solutions that integrate and automate Army operational business processes. The result will be 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 that will support risk-informed senior leader decisions. 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. Initiatives also support HQDA systems such as the Integrated Resource Management Information System (IRMIS) and Structure And Manpower Allocation System (SAMAS). 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/water usage and program management 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 other systems and 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 the Army's official database of record for solid waste management and recycling data at the Installation, Subordinate Command, Major Command, Region and Army 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/recycling goals. IEE EBS BUILDER and PAVER DoD requires a standardized, auditable, process for facility condition assessments and the calculation of deferred maintenance. The DoD uses the Sustainment Management System (SMS) to conduct real property condition assessments, identify work requirements, and report on real property asset conditions. SMS provides a consistent baseline for condition assessment of all assets across DoD. This effort develops interfaces with Enterprise Business Systems-Convergence (EBS-C) within the Army's Enterprise Business System Multi-Functional Capabilities Team (EBS-MFCT) for Installations, Energy, and the Environment (IEE) domain related to construction and real property. This effort develops and integrates modules for buildings (BUILDER) and pavement (PAVER) to modernize and consolidate these modules so that installations can manage all assets in a single enterprise system called Enterprise SMS (ESMS). 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 Army 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)- In 2019, SAP announced that the current application, Enterprise Central Component (ECC), would not be maintained after 2027 and customers will be required to upgrade to their new version SAP S/4 HANA. In response to this notification, the Army conducted studies in 2019/2020 by the Business Enterprise IT Leaders Group chaired by the Office of Business Transformation. Based on the results of these studies and direction from the Under Secretary of the Army, EBS-C is executing a strategic approach to modernize the Army business system landscape; align modern combat and combat support system capabilities with existing modernization efforts to enable Army force dominance during multi-domain large-scale combat operations in contested logistics environments; and improve overall Army financial operations resulting in improved financial management and successful audit outcomes. The Army is working EBS-C requirements to improve process agility and cross process integration; provide consistent user experiences with an intuitive user interface; and improve data integrity and security. At the enterprise level, EBS-C seeks to integrate financial and logistics processes and create opportunities to decrease overall DBS redundancies and duplications existing in the Army portfolio. In order to achieve the EBS-C mission, the RDT&E in FY24 will set the conditions for the innovation required to implement a de-customized ERP solution integrated with an agility layer providing an intuitive user interface with minimal customization reducing long term maintenance costs. The in-scope Defense Business Systems (DBS) for this effort include General Funds Enterprise Business Systems (GFEBS) and GFEBS-Sensitive Activities (SA), Logistics Management Program (LMP), Global Combat Support System (GCSS)-Army, Army Enterprise System Integration Program (AESIP) Hub, and numerous non-ERP systems performing needed logistics and financial functions.

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Publication Date: Oct 01, 2024
Source ID: T05_0605013A_5_2040_PB_2024

Army Business System Modernization Initiatives

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