ERP Pilots

Navy ERP Pilot Programs
The Commercial Business Practices (CBP) originally recommended six Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) pilot programs be conducted to explore the possibility of implementing ERP solutions across the Navy. The six ERP pilots were:

Lead Activity	Pilot	Functional Area
NAVAIR/NAVSUP	SMART	Aviation Supply Chain Management/Maintenance Management
NAVAIR	SIGMA	Program Management
NAVSEA/Fleet	NEMAIS	Regional Maintenance
SPAWAR	CABRILLO	Navy Working Capital Fund Management
HQ, USMC		USMC Logistics
CINCPACFLT		Shore Station Management

Today, the first four of these six original pilots are active. USMC Logistics is being addressed by the Global Combat Support System – Marine Corps (GCSS-MC) program, and Shore Station Management has not been pursued further.

In December 1998, based on the CBP recommendation, the Under Secretary of the Navy appointed the Executive Steering Group (ESG), headed by VADM Lockard, to monitor the pilot activities.

For the ERP pilots to move forward, the final recommendations of the Working Group were to:

• Proceed with a Business Case Analysis (BCA) for each of the candidate pilot programs
• Let individual sponsors fund pilot programs from existing resources
• Continue ongoing initiatives and identify connectivity to the candidate pilot programs