Allocate DefenceSuite
delivers significantly enhanced access to the information required for effective decision-making in the modern defence environment.
Defence Sector
In an increasingly complex and volatile security environment, defence organisations have to be adaptable and responsive, able to shift emphasis rapidly between prevention, deterrence, protection and intervention. Against a backdrop of mounting pressures on defence budgets, the ability to utilise Enterprise Resource Planning to match resources to requirements is absolutely critical.
Addressing this challenge demands informed forecasting of the capabilities required and comprehensive optimisation of the means to achieve the outcomes. This must be coupled with easy access to, and the exploitation of, information from across the entire force structure; information that is trusted and can easily be shared, aggregated and modelled in order to accelerate informed decision-making. Known as Information Superiority, such a capability improves effectiveness and efficiency across platforms, personnel, logistics and finance.
However, whether at a strategic, operational or tactical level, there are common challenges that often prevent the timely management of information, thus reducing the ability to exploit it. These include:
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siloed information - resulting in the inability to easily access information held in disparate databases or systems
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historic or unverified data
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time-consuming assimilation of data - requiring unnecessarily high levels of resource
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impeded access - due to incompatible systems or security restrictions
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lack of aggregation - making it difficult to assimilate a clear, consolidated view
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limited modelling capabilities - due to information gaps or inconsistencies
Allocate Defence Suite is specifically designed to address these challenges, enabling defence organisations to remain agile and responsive by enabling accurate Information Management, delivering sound aggregated information, and allowing Information Exploitation through the ability to review past capabilities, manage current ones and forecast future requirements.
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NATO
North Atlantic treaty Organisation (NATO) is an alliance for collective defence. It currently has 28 member states and its Operational Headquarters is based in Mons, Belgium. NATO uses Allocate DefenceSuite in a number of areas: first of all, it provides a complete personnel management facility for the 15,000 Peacetime Establishment (PE) personnel assigned to NATO.
Royal Navy
The RN uses Allocate Defence Suite as the software to facilitate the Geographic Squad Pooling for Type 23 Frigates based in Portsmouth, to enable the more efficient management of pooled personnel. The use of Defence Suite means that the planners are all using the same system, providing much needed coherence while at the same time ensuring a better quality of life for the Junior Rates being managed by the Squad Pooling system.
British Army
The British Army HQ recruits, trains, supports and deploys military capability, over a rolling four-year cycle as well as looking deeper into the future at potential force structures. Allocate Defence Suite is the biggest Business Intelligence System used by Army HQ, with over 8,000 registered users, addressing the heart of the Army’s activities.
The Royal Australian Navy
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) uses Allocate Defence Suite for ‘Whole Ship Coordination’, which as a Business-Critical Application, provides RAN with an industry-leading workforce optimisation solution. This enables management of the Crew List of all RAN personnel and visitors assigned to a vessel, to ensure that all the requirements of each ship can be met by the correct number of adequately qualified individuals.
Australian Army
Australia’s Force Command uses the Allocate Software Defence Suite to support the delivery of substantial improvements and savings to their military Preparedness programme. Preparedness and the Conduct of Operations are the two critical areas of activity provided by the Defence Forces to the Australian Government, with Preparedness accounting for 65% of the overall Defence budget.
Royal Fleet Auxiliary
The UK Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) is an integral part of the Royal Navy. With a current fleet of 13 ships, the RFA supplies fuel, equipment, ammunition and rations to Royal Naval Warships, enabling maintenance of their capability during operational deployment. The RFA also provides aviation support for the Royal Navy, together with amphibious support and secure sea transport for Royal Marine and Army units and their equipment.
