Defense and security organizations need ERP capabilities handling military command structures, asset lifecycle management for weapon systems, secure supply chains, and classified data protocols. As the Nordic region's largest SAP partner with expertise across regulated industries, Pearl Group delivers solutions addressing these specialized requirements.
Mission Readiness and Asset Management Challenges
Defence and security organizations face operational demands requiring specialized ERP capabilities designed for military environments. Military organizations operate with hierarchical command structures and force elements that differ fundamentally from commercial enterprises. Defence ERP systems must handle unique organizational relationships including units, deployments, and multi-level command hierarchies that standard commercial systems cannot accommodate.
Maintaining operational readiness requires comprehensive asset management for weapon systems, vehicles, aircraft, and naval vessels. Systems must track technical status, support maintenance repair and overhaul (MRO), and enable commanders to assess equipment readiness for mission tasks. Military supply chains support operations from peacekeeping to combat deployments, requiring replenishment planning and coordination across dispersed locations.
Pearl's Defense Sector Expertise
Pearl achieved a major milestone in 2025 by signing a landmark agreement with the Norwegian Defense covering their entire SAP software portfolio. As the Norwegian Defense's SAP Software Partner for the next five years, Pearl supports an organization undergoing significant change to meet future security challenges.
The Norwegian Defense partnership encompasses Pearl's core SAP capabilities including ERP implementation and support, cloud infrastructure and managed services, system integration across defence applications, ongoing optimization and enhancement, and disaster recovery and business continuity planning. Pearl's experience with complex, multi-location operations and secure data management across other sectors translates directly to defense requirements.
SAP Defense and Security Solutions
SAP has developed specialized solutions for defense and security organizations built on the SAP Cloud ERP platform. These extensions address military-specific requirements including force element hierarchies, weapon system management, and secure operational planning that standard commercial ERP cannot support.
Defense & Security (D&S)
The D&S solution extends SAP Cloud ERP with capabilities designed specifically for military operations. The platform handles complex organizational structures using the Force Element concept, integrating military hierarchies with standard SAP organizational units. DFPS supports military planning and operations, personnel management for armed forces, asset and equipment lifecycle management, and logistics execution for defense missions.
D&S has recently been implemented at the Swedish Armed Forces in a two-year transformation project with Pearl Resources, making it among the first D&S deployments globally, following two years of S/4HANA operations.
Asset Management for Defense
SAP Cloud ERP Asset Management with Defense and Security add-ons provides mechanisms to derive technical status of weapon systems and sub-equipment, enable commanders to assess system readiness, assist in equipment preparation for missions including checklists and handover procedures, and automate maintenance notification routing based on force element relationships. The solution supports Canadian, German, Norwegian, and US defense organizations.
Supply Chain and Logistics
SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP) for Supply Chain provides defense replenishment planning, demand forecasting, and supply chain analytics. SAP Extended Warehouse Management supports defense logistics including specialized storage requirements, serialization tracking, and integration with transportation management. Advanced Available to Promise functionality reserves critical supplies for force elements with approval-based release processes.
Secure Cloud Infrastructure
SAP Cloud ERP Cloud Private Edition enables cloud deployment with enhanced security meeting defense compliance requirements. The solution provides the same functional scope as SAP Cloud ERP with added security controls appropriate for defense organizations. RISE with SAP includes SAP Business Technology Platform for application development, data management, automation, and real-time analytics with security protocols meeting defense standards.
Pearl's Defense Implementation Capabilities
Pearl's defense sector work leverages decades of SAP implementation experience across complex, regulated industries. Our expertise in secure cloud deployments, system integration, and operational support aligns with defense organization requirements. We are subject matter experts (SMEs) in GTS and Personal Equipment within the Defense environment.
Pearl applies structured methodologies based on SAP Activate with proven configurations and deployment approaches. Services include SAP Cloud ERP implementations for defense applications, cloud infrastructure following security protocols, integration with existing defense systems, managed services and ongoing support, and disaster recovery planning.
The Norwegian Defense partnership demonstrates Pearl's ability to support large-scale, mission-critical SAP portfolios requiring high security standards and operational continuity.